The year 1874 in classical music and in lyrical art
1874. With other artists, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi and Jacques Offenbach influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Arnold Schoenberg, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “The Valkyrie” de Richard Wagner, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1874 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 310 of these moments for 1874.
1874, from day to day
January
01
Birth of Hugo LeichtentrittThat year: 1874, Classical music, German-Jewish musicologist and composer (dead in 1951)
03
Birth of Thomas W. ThurbanThat year: 1874, Classical music, Brittish composer (dead in 1967)
04
Birth of Josef SukThat year: 1874, Classical music, Czech composer and violinist (1874-1935) (dead in 1935)
Birth of Léon DelafosseThat year: 1874, Classical music, French composer and pianist (dead in 1951)
Birth of London String de QuartetThat year: 1874, Classical music, English string quartet (dead in 1945)
06
Birth of Charles Gilbert SprossThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1961)
07
Death of Ernesto CavalliniThat year: 1874, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1807)
Birth of Wassili Iwanowitsch WinogradowThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer, violinist (dead in 1948)
08
Birth of Max RaebelThat year: 1874, Classical music, German composer and painter (1874-1946) (dead in 1946)
10
Birth of Enrico CannioThat year: 1874, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1949)
11
Birth of Otto ZweigThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1942)
21
Death of Euphrosyne Parepa-RosaThat year: 1874, Classical music, British operatic soprano (born in 1836)
Birth of Édouard TrémisotThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1952)
22
Death of Karl EisnerThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1802)
26
Birth of Edmond-Nathan YafilThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928)
27
Premiere of Boris GodunovThat year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
30
Birth of Harriet BehneeThat year: 1874, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1963)
31
Birth of Adolf JellouscheggThat year: 1874, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1939)
February
06
Birth of Magna Lykseth-SkogmanThat year: 1874, Classical music, Swedish actress (dead in 1949)
Birth of David EvansThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1948)
12
Birth of George SiemonnThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1952)
13
Death of Friedrich BurgmüllerThat year: 1874, Classical music, German composer (born in 1806)
16
Birth of Marie Gutheil-SchoderThat year: 1874, Classical music, German opera soprano (dead in 1935)
18
Birth of Louis LaloyThat year: 1874, Classical music, French writer, musicologist and sinologist (1874-1944) (dead in 1944)
Death of William SandysThat year: 1874, Classical music, British folk-song collector (born in 1792)
20
Birth of Mary GardenThat year: 1874, Classical music, Scottish opera singer (1874-1967) (dead in 1967)
Birth of Salvatore CardilloThat year: 1874, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1947)
21
Birth of Vincenzo ReschiglianThat year: 1874, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1955)
Birth of Kōji NagaiThat year: 1874, Classical music, Japanese composer (dead in 1965)
23
Birth of Hugh S. RobertonThat year: 1874, Classical music, Scottish composer and choirmaster (dead in 1952)
24
Birth of George BotsfordThat year: 1874, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1949)
25
Death of Josep Anselm ClavéThat year: 1874, Classical music, Catalan businessperson, composer and writer (1824-1874) (born in 1824)
Birth of Pavel AndreyevThat year: 1874, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1874-1950) (dead in 1950)
28
Birth of Giovanni OcioThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1942)
Also in February
Birth of Max LewandowskyThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer, conductor (dead in 1906) .
March
03
Death of Louis PlaidyThat year: 1874, Classical music, German piano teacher and compiler of books of technical music studies (born in 1810)
Birth of Ada CrossleyThat year: 1874, Classical music, Australian singer (dead in 1929)
Birth of Ossip SchnirlinThat year: 1874, Classical music, violinist (dead in 1939)
Death of Jacob KnappThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1799)
07
Birth of Ivan RubchakThat year: 1874, Classical music, Ukrainian theatre actor and singer (dead in 1952)
12
Birth of Edmund EyslerThat year: 1874, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1949)
13
Birth of Amadeo von der HoyaThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1922)
17
Birth of Paula DoengesThat year: 1874, Classical music, German opera singer (1874-1931) (dead in 1931)
19
Birth of Johannes BischoffThat year: 1874, Classical music, German opera singer and stage actor (1874-1936) (dead in 1936)
20
Death of Hans Christian LumbyeThat year: 1874, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1810)
22
Birth of Peter LordmannThat year: 1874, Classical music, German singer (dead in 1955)
26
Birth of Oskar NedbalThat year: 1874, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, and violist (1874–1940) (dead in 1930)
Birth of John AnsellThat year: 1874, Classical music, English composer and conductor (dead in 1948)
Birth of Marguerite AchardThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1963)
27
Birth of Andrés de SegurolaThat year: 1874, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 1953)
31
Birth of Henri MarteauThat year: 1874, Classical music, French violinist and composer (dead in 1934)
Birth of Andrés Gaos BereaThat year: 1874, Classical music, Spanish music educator, violinist and composer (dead in 1959)
Birth of Ferdinand ScherberThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer, librarian, musician, musicologist (dead in 1944)
April
03
Birth of Eduardo Sánchez de FuentesThat year: 1874, Classical music, Cuban composer (dead in 1944)
05
Premiere of The BatThat year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Johann Strauss II
Birth of Antonín HradilThat year: 1874, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator, composer and organist (dead in 1937)
08
Death of Alois GroisThat year: 1874, Classical music, (1809-1874) (born in 1809)
09
Birth of Julius BittnerThat year: 1874, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1939)
10
Birth of Arthur BruhnsThat year: 1874, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1928)
21
Birth of Giulio BasThat year: 1874, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1929)
22
Birth of Agostino DoniniThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1937)
25
Death of Amédée MéreauxThat year: 1874, Classical music, French musicologist, pianist, and composer (born in 1802)
Birth of Emil Karl JanserThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1938)
26
Birth of Louis BleuzetThat year: 1874, Classical music, French oboist and music educator (dead in 1941)
27
Death of Pietro MonginiThat year: 1874, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1839)
Birth of H. G. PelissierThat year: 1874, Classical music, English theatrical producer, composer and satirist (dead in 1913)
May
01
Death of Vilém BlodekThat year: 1874, Classical music, Czech composer, flautist, and pianist (born in 1834)
02
Birth of Jeanne DarlaysThat year: 1874, Classical music, French opera singer (1874-1958) (dead in 1958)
06
Death of Karel VranýThat year: 1874, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (born in 1840)
10
Birth of Gustave HuberdeauThat year: 1874, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1945)
Birth of Anna ErichsenThat year: 1874, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1937)
12
Birth of Lisa BurgmeierThat year: 1874, Classical music, (1874-1951) (dead in 1951)
13
Birth of Robert RadfordThat year: 1874, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 1933)
Birth of H. Clough-LeighterThat year: 1874, Classical music, American composer and editor (dead in 1956)
14
Birth of Giuseppe ArmaniniThat year: 1874, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1917)
17
Birth of Mally Burjam-BorgaThat year: 1874, Classical music, (1874-1919) (dead in 1919)
18
Birth of Elena GnesinaThat year: 1874, Classical music, Russian composer and music educator (1874-1967) (dead in 1967)
20
Birth of Auguste PierretThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916)
21
Premiere of BagatelleThat year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
22
Birth of Francesco Paolo NegliaThat year: 1874, Classical music, Italian pianist, composer, conductor and musicologist (dead in 1932)
24
Birth of Josef ProcházkaThat year: 1874, Classical music, Czech composer, pianist and choirmaster (dead in 1956)
31
Birth of Franz EgenieffThat year: 1874, Classical music, German opera singer and actor (dead in 1949)
Birth of Attilio ParelliThat year: 1874, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (dead in 1944)
Also in May
Death of Lise TautinThat year: 1874, Classical music, singer (born in 1834) .
June
03
Birth of Clotilde Bressler-GianoliThat year: 1874, Classical music, Italian opera singer born in Switzerland (1874-1912) (dead in 1912)
04
Birth of Karl Wilhelm KernThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1945)
07
Birth of Theodor StreicherThat year: 1874, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1940)
Death of Fedor BagretsovThat year: 1874, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1812)
08
Birth of Clara ClemensThat year: 1874, Classical music, American opera singer; daughter of Mark Twain (dead in 1962)
11
Birth of Richard StöhrThat year: 1874, Classical music, Austrian-American composer and educator (dead in 1967)
Birth of Bruno MinkwitzThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer
12
Birth of Willem LandréThat year: 1874, Classical music, Dutch composer (dead in 1948)
13
Death of Vincenz VeckoThat year: 1874, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1830)
15
Birth of Ingeborg Nørregaard HansenThat year: 1874, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1941)
16
Birth of František NeumannThat year: 1874, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator and composer (dead in 1929)
Birth of Mikhail Ivanov-BoretskyThat year: 1874, Classical music, Soviet composer and musicologist (1874-1936) (dead in 1936)
18
Birth of Vladimir LosskyThat year: 1874, Classical music, Ukrainian singer and opera singer (1874-1946) (dead in 1946)
27
Birth of John Lionel GoldenThat year: 1874, Classical music, American playwright (1874-1955) (dead in 1955)
28
Birth of Oley SpeaksThat year: 1874, Classical music, American composer and songwriter (dead in 1948)
Birth of Edward FalckThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1922)
30
Birth of Paul PiernéThat year: 1874, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1952)
Birth of Sandro BlumenthalThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)
July
01
Birth of Zsigmond VinczeThat year: 1874, Classical music, Hungarian composer (dead in 1935)
Birth of Francis PopyThat year: 1874, Classical music, French conductor and composer (dead in 1928)
03
Death of Franz BendelThat year: 1874, Classical music, German musician (born in 1833)
04
Death of Eduard MantiusThat year: 1874, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1806-1874) (born in 1806)
Birth of Aleksandr NikolskyThat year: 1874, Classical music, Soviet composer (1874-1943) (dead in 1943)
06
Birth of Johan Backer LundeThat year: 1874, Classical music, Norwegian composer, pianist and musicologist (dead in 1958)
11
Birth of Pyotr RenchitskyThat year: 1874, Classical music, pianist (dead in 1941)
12
Birth of Arne OldbergThat year: 1874, Classical music, American pianist and composer (dead in 1962)
18
Birth of Oscar BergströmThat year: 1874, Classical music, Swedish actor (dead in 1931)
21
Birth of Giuseppe AgostiniThat year: 1874, Classical music, Italian tenor (dead in 1951)
26
Birth of Serge KoussevitzkyThat year: 1874, Classical music, Russian-born conductor, composer and double-bassist and music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1874-1951) (dead in 1951)
Birth of Julius RüngerThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1932)
August
04
Death of Sandford C. FaulknerThat year: 1874, Classical music, American planter, raconteur and fiddler (1803–1874) (born in 1803)
07
Birth of William G. HammondThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1945)
08
Birth of Franja VerhuncThat year: 1874, Classical music, sloven operatic soprano and voice teacher (dead in 1944)
09
Birth of Reynaldo HahnThat year: 1874, Classical music, Venezuelan, naturalised French, composer, conductor, music critic, diarist, theatre director, and salon singer (dead in 1947)
11
Birth of Marcella CraftThat year: 1874, Classical music, Operatic soprano (1874-1959) (dead in 1959)
Birth of Emil BorgmannThat year: 1874, Classical music, German stage actor and opera singer (dead in 1920)
15
Birth of Jacobus Hendrik OushoornThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1941)
16
Birth of Charles Albert StebbinsThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1958)
17
Birth of Marie RappoldThat year: 1874, Classical music, American operatic soprano (dead in 1957)
19
Birth of Abe HolzmannThat year: 1874, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1939)
22
Birth of Edward BairstowThat year: 1874, Classical music, English composer and organist (dead in 1946)
Birth of Antonio SavastaThat year: 1874, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1959)
Birth of Theo WendtThat year: 1874, Classical music (dead in 1951)
23
Birth of Johanne BrunThat year: 1874, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1954)
Birth of Robert Gorham MorseThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer, technician (dead in 1965)
26
Birth of Andrew B. SterlingThat year: 1874, Classical music, American lyricist (dead in 1955)
Birth of Willem FeltzerThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer, conductor, music pedagogue, violinist (dead in 1931)
28
Birth of George DrummThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1959)
29
Birth of Gustav KronThat year: 1874, Classical music, German violinist and conductor
31
Birth of Karl KämpfThat year: 1874, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1950)
Death of Achille GoufféThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1804)
September
02
Birth of Jones HewsonThat year: 1874, Classical music, Welsh singer and actor (dead in 1902)
04
Death of Manuel Antonio CarreñoThat year: 1874, Classical music, Venezuelan musician and diplomat (born in 1812)
08
Birth of Franjo DuganThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1948)
Birth of Isidoro CapitanioThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1944)
11
Birth of Heinrich Kaspar SchmidThat year: 1874, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1953)
12
Birth of Paul KuhnThat year: 1874, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1966)
13
Birth of Arnold SchoenbergThat year: 1874, Classical music, Austrian-American composer (1874-1951) (dead in 1951)
Birth of Nicholas GattyThat year: 1874, Classical music, English 20th-century composer and music critic (dead in 1946)
20
Birth of Noble Wickham KreiderThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1959)
21
Birth of Gustav HolstThat year: 1874, Classical music, English composer (dead in 1934)
October
01
Death of Carolina SessiThat year: 1874, Classical music, Italian soprano (born in 1796)
Birth of Christopher WilsonThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)
06
Death of Thomas TellefsenThat year: 1874, Classical music, Norwegian pianist and composer (born in 1823)
10
Birth of Minnie NastThat year: 1874, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1956)
Birth of Konstantin Minyar-BeloruchevThat year: 1874, Classical music, Russian composer (1874-1944) (dead in 1944)
11
Birth of Amálie BobkováThat year: 1874, Classical music, Czech opera singer (1874-1956) (dead in 1956)
14
Death of Andreas Frederik LinckeThat year: 1874, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1819)
15
Birth of Selma KurzThat year: 1874, Classical music, singer (dead in 1933)
Death of Theodor FormesThat year: 1874, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1826)
16
Birth of Robert EvettThat year: 1874, Classical music, British opera singer, actor and theatre manager (dead in 1949)
20
Birth of Charles IvesThat year: 1874, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1954)
21
Death of Albert JunkelmannThat year: 1874, Classical music, university teacher
23
Birth of Carl HahnThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929)
Death of Berthold GantzertThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1801)
26
Death of Peter CorneliusThat year: 1874, Classical music, German composer (born in 1824)
27
Birth of Mikhail AdamovThat year: 1874, Classical music, music pedagogue, trumpeter (dead in 1946)
29
Birth of Heinrich HenselThat year: 1874, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1935)
30
Birth of Alfred MargisThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer, pianist (dead in 1913)
31
Premiere of Madame l'archiducThat year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
Also in October
Birth of Louise Le BaronThat year: 1874, Classical music, American opera singer (1874-1918) (dead in 1918) . Death of Vincenzo CapecelatroThat year: 1874, Classical music, Italian musician and composer (born in 1815) .
November
01
Birth of Paul JeanjeanThat year: 1874, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1928)
04
Death of François DauvernéThat year: 1874, Classical music, French musician (born in 1799)
07
Birth of Mimi HviidThat year: 1874, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer (dead in 1962)
08
Birth of Archy RosenthalThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1947)
10
Birth of Otakar BradáčThat year: 1874, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (dead in 1924)
12
Birth of Bert WilliamsThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1922)
13
Birth of Marguerite LongThat year: 1874, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1966)
Birth of Charles Herbert KitsonThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1944)
18
Birth of Riccardo MartinThat year: 1874, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1952)
Birth of Josef EgemThat year: 1874, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and singer (dead in 1939)
19
Birth of Karl WohlfartThat year: 1874, Classical music, Swedish composer (dead in 1943)
24
Death of Friedrich Wilhelm GrundThat year: 1874, Classical music, German composer, conductor and teacher (born in 1791)
Premiere of King and Charcoal Burner, Op. 12That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Antonín Dvořák
Premiere of King and Charcoal Burner, Op. 14That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Antonín Dvořák
Premiere of King and Charcoal Burner, Op. 14That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Antonín Dvořák
Also in November
Composition of Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23That year: 1874, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky .
December
02
Inauguration: Building for Arts and Sciences (The Hague)That year: 1874, Classical music (The Hague, Netherlands)
03
Birth of Erich Jacques WolffThat year: 1874, Classical music, Austrian pianist and composer (dead in 1913)
09
Birth of Mariette SullyThat year: 1874, Classical music, Belgian opera singer (dead in 1950)
10
Death of Friedrich August BelckeThat year: 1874, Classical music, German musician (born in 1795)
13
Birth of Josef LhévinneThat year: 1874, Classical music, pianist (dead in 1944)
14
Death of F. H. AndrewsThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1800)
15
Death of Nina GnedThat year: 1874, Classical music, child actor, actor and stage actor (1811-1874) (born in 1811)
18
Death of Franz Wilhelm FerlingThat year: 1874, Classical music, German oboist, composer, and clarinetist (born in 1796)
Death of Arnošt Förchtgott TovačovskýThat year: 1874, Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (born in 1825)
19
Death of Josef VorelThat year: 1874, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1801)
21
Birth of Edmond ChabotThat year: 1874, Classical music, French organist and composer (dead in 1962)
Death of Richard MulderThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1822)
22
Birth of Franz SchmidtThat year: 1874, Classical music, Austrian composer, cellist and pianist (dead in 1939)
Death of Johann Peter PixisThat year: 1874, Classical music, German pianist and composer (born in 1788)
24
Birth of Adamo DidurThat year: 1874, Classical music, Polish singer (dead in 1946)
Composition of The Stubborn Lovers, Op. 17That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Antonín Dvořák
Birth of Margarit BabayanThat year: 1874, Classical music, music pedagogue, musicologist, pianist, singer (dead in 1968)
Birth of Josephine TrottThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1950)
25
Birth of Lina CavalieriThat year: 1874, Classical music, Italian operatic soprano (dead in 1944)
Death of Raffaele BillemaThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1820)
26
Birth of Léon RothierThat year: 1874, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1951)
Premiere of Whittington ou Le chat du diableThat year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
29
Birth of José BerrThat year: 1874, Classical music, Swiss composer, conducter and pianist (1874-1947) (dead in 1947)
30
Birth of Reinhold GlièreThat year: 1874, Classical music, Soviet Ukrainian composer (dead in 1956)
31
Birth of Ernest AustinThat year: 1874, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1947)
Birth of Frederick W. HagerThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1958)
This was also in 1874
Birth of Mariette MazarinThat year: 1874, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1953). Inauguration: Teatro PoliteamaThat year: 1874, Classical music (Palermo, Italy). Death of Romuald ZientarskiThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1829). Birth of Jean-Baptiste LafrenièreThat year: 1874, Classical music, Canadian pianist (dead in 1912). Birth of Manuel SanchoThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1936). Birth of William Heller NichollsThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1939). Birth of Alfredo CostaThat year: 1874, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1913). Birth of William HenleyThat year: 1874, Classical music, English violinist and composer (dead in 1957). Birth of Clifford DemarestThat year: 1874, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1946). Birth of Ethel BarnsThat year: 1874, Classical music, British composer and violinist (1873–1948) (dead in 1948). Death of Carl BurowThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1809). Birth of Harvey GraceThat year: 1874, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1944). Birth of Paul BahrThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1898). Birth of Carlo BöhmThat year: 1874, Classical music, singer from Austria (dead in 1940). Birth of Christian HansenThat year: 1874, Classical music, German singer and opera singer . Birth of Percy Algernon WhiteheadThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 2019). Death of Lucille TostéeThat year: 1874, Classical music, singer . Birth of Mariya ina Mariya MykhailovnaThat year: 1874, Classical music, singer (soprano) . Birth of Isaia BilléThat year: 1874, Classical music, Italian composer and journalist (dead in 1961). Death of Henry Craven GriffithsThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1819). Birth of Isabel BrúThat year: 1874, Classical music, Spanish actor and singer (1874-1931) (dead in 1931). Birth of Adolph MannThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1941). Birth of Cécile EyreamsThat year: 1874, Classical music, French lyric artist . Death of Gustav KrugThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1805). Birth of Lee Orean SmithThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1942). Birth of Madame RasimiThat year: 1874, Classical music, French actor (dead in 1954). Birth of Charles Mawson-MarksThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933). Inauguration: Perm Opera and Ballet TheatreThat year: 1874, Classical music (Leninsky City District, Soviet Union). Birth of G. Wolseley CoxThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1904). Inauguration: Beethoven HallThat year: 1874, Classical music (Boston, United States of America). Inauguration: Royal Danish TheatreThat year: 1874, Classical music (Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark). Birth of Lorenzo CamilieriThat year: 1874, Classical music, American composer and music educator (dead in 1956). Death of Vincenzo-Maria GrazianiThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer . Inception: University of Wisconsin–River FallsThat year: 1874, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Alexis DupontThat year: 1874, Classical music, French opera singer (1796-1874) (born in 1796). Birth of Betty KoflerThat year: 1874, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1933). Birth of Lalla MirandaThat year: 1874, Classical music, singer (dead in 1944). Birth of Kathleen Heron-MaxwellThat year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1950). Birth of Maud Cuney HareThat year: 1874, Classical music, American musician, author (dead in 1936). Birth of Rodolfo FalvoThat year: 1874, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1937).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Franz Liszt (age 63)
- Anima Christi sanctifica me (Work for choir)
- Die Glocken des Strassburger Münsters "Longfellow" (Work for choir)
- Die heilige Cäcilia (Work for choir)
- Elegy No. 1 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Schlummerlied im Grabe (Work for soloist)
- Ihr Glocken von Marling (Song, lied)
- Und sprich (Song, lied)
- Elegy No. 1 (Work for soloist)
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Richard Wagner (age 61)
- The ValkyrieThat year: 1874, Classical music (Opera)
- Twilight of the GodsThat year: 1874, Classical music (Opera)
- SiegfriedThat year: 1874, Classical music (Opera)
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Giuseppe Verdi (age 61)
- Messa da requiemThat year: 1874, Classical music (Work for choir)
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Anton Bruckner (age 50)
- Symphony No. 4 in E-flat majorThat year: 1874, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
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Bedřich Smetana (age 50)
- The Two WidowsThat year: 1874, Classical music (Opera)
- ViolaThat year: 1874, Classical music (Opera)
- The Moldau (Work for orchestra)
- Vyšehrad (Work for orchestra)
- Polka from The Two Widows (Work for soloist)
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Johann Strauss II (age 49)
- Where the Lemons Blossom, Op. 364That year: 1874, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- You and you, Op. 367 (Work for orchestra)
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Johannes Brahms (age 41)
- Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56That year: 1874, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1873
- 7 Lieder, Opp. 62 (Work for choir)
- 3 Quartets, Opp. 64 (Work for choir)
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Camille Saint-Saëns (age 39)
- Danse macabre, Op. 40That year: 1874, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Variation, Op. 35 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (age 35)
- Pictures from an ExhibitionThat year: 1874, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- The Fair at SorochyntsiThat year: 1874, Classical music (Opera)
- Without Sun (or Sunless)That year: 1874, Classical music (Song, lied)
- Elegy (Song, lied)
- Between Four Walls (Song, lied)
- Boredom (or Ennui) (Song, lied)
- Forgotten (Song, lied)
- Nettle Mountain (Song, lied)
- Over the River (Song, lied)
- The Idle Noisy is Ended (Song, lied)
- Thou Didst Not Know Me in the Crowd (Song, lied)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (age 34)
- String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 22That year: 1874, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 6 Melodies, Opp. 25 (Song, lied)
- Les yeux bleus du printemps (Song, lied)
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Antonín Dvořák (age 33)
- Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 13That year: 1874, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphonic Poem in A minor, Op. 14, “Rhapsody” (Work for orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 7 in A minor, Op. 16 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Edvard Grieg (age 31)
- Norges melodier, WoO 108 (Work for soloist)
- Oppsang for frihetsfolket i Norden, WoO 166 (Work for choir)
- At the Halfdan Kjerulf statue, WoO 167 (Work for choir)
- Cantata to Karl Hals, WoO 164 (Work for choir)
- Den blonde Pige (II), WoO 138 (Song, lied)
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (age 30)
- 2 Choruses, Opp. 13 (Work for choir)
- 4 Variations and a Fughetta on the Russian Folksong, Opp. 14 (Work for choir)
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Leoš Janáček (age 20)
- Forsaken (1) (Work for choir)
- Graduale “Speciosus forma” (Work for choir)
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Richard Strauss (age 8)
- 6 fragments to sonatas (AV 197–202) (Work for soloist)
- Fantasy in C major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in F major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 4 in E major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 5 in E-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Sonata in D major (Work for soloist)