The year 1894 in classical music and in lyrical art

1894. With other artists, Johannes Brahms, Giuseppe Verdi and Anton Bruckner influenced their time (romantic era / modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Adolphe Sax. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Auferstehungssinfonie”” de Gustav Mahler, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.

All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1894 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 290 of these moments for 1894.

1894, from day to day

1894

romantic era (end)modern & contemporary era (beginning)

January

11

Birth of Jaroslav VogelThat year: 1894, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, pianist and organist (dead in 1970)

Birth of Gertrud BindernagelThat year: 1894, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1932)

17

Birth of Charles LautrupThat year: 1894, Classical music, Danish conductor

18

Birth of Henri PontbriandThat year: 1894, Classical music, music pedagogue, painter, opera singer (dead in 1969)

Death of Ernst KochThat year: 1894, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer (born in 1819)

20

Birth of Walter PistonThat year: 1894, Classical music, American composer, music theorist and professor of music (1894-1976) (dead in 1976)

21

Death of Guillaume LekeuThat year: 1894, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1870)

Birth of Hedy GuraThat year: 1894, Classical music, German music educator (dead in 1967)

Birth of Ivan SteshenkoThat year: 1894, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (dead in 1937)

22

Premiere of Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 48That year: 1894, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Alexander Glazunov

Birth of Maxmilian Bittner-WaldmüllerThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (dead in 1937)

24

Death of Laura Schirmer MaplesonThat year: 1894, Classical music, American operatic singer (born in 1862)

Birth of Sando DickerThat year: 1894, Classical music, Romanian composer in Germany (dead in 1935)

25

Birth of Marguerite Roesgen-ChampionThat year: 1894, Classical music, Swiss composer (1894-1976) (dead in 1976)

Birth of Sergej Vasil'evič EvseevThat year: 1894, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1956)

28

Birth of Laura PasiniThat year: 1894, Classical music, Italian Opera singer (dead in 1942)

30

Birth of Jella von Braun-FernwaldThat year: 1894, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1965)

February

02

Birth of Adolfo Sirvent LlinaresThat year: 1894, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 1973)

04

Death of Adolphe SaxThat year: 1894, Classical music, Belgian musical instrument designer and musician (born in 1814)

Death of Louis LewandowskiThat year: 1894, Classical music, German composer (born in 1821)

05

Birth of William WernigkThat year: 1894, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1973)

Death of Edmond PoméThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (born in 1832)

06

Death of Theodor BillrothThat year: 1894, Classical music, Austrian surgeon and amateur musician (born in 1829)

Birth of André MarchalThat year: 1894, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1980)

Birth of Oszkár MaleczkyThat year: 1894, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1972)

09

Death of Eugen Maria AlbrechtThat year: 1894, Classical music, Russian violinist (born in 1844)

10

Premiere of The Beginning of a RomanceThat year: 1894, Classical music (Opera), Leoš Janáček

11

Death of Emilio ArrietaThat year: 1894, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1823)

Birth of Alfonso LengThat year: 1894, Classical music, Chilean musician (dead in 1974)

Birth of Božo VičarThat year: 1894, Classical music, opera singer, concert singer (dead in 1972)

12

Death of Hans von BülowThat year: 1894, Classical music, German musician (born in 1830)

14

Birth of Karol HławiczkaThat year: 1894, Classical music, Polish musician (dead in 1976)

Birth of Mary Cardwell DawsonThat year: 1894, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1962)

15

Death of Philipp Fahrbach, Jr.That year: 1894, Classical music, Austrian musician and violinist (born in 1843)

17

Death of Francisco Asenjo BarbieriThat year: 1894, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1823)

18

Death of Camillo SivoriThat year: 1894, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1815)

22

Death of Friedrich Wilhelm VoigtThat year: 1894, Classical music, German composer, conductor and musicologist (born in 1833)

24

Birth of Ferdinand PourThat year: 1894, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1939)

25

Birth of Tor MannThat year: 1894, Classical music, Swedish conductor (1894–1974) (dead in 1974)

27

Death of Dámaso ZabalzaThat year: 1894, Classical music, Spanish composer and pianist (1835-1894) (born in 1835)

March

12

Birth of Evelyn GardinerThat year: 1894, Classical music, English opera singer (dead in 1970)

13

Birth of Fernando Carrascosa GuervósThat year: 1894, Classical music, Spanish composer (1894-1974) (dead in 1974)

15

Birth of Rose PaulyThat year: 1894, Classical music, Hungarian singer and opera singer (dead in 1975)

Birth of Sláva VorlováThat year: 1894, Classical music, Czech singer, music educator, composer and pianist (dead in 1973)

16

Birth of Elizabeth LennoxThat year: 1894, Classical music, American contralto (dead in 1992)

18

Birth of Ernst Fuchs-SchönbachThat year: 1894, Classical music, German composer and choir director (dead in 1975)

20

Birth of Anne RoselleThat year: 1894, Classical music, Hungarian actress and opera singer (dead in 1989)

Birth of Svetozar BanovecThat year: 1894, Classical music, Slovene opera singer (dead in 1978)

21

Death of Jakob RosenhainThat year: 1894, Classical music, German composer (born in 1813)

Birth of Žiga HirschlerThat year: 1894, Classical music, Croatian composer (dead in 1941)

24

Birth of Elsa RespighiThat year: 1894, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1996)

Death of Robert Prescott StewartThat year: 1894, Classical music, Irish composer, organist and conductor (born in 1825)

26

Birth of Viorica UrsuleacThat year: 1894, Classical music, Romanian operatic soprano (dead in 1985)

30

Birth of Richard GraevenThat year: 1894, Classical music, opera singer

April

01

Birth of Nikolay PlatonovThat year: 1894, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1967)

07

Birth of Michio MiyagiThat year: 1894, Classical music, Japanese musician (dead in 1956)

09

Premiere of Symphony No. 5 in B-flat majorThat year: 1894, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Anton Bruckner

13

Death of Marie CarandiniThat year: 1894, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1826)

14

Death of Armand SaintisThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (born in 1822)

15

Birth of Nicolas SlonimskyThat year: 1894, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1995)

Birth of Josef TomanThat year: 1894, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (dead in 1972)

17

Birth of Rudolf PeterkaThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)

27

Birth of Olena AkhmatovaThat year: 1894, Classical music, ukrainian singer (dead in 1974)

May

02

Death of Pietro Abbà CornagliaThat year: 1894, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1851)

06

Birth of Filip LazărThat year: 1894, Classical music, Romanian musician (dead in 1936)

07

Birth of Edmond AppiaThat year: 1894, Classical music, Swiss conductor and musicologist (1894-1961) (dead in 1961)

09

Birth of Arseny GladkovskyThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (dead in 1945)

Death of Leopold LandauThat year: 1894, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1841)

10

Birth of Dimitri TiomkinThat year: 1894, Classical music, American conductor (dead in 1979)

Premiere of Guntram, Op. 25That year: 1894, Classical music (Opera), Richard Strauss

11

Birth of Jenő ZádorThat year: 1894, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1977)

15

Birth of José CubilesThat year: 1894, Classical music, Spanish musician (dead in 1971)

20

Birth of Ewa Bandrowska-TurskaThat year: 1894, Classical music, Polish singer, opera singer and music educator (dead in 1979)

21

Birth of Georges DufresneThat year: 1894, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 1973)

Death of Thomas Henry WrightThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (born in 1805)

23

Birth of Heinrich RehkemperThat year: 1894, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1949)

24

Birth of Vincenzo D'AnnibaleThat year: 1894, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (dead in 1950)

June

05

Death of Immanuel FaisstThat year: 1894, Classical music, German composer (born in 1823)

06

Birth of Sabin DrăgoiThat year: 1894, Classical music, Romanian musician (dead in 1968)

08

Birth of Erwin SchulhoffThat year: 1894, Classical music, Czech composer and pianist (dead in 1942)

10

Birth of Pavel BořkovecThat year: 1894, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (dead in 1972)

13

Death of Filippo ColettiThat year: 1894, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1811)

14

Birth of Heddle NashThat year: 1894, Classical music, British singer (dead in 1961)

15

Birth of Robert Russell BennettThat year: 1894, Classical music, American composer, arranger (dead in 1981)

16

Death of Valérie de GasparinThat year: 1894, Classical music, Swiss woman of letters (1813-1894) (born in 1813)

Birth of Armand TokatyanThat year: 1894, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer (dead in 1960)

19

Death of Dieudonné DagneliesThat year: 1894, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1825)

21

Death of Walter SpinneyThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (born in 1852)

23

Death of Marietta AlboniThat year: 1894, Classical music, Italian operatic contralto (born in 1826)

25

Birth of Hana PírkováThat year: 1894, Classical music, Czech opera singer (dead in 1944)

27

Death of August Ludwig FrickeThat year: 1894, Classical music, painter and opera singer (1829-1894) (born in 1829)

July

08

Death of Vladimir Nikitič KašperovThat year: 1894, Classical music, 1827-1894 (born in 1827)

09

Death of Juventino Rosas CadenasThat year: 1894, Classical music, Mexican composer, violinist and band leader (born in 1868)

12

Death of Albert AmadeiThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (born in 1851)

15

Death of Amanda Röntgen-MaierThat year: 1894, Classical music, Swedish violinist and composer (born in 1853)

18

Birth of Willy RosenThat year: 1894, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1944)

Birth of Bernard WagenaarThat year: 1894, Classical music, Dutch-American composer (dead in 1971)

24

Birth of Walter SchulthessThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (1894-1971) (dead in 1971)

25

Birth of Yvonne PrintempsThat year: 1894, Classical music, singer and actress (dead in 1977)

26

Death of Eduard TauwitzThat year: 1894, Classical music, German composer (born in 1812)

28

Birth of Eduard Granados GalThat year: 1894, Classical music, Spanish businessperson and composer (1894-1928) (dead in 1928)

August

01

Birth of Leonid PolovinkinThat year: 1894, Classical music, Russian conductor and composer (dead in 1949)

03

Birth of Helena JežičováThat year: 1894, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1934)

05

Birth of Jaime OvalleThat year: 1894, Classical music, Brazilian composer and poet (dead in 1955)

07

Birth of Toni WeilerThat year: 1894, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1970)

09

Birth of Armin WeltnerThat year: 1894, Classical music, (1894-1992) (dead in 1992)

11

Birth of Wilhelm GroszThat year: 1894, Classical music, Austrian composer, pianist and conductor (dead in 1939)

23

Birth of Sholom SecundaThat year: 1894, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1974)

25

Birth of Krešimir BaranovićThat year: 1894, Classical music, Croatian composer (dead in 1975)

28

Birth of Karl BöhmThat year: 1894, Classical music, Austrian conductor (dead in 1981)

30

Birth of Walter Wallace SmithThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (dead in 1948)

September

05

Birth of Georg RygaardThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)

Death of Hermann NürnbergThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (born in 1831)

08

Birth of Willem PijperThat year: 1894, Classical music, Dutch composer, music critic and teacher (dead in 1947)

Death of Jean-Baptiste PiernéThat year: 1894, Classical music, French singer (born in 1821)

Birth of Ludmila KvapilováThat year: 1894, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1948)

12

Birth of Rose CardayThat year: 1894, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1995)

13

Death of Emmanuel ChabrierThat year: 1894, Classical music, French Romantic composer and pianist (born in 1841)

Birth of Gertrude JohnsonThat year: 1894, Classical music, singer (dead in 1973)

15

Birth of Herbert WindtThat year: 1894, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1965)

16

Death of Louis Adolphe MayeurThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (born in 1837)

18

Death of Irvine DearnaleyThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (born in 1839)

19

Birth of Aleksander ArderThat year: 1894, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1966)

20

Birth of Vilma TihanyiThat year: 1894, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1951)

21

Death of Emma Fursch-MadiThat year: 1894, Classical music, French opera singer with a soprano voice (born in 1847)

22

Birth of Elisabeth RethbergThat year: 1894, Classical music, German American opera singer (dead in 1976)

30

Birth of Jan KonstantinThat year: 1894, Classical music, czech opera singer (dead in 1965)

Birth of Stanisław NawrockiThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer, pianist (dead in 1950)

October

01

Death of Charles le CorbeillerThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (born in 1821)

03

Death of Thomas Willert BealeThat year: 1894, Classical music, English writer (born in 1828)

09

Death of Carl GerberThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer

10

Birth of Margherita GrandiThat year: 1894, Classical music, singer (dead in 1972)

11

Birth of Albert StoesselThat year: 1894, Classical music, American conductor (dead in 1943)

Death of Bohuslav HřímalýThat year: 1894, Classical music, conductor, violinist, violist, music pedagogue, composer (born in 1848)

16

Death of Johanna Jachmann-WagnerThat year: 1894, Classical music, singer (born in 1826)

18

Birth of Hugo AnsonThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (dead in 1958)

20

Birth of John Franklin CarréThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (dead in 1966)

22

Birth of Mei LanfangThat year: 1894, Classical music, Peking opera artist (1894-1961) (dead in 1961)

24

Death of Luigi ChiostriThat year: 1894, Classical music, violinist (born in 1847)

25

Birth of Pia RavennaThat year: 1894, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 1964)

Birth of Alfredo SangiorgiThat year: 1894, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1962)

26

Birth of Ralya TonchevaThat year: 1894, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer (dead in 1979)

27

Death of Alphons CzibulkaThat year: 1894, Classical music, Hungarian musician (born in 1842)

30

Birth of Peter WarlockThat year: 1894, Classical music, British composer and music critic (dead in 1930)

Death of Xisto BahiaThat year: 1894, Classical music, Brazilian actor (born in 1841)

November

01

Death of Georges BachmannThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (born in 1848)

02

Death of Rosina PencoThat year: 1894, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer (born in 1823)

03

Death of Joseph W. TurnerThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (born in 1818)

04

Death of Eugène OudinThat year: 1894, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1858)

07

Birth of Dmitriy Danilovitsj GolovinThat year: 1894, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1894-1966) (dead in 1966)

08

Death of Anton RubinsteinThat year: 1894, Classical music, Russian pianist, composer and conductor (born in 1829)

11

Birth of Aaron AvshalomovThat year: 1894, Classical music, Russian-Jewish composer (dead in 1965)

16

Birth of Hans Dagobert BrugerThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (dead in 1932)

21

Death of Ippolito RagghiantiThat year: 1894, Classical music, Italian violinist (born in 1865)

22

Birth of Bohuslav TarabaThat year: 1894, Classical music, Czech composer, painter and writer (1894-1978) (dead in 1978)

29

Birth of Sabine OffermannThat year: 1894, Classical music, German singer and opera singer

December

06

Death of William H. HuntThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (born in 1852)

09

Birth of Fernand FaniardThat year: 1894, Classical music, Belgian singer (dead in 1955)

12

Birth of Marcelle SoulageThat year: 1894, Classical music, French composer and teacher (dead in 1970)

14

Birth of Joaquín ZamacoisThat year: 1894, Classical music, Chilean-Spanish music theorist, music teacher and composer (dead in 1976)

Birth of Marius JacobsenThat year: 1894, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1961)

15

Birth of Cecil ArdenThat year: 1894, Classical music, American mezzo-soprano/contralto opera singer (dead in 1989)

17

Birth of Arthur FiedlerThat year: 1894, Classical music, American conductor (dead in 1979)

19

Birth of Paul DessauThat year: 1894, Classical music, German composer and conductor (dead in 1979)

22

Birth of Boris LyatoshinskyThat year: 1894, Classical music, Ukrainian composer, conductor, teacher (dead in 1968)

Premiere of Prélude à l'après-midi d'un fauneThat year: 1894, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Claude Debussy

Birth of Mihail AndricuThat year: 1894, Classical music, Romanian composer (dead in 1974)

Birth of Petros EpitropakisThat year: 1894, Classical music, Greek tenor (dead in 1977)

23

Death of Paul CourtoisThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer

Death of Rudolf FörsterThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer (born in 1860)

24

Birth of Henriette StrindbergThat year: 1894, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (dead in 1964)

25

Birth of Nikolay Aleksandrovitsj FomenkoThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer, music pedagogue, pianist (dead in 1961)

27

Birth of Juan Casanova VicuñaThat year: 1894, Classical music, composer, conductor (dead in 1976)

31

Birth of Ernest John MoeranThat year: 1894, Classical music, English composer (dead in 1950)

This was also in 1894

Works (composition or publishing)

Giuseppe Verdi (age 81)

Pietà, Signor (Work for choir)

Johann Strauss II (age 69)

Jabuka (Opera)
Your Health, Op. 456 (Work for orchestra)

Johannes Brahms (age 61)

2 Sonatas for clarinet and piano, Opp. 120That year: 1894, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)

Camille Saint-Saëns (age 59)

Antigone (Theatrical music)
Thème varié, Op. 97 (Work for soloist)
Caprice arabe, Op. 96 (Work for chamber orchestra)
3 Preludes and Fugues, Opp. 99 (Work for soloist)

Antonín Dvořák (age 53)

Humoresque, Op. 101That year: 1894, Classical music (Work for soloist)
Biblical Songs, Op. 99That year: 1894, Classical music (Song, lied)
Sonatina in G major, Op. 100 (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1893
In Nature's Realm, Op. 91 (Work for orchestra), composed in 1891
2 Pieces for piano (Work for soloist)

Edvard Grieg (age 51)

Lyric Pieces VII, Opp. 62That year: 1894, Classical music (Work for soloist)
Fædrelandssang, WoO 151 (Song, lied)
Poems, Opp. 60 (Song, lied)
Children's Songs, Opp. 61 (Song, lied)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (age 50)

Canzonetta and Tarantella (Work for chamber orchestra)
2 Duets for 2 horns (Work for chamber orchestra)

Leoš Janáček (age 40)

Jealousy (Work for chamber orchestra)
Odpočiň si (Work for choir)
Už je slúnko z téj hory ven (Work for choir)
Jealousy (Work for orchestra)

Edward Elgar (age 37)

Sursum corda, Op. 11 (Work for orchestra)
2 Partsongs, Opp. 26 (Work for choir)

Giacomo Puccini (age 36)

Short Waltz (Work for soloist)

Gustav Mahler (age 34)

Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Auferstehungssinfonie”That year: 1894, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1895

Isaac Albéniz (age 34)

San Antonio de la Florida (Opera)

Claude Debussy (age 32)

String Quartet in G minorThat year: 1894, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1893
Pour le piano (orchestre) (Work for orchestra with soloist)
Images oubliées (Work for soloist)

Richard Strauss (age 30)

Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28That year: 1894, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
4 Lieder, Opp. 27 (Song, lied)

Jean Sibelius (age 29)

Spring Song, Op. 16 (Work for orchestra)
The Wood Nymph, Op. 15 (Work for orchestra)

Alexander Glazunov (age 29)

3 Pieces, Opp. 49 (Work for soloist)
Ballet Scenes, Op. 52 (Work for orchestra)
Cortège Solennel in D major, Op. 50 (Work for orchestra)
Fantasy From Dark into Light, Op. 53 (Work for orchestra)
String Quartet in A minor, Op. 64 (Work for chamber orchestra)
Concert Waltz No. 2 in F major, Op. 51 (Work for orchestra)

Erik Satie (age 28)

La porte héroïque du ciel (Theatrical music)

Alexander Scriabin (age 22)

2 Impromptus, Opp. 10 (Work for soloist)
Romance for voice and piano (Song, lied)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (age 21)

7 Ballroom Pieces, Opp. 10That year: 1894, Classical music (Work for soloist)
Bohemian Capriccio, Op. 12That year: 1894, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
Romance for piano 4 hands in G majorThat year: 1894, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
Chorus of Spirits (Work for choir)
Two Don Juan Episodes (Work for orchestra)
Song of the Nightingale (Work for choir)
Barcarolle, Op. 11 No. 1 (Work for chamber orchestra)
6 Pieces, Opp. 11 (Work for chamber orchestra)
Slava, Op. 11 No. 6 (Work for chamber orchestra)
Thème Russe, Op. 11 No. 3 (Work for chamber orchestra)
Romance for piano 4 hands, Op. 11 No. 5 (Work for chamber orchestra)
Scherzo for piano 4 hands, Op. 11 No. 2 (Work for chamber orchestra)
Waltz for piano 4 hands, Op. 11 No. 4 (Work for chamber orchestra)

Arnold Schoenberg (age 20)

3 Pieces (Work for soloist)
Why have you awakened (Song, lied)
Presto for string quartet in C major (Work for chamber orchestra)
Scherzo (Work for soloist)

Gustav Holst (age 20)

Short Trio in E (Work for chamber orchestra)

Béla Bartók (age 13)

X.Y., Op. 31 list 1 (Work for soloist)
Fantasy, Op. 8 list 2 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
Scherzo in G minor (Work for soloist)
Piano Sonata No. 1 in G minor, Op. 1 list 2 (Work for soloist)
The Course of the Danube, Op. 20 list 1 (Work for chamber orchestra)
Andante con variazioni, Op. 30 list 1 (Work for soloist)
Elza, Op. 29 list 1 (Work for soloist)