The year 1879 in classical music and in lyrical art

Birth of Sydney BaynesThat year: 1879, Classical music, British composer and conductor (dead in 1938)

Death of Joseph-Théodore-Désiré BarbotThat year: 1879, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1824)

Birth of Szeréna SziklaiThat year: 1879, Classical music, Hungarian singer (dead in 1949)

Birth of Augusta OndříčkováThat year: 1879, Classical music, music pedagogue, violinist (dead in 1952)

Birth of Lina AbarbanellThat year: 1879, Classical music, German-American singer (1879-1963) (dead in 1963)

Birth of Marcel TournierThat year: 1879, Classical music, French harpist, composer, and pedagogue (dead in 1951)

Birth of Jack NorworthThat year: 1879, Classical music, American songwriter, singer and vaudeville performer (dead in 1959)

Death of John Paul MorganThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (born in 1841)

Birth of Jenny SpennertThat year: 1879, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 1950)

Birth of Stanyslav LiudkevychThat year: 1879, Classical music, Ukrainian composer (dead in 1979)

Birth of Maurice SimonThat year: 1879, Classical music, French organist (dead in 1941)

Death of Lorenzo SalviThat year: 1879, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1810)

Birth of Erna GräsbeckThat year: 1879, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 1958)

Birth of Fritz ZohselThat year: 1879, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1952)

Birth of Jeanette AngellThat year: 1879, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer (dead in 1961)

Birth of Marie AngrováThat year: 1879, Classical music, opera singer, pedagogue (dead in 1917)

Birth of Jeanne HattoThat year: 1879, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1958)

Birth of Gustav RoobThat year: 1879, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and violoncellist (dead in 1947)

Birth of Mizzi GüntherThat year: 1879, Classical music, singer (dead in 1961)

Birth of Franz BornscheinThat year: 1879, Classical music, American composer, teacher and music critic (dead in 1948)

Birth of Louis ThirionThat year: 1879, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1966)

Birth of Olga Bakhutashvili-ShulginaThat year: 1879, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1950)

Death of Jean-Jacques-Joseph DebillemontThat year: 1879, Classical music, French musician, composer, conductor and music critic (born in 1824)

Birth of H. M. TennentThat year: 1879, Classical music, British songwriter (dead in 1941)

Birth of Stefano DonaudyThat year: 1879, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1925)

Birth of Rudolf SieczyńskiThat year: 1879, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1952)

Death of Paul BernardThat year: 1879, Classical music, French composer (born in 1827)

Death of Marie CachováThat year: 1879, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1853)

Death of Karl BeckThat year: 1879, Classical music, operatic tenor (born in 1814)

Birth of Bedřich VáškaThat year: 1879, Classical music, cellist, music pedagogue (dead in 1978)

Death of Apollon BarretThat year: 1879, Classical music, French musician; Professor of oboe at the Royal Academy of Music in London (born in 1804)

Birth of Francesc Montserrat i AyarbeThat year: 1879, Classical music, Spanish composer (1879-1950) (dead in 1950)

Birth of Walter KirchhoffThat year: 1879, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1951)

Birth of Grigori Abramowitsch KreinThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1955)

Birth of Otakar ZichThat year: 1879, Classical music, Czech composer and aesthetician (dead in 1934)

Birth of Viggo BrodersenThat year: 1879, Classical music, Danish musician (dead in 1965)

Birth of Harvey Alexander MatthewsThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1973)

Birth of Richard KurschThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1949)

Birth of Lucy IsnardonThat year: 1879, Classical music, French soprano (dead in 1966)

Death of Henri ValiquetThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (born in 1817)

Birth of Gabriel GrovlezThat year: 1879, Classical music, eminent French composer and conductor (dead in 1944)

Birth of André BenoistThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1953)

Birth of Ricardo RodríguezThat year: 1879, Classical music, Argentinian composer (dead in 1951)

Birth of Wiera LuczeThat year: 1879, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer (dead in 1977)

Birth of Robert vom ScheidtThat year: 1879, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1964)

Birth of Agnès BorgoThat year: 1879, Classical music, actress from Paris Opera (dead in 1958)

Birth of Ivan GryzunovThat year: 1879, Classical music, singer (dead in 1919)

Birth of Mikhail ChernovThat year: 1879, Classical music, Russian composer (1879-1938) (dead in 1938)

Birth of Albert HøebergThat year: 1879, Classical music, Danish singer and opera singer (dead in 1949)

Birth of John White JohnstonThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1959)

Birth of Vano SarajishviliThat year: 1879, Classical music, Georgian opera singer (dead in 1924)

Birth of Aristide MartzThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1942)

Birth of Fritz CromeThat year: 1879, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1948)

Death of Mrs Howard PaulThat year: 1879, Classical music, British singer and opera singer (born in 1833)

Birth of Bernard AdlerThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1942)

Death of Franz DienerThat year: 1879, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1849)

Birth of Jeanne JomelliThat year: 1879, Classical music, Dutch soprano opera singer, concert singer, and music educator (dead in 1932)

Birth of Philipp KrausThat year: 1879, Classical music, German singer, opera singer and music educator (dead in 1964)

Birth of Pablo LunaThat year: 1879, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1942)

Birth of Eastwood LaneThat year: 1879, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1951)

Birth of Harold SamuelThat year: 1879, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1937)

Birth of Suzanne Cesbron-ViseurThat year: 1879, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1967)

Birth of Raymond HubbellThat year: 1879, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1954)

Death of Eduard BostThat year: 1879, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1813)

Death of Eduard BastaThat year: 1879, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1845)

Birth of Oskar BackThat year: 1879, Classical music, Dutch musician (dead in 1963)

Birth of Benjamin LambordThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1915)

Birth of Julia ClaussenThat year: 1879, Classical music, Swedish mezzo-soprano (dead in 1941)

Birth of Mark HambourgThat year: 1879, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1960)

Birth of Wilhelm RinkensThat year: 1879, Classical music, German composer and music director (dead in 1933)

Birth of Georges MerklingThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)

Death of Francisco Trinidad HuertaThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (born in 1800)

Birth of Henry CreamerThat year: 1879, Classical music, American popular song lyricist (dead in 1930)

Death of Franz Xaver ChwatalThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (1808-1879) (born in 1808)

Birth of Sigurd von KochThat year: 1879, Classical music, Swedish composer (1879-1919) (dead in 1919)

Death of Apollinaire de KontskiThat year: 1879, Classical music, violinist (born in 1825)

Birth of Wolfgang von SchwindThat year: 1879, Classical music, Austrian actor, singer and opera singer (dead in 1949)

Death of Joseph SchadThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (born in 1812)

Death of Henry Thomas SmartThat year: 1879, Classical music, English organist and composer (born in 1813)

Birth of Agnes WollebækThat year: 1879, Classical music, Norwegian singer (dead in 1930)

Birth of Alexander MacFadyenThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1936)

Death of Auguste BarbereauThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer and pedagog (born in 1799)

Birth of Waldemar StaegemannThat year: 1879, Classical music, German actor, voice actor, singer and opera singer (dead in 1958)

Birth of Ilonka SzoyerThat year: 1879, Classical music, opera and operetta singer (dead in 1956)

Death of Alfred VernetThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (born in 1819)

Birth of Cally MonradThat year: 1879, Classical music, Norwegian singer (dead in 1950)

Death of Alphonse ThysThat year: 1879, Classical music, French composer (born in 1807)

Death of Henry C. EyerThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (born in 1797)

Death of Adelaide KembleThat year: 1879, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1814)

Birth of Pietro SocalThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1959)

Death of August SchaefferThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (born in 1814)

Birth of Gérard HekkingThat year: 1879, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1942)

Death of Mécène Marié de l'IsleThat year: 1879, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1811)

Birth of Ferdinand LavenThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1947)

Birth of Josep Masllovet i SanmiquelThat year: 1879, Classical music, Spanish composer (1879-1946) (dead in 1946)

Birth of Marie-Louise DebogisThat year: 1879, Classical music, Swiss singer (1879-1950) (dead in 1950)

Birth of Gus EdwardsThat year: 1879, Classical music, American songwriter, vaudevillian, music publisher (dead in 1945)

Death of L ConinxThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (born in 1803)

Death of Friedrich August KummerThat year: 1879, Classical music, German musician (born in 1797)

Birth of Joan Gamisans ArabíThat year: 1879, Classical music, Spanish singer and composer (1879-1933) (dead in 1933)

Birth of Gustáv ŠimkovičThat year: 1879, Classical music, choir director, composer, music pedagogue (dead in 1964)

Birth of Antoinette van DijkThat year: 1879, Classical music, Dutch opera singer (dead in 1975)

Birth of Rentarō TakiThat year: 1879, Classical music, Japanese Composer (dead in 1903)

Death of Henriette Nissen-SalomanThat year: 1879, Classical music, Swedish opera singer and singing teacher (born in 1819)

Premiere of Os justiThat year: 1879, Classical music (Work for choir), Anton Bruckner

Birth of Fritzi ScheffThat year: 1879, Classical music, Austrian-American opera singer and actress (1879-1954) (dead in 1954)

Birth of Gottfried GalstonThat year: 1879, Classical music, Austrian composer, pianist, author and music educator (dead in 1950)

Birth of Bruno GranichstaedtenThat year: 1879, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1944)

Birth of Emmanuel Rhené-BatonThat year: 1879, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1940)

Birth of Harold SanfordThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1945)

Death of Felice FrasiThat year: 1879, Classical music, Italian organist and composer (born in 1806)

Birth of Elsa ReichThat year: 1879, Classical music, opera singer, singer

Death of Gustave-Hippolyte RogerThat year: 1879, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1815)

Birth of Lucien NiverdThat year: 1879, Classical music, French composer and musicologist (dead in 1967)

Birth of Alice GuszalewiczThat year: 1879, Classical music, singer (dead in 1940)

Birth of Valborg Werbeck-SvärdströmThat year: 1879, Classical music, Swedish singer and voice instructress (dead in 1972)

Birth of Charles Borel-ClercThat year: 1879, Classical music, French composer, oboist (dead in 1959)

Death of Henry WestropThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (born in 1812)

Birth of Signe von RappeThat year: 1879, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 1974)

Birth of Joaquín NinThat year: 1879, Classical music, Spanish composer and pianist (dead in 1949)

Birth of Willem WillekeThat year: 1879, Classical music, Dutch-born American cellist and conductor (dead in 1950)

Inauguration: ArkadiaThat year: 1879, Classical music (Poznań, Poland)

Birth of Alberto GascoThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1938)

Birth of Halfdan CleveThat year: 1879, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1951)

Birth of Boris KaragichevThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1946)

Birth of Joseph BovetThat year: 1879, Classical music, Swiss composer and priest (1879-1951) (dead in 1951)

Birth of Chris SmithThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer and vaudeville performer from the United States (dead in 1949)

Birth of Peter van AnrooyThat year: 1879, Classical music, Dutch composer and conductor (dead in 1954)

Death of Karl Anton EckertThat year: 1879, Classical music, German composer, conductor and choirmaster (born in 1820)

Birth of József GáborThat year: 1879, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer, actor (dead in 1929)

Birth of Isabel JayThat year: 1879, Classical music, singer and actress (dead in 1927)

Death of August HegarThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (born in 1818)

Death of Charles GrobeThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (born in 1817)

Birth of Frank La ForgeThat year: 1879, Classical music, American composer and pianist (dead in 1953)

Birth of Karel HašlerThat year: 1879, Classical music, Czech songwriter and actor (dead in 1941)

Death of Fanny Arthur RobinsonThat year: 1879, Classical music, British composer (born in 1831)

Birth of Paul HellmuthThat year: 1879, Classical music, Danish musician (dead in 1919)

Death of Ernesto A. L. CoopThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (born in 1802)

Birth of Heinrich HuberThat year: 1879, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1916)

Birth of Fernand FrancellThat year: 1879, Classical music, (1879-1966) (dead in 1966)

Death of Louis Désiré BesozziThat year: 1879, Classical music, Composer and pedagog (born in 1814)

Birth of Edmund L. GruberThat year: 1879, Classical music, United States general (dead in 1941)

Birth of Henri MiroThat year: 1879, Classical music, Canadian composer/arranger, conductor, pianist, and music critic (dead in 1950)

Birth of Geoffrey ShawThat year: 1879, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1943)

Birth of Edward F. JohnstonThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)

Birth of Julio Salvador SagrerasThat year: 1879, Classical music, Argentine musician (dead in 1942)

Birth of Aline SandenThat year: 1879, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1955)

Birth of Adam Tadeusz WieniawskiThat year: 1879, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 1950)

Birth of David StockmanThat year: 1879, Classical music, painter (1879-1951) (dead in 1951)

Birth of Hermine KittelThat year: 1879, Classical music, Austrian singer (dead in 1948)

Death of Charles Harland MorineThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (born in 1828)

Birth of Karl KlinglerThat year: 1879, Classical music, German composer, concertmaster and university teacher (1879-1971) (dead in 1971)

Birth of Platon Ivanovich CesevichThat year: 1879, Classical music, Russian actor and opera singer (1879-1958) (dead in 1958)

Death of Nikolay PavlischevThat year: 1879, Classical music, Russian historian (born in 1802)

Birth of Arturo MelocchiThat year: 1879, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1879-1960) (dead in 1960)

Birth of Sigrid ArnebergThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 2019)

Birth of Percy FletcherThat year: 1879, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1932)

Birth of Zdenka HanfstaenglThat year: 1879, Classical music, German opera singer and singer (dead in 1954)

Birth of Wolff N. KostakowskyThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 2019)

Birth of Paul CorderThat year: 1879, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1942)

Birth of Stanley R. AveryThat year: 1879, Classical music, Composer and organist (dead in 1967)

Birth of Cedric Wilmot LemontThat year: 1879, Classical music, composer (dead in 1954)

Birth of Louis VuilleminThat year: 1879, Classical music, French conductor and composer (dead in 1929)

Birth of Margarethe SiemsThat year: 1879, Classical music, singer (dead in 1952)

Death of Anna BochkoltzThat year: 1879, Classical music, German opera singer, composer, voice teacher (1815-1879) (born in 1815)

Birth of Yuliya VeysbergThat year: 1879, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1942)

Birth of Julius WeismannThat year: 1879, Classical music, German composer and conductor (dead in 1950)

Birth of Martin OscàrThat year: 1879, Classical music, Swedish actor (dead in 1921)

Birth of Geneviève VixThat year: 1879, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1939)