The year 1897 in classical music and in lyrical art

1897. With other artists, Antonín Dvořák, Johann Strauss II and Claude Debussy 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 Johannes Brahms. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “La bohème” de Giacomo Puccini, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.

All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1897 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 280 of these moments for 1897.

1897, from day to day

1897

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

January

21

Birth of Milo MiloradovichThat year: 1897, Classical music, American opera vocalist and cookbook author (dead in 1972)

22

Birth of Rosa PonselleThat year: 1897, Classical music, American operatic soprano (dead in 1981)

24

Death of Sarah Edith WynneThat year: 1897, Classical music, Welsh operatic soprano (born in 1842)

Birth of Josef Vlach-VrutickýThat year: 1897, Classical music, Czech composer and conductor (dead in 1977)

29

Birth of Mary LewisThat year: 1897, Classical music, American soprano opera singer (1897-1941) (dead in 1941)

30

Birth of Georg HannThat year: 1897, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1950)

Death of Princess E. KochubeĭThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1821)

Death of Karl GrammannThat year: 1897, Classical music, German composer (born in 1842)

February

07

Birth of Quincy PorterThat year: 1897, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1966)

10

Death of Antonio BazziniThat year: 1897, Classical music, Italian violinist, composer and teacher (born in 1818)

Death of Armand CastelmaryThat year: 1897, Classical music, French bass (born in 1834)

12

Birth of Břetislav BakalaThat year: 1897, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and choirmaster (dead in 1958)

14

Birth of Jørgen BentzonThat year: 1897, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1951)

17

Birth of Gertrud Pålson-WettergrenThat year: 1897, Classical music, singer (dead in 1991)

19

Birth of Willi Domgraf-FassbaenderThat year: 1897, Classical music, German opera singer (1897-1978) (dead in 1978)

20

Birth of Johannes WeyrauchThat year: 1897, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1977)

Death of H. KleberThat year: 1897, Classical music, Kleber, Henry; b. May 4, 1818, Darmstadt; German organist and composer; came to U.S. in 1832 (born in 1816)

21

Birth of Marie NežádalováThat year: 1897, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1967)

23

Death of Woldemar BargielThat year: 1897, Classical music, German composer (born in 1828)

24

Death of Paul MérielThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1818)

25

Death of Cornélie FalconThat year: 1897, Classical music, French soprano (born in 1814)

27

Birth of Marian AndersonThat year: 1897, Classical music, African-American contralto (dead in 1993)

March

03

Birth of Július BateľThat year: 1897, Classical music, choir director, composer, folklorist, music pedagogue, organist (dead in 1967)

04

Birth of Mikhail KrasevThat year: 1897, Classical music, Soviet composer (1897-1954) (dead in 1954)

05

Premiere of Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13That year: 1897, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Sergei Rachmaninoff

06

Birth of Knudåge RiisagerThat year: 1897, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1974)

07

Death of Leonard LabattThat year: 1897, Classical music, Swedish singer (born in 1838)

10

Death of Teodulo MabelliniThat year: 1897, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1817)

11

Birth of Henry CowellThat year: 1897, Classical music, American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario (dead in 1965)

Death of Berthold ToursThat year: 1897, Classical music, Dutch composer (born in 1838)

13

Birth of Maria NemethThat year: 1897, Classical music, singer (dead in 1967)

17

Birth of Artur GoldThat year: 1897, Classical music, violinist and composer (dead in 1943)

18

Birth of Gerardo Matos Rodr MatosThat year: 1897, Classical music, Uruguayan musician, songwriter (dead in 1948)

19

Birth of Josef JankoThat year: 1897, Classical music, German singer (dead in 1984)

21

Birth of Meirō SugaharaThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer, conductor, musicologist (dead in 1988)

31

Death of Willem van der LindenThat year: 1897, Classical music, Dutch musician and conductor (born in 1845)

April

03

Death of Johannes BrahmsThat year: 1897, Classical music, German composer and pianist (born in 1833)

04

Birth of Ernő BaloghThat year: 1897, Classical music, (1897--1989) Hungarian born American classical pianist (dead in 1989)

06

Birth of Bohuslav TvrdýThat year: 1897, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (dead in 1946)

08

Birth of Herbert EimertThat year: 1897, Classical music, German composer and journalist (dead in 1972)

Death of George GarrettThat year: 1897, Classical music, British musician (born in 1834)

09

Death of Ruperto Ruiz de VelascoThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)

11

Birth of Aleksandra RopskayaThat year: 1897, Classical music, Russian opera singer (dead in 1957)

14

Death of Wilhelm GarvensThat year: 1897, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1815)

18

Birth of Shovkat MammadovaThat year: 1897, Classical music, Azerbaijani singer (dead in 1981)

Death of G. EstabrookThat year: 1897, Classical music, American composer, singer (1845–1897) (born in 1845)

23

Death of Clement HarrisThat year: 1897, Classical music, English pianist and composer (born in 1871)

24

Birth of György KósaThat year: 1897, Classical music, Hungarian musician (dead in 1984)

25

Birth of Aro StepanianThat year: 1897, Classical music, Armenian composer (1897-1966) (dead in 1966)

Birth of Alexandra ČvanováThat year: 1897, Classical music, singer (dead in 1939)

26

Death of Roberto StagnoThat year: 1897, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1840)

May

01

Birth of Lola GereThat year: 1897, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1967)

Death of Jožef TertnikThat year: 1897, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1866)

Death of Auguste PéronThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1840)

02

Birth of John Frederick CootsThat year: 1897, Classical music, American songwriter (dead in 1985)

03

Death of Woolson MorseThat year: 1897, Classical music, American composer (born in 1858)

04

Birth of Viktoras BručkusThat year: 1897, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (dead in 1960)

07

Birth of Marcel MaasThat year: 1897, Classical music, Dutch-Belgian pianist (dead in 1950)

Birth of Ingeborg HolmgrenThat year: 1897, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 1978)

10

Death of William Thomas BestThat year: 1897, Classical music, English organist (born in 1826)

Birth of Josefina Robledo GallegoThat year: 1897, Classical music, classical guitarist, composer (dead in 1972)

Death of Charles Marie MichelThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1876)

Death of Michel BlégerThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer

12

Birth of Milorad JovanovićThat year: 1897, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1966)

14

Death of Max MaretzekThat year: 1897, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (born in 1821)

15

Death of John NaylorThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer and organist of York Minster (born in 1838)

Death of Adalbert ÜberléeThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1837)

16

Birth of Walther GeiserThat year: 1897, Classical music, Swiss composer (1897-1993) (dead in 1993)

Birth of René HérentThat year: 1897, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1966)

19

Birth of Enrico MainardiThat year: 1897, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1976)

21

Death of Karol MikuliThat year: 1897, Classical music, Polish pianist, composer and pedagogue (born in 1819)

22

Birth of Marcelle MeyerThat year: 1897, Classical music, French pianist (dead in 1958)

24

Birth of Joan Martínez BàguenaThat year: 1897, Classical music, Spanish composer (1897-1986) (dead in 1986)

29

Birth of Erich Wolfgang KorngoldThat year: 1897, Classical music, American composer of Austro-Hungarian birth (dead in 1957)

30

Death of Franz KrolopThat year: 1897, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1839)

June

03

Birth of Corrado ZambelliThat year: 1897, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1974)

04

Death of Louis UckoThat year: 1897, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1838)

Death of Marcello RossiThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1862)

07

Birth of George SzellThat year: 1897, Classical music, American conductor (dead in 1970)

09

Death of Pavel PabstThat year: 1897, Classical music, Prussian-Russian professor, pianist, composer (born in 1854)

Death of Ignace GibsoneThat year: 1897, Classical music, British composer (born in 1826)

10

Birth of Frederick JagelThat year: 1897, Classical music, American singer, opera singer and music educator (dead in 1982)

12

Birth of Alexandre TansmanThat year: 1897, Classical music, Franco-Polish musician (dead in 1986)

Birth of Léon GoossensThat year: 1897, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1988)

14

Birth of Franjo SchiffrerThat year: 1897, Classical music, concert singer, opera singer, voice teacher (dead in 1970)

15

Birth of Mary EllisThat year: 1897, Classical music, American opera singer (1897-2003) (dead in 2003)

17

Birth of António FragosoThat year: 1897, Classical music, Portuguese composer (dead in 1918)

21

Birth of Rina MassardiThat year: 1897, Classical music, actor, filmmaker, opera singer (dead in 1979)

22

Birth of BulbulThat year: 1897, Classical music, Azerbaijani singer (dead in 1961)

24

Death of Adolphe DavidThat year: 1897, Classical music, French composer (born in 1842)

28

Death of Ludovic de VauxThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1850)

29

Birth of Ottmar GersterThat year: 1897, Classical music, German composer and conductor (dead in 1969)

July

01

Death of Carl August KernThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1836)

05

Birth of Paul Ben-HaimThat year: 1897, Classical music, Israeli composer (dead in 1984)

Birth of Mogens WöldikeThat year: 1897, Classical music, Danish conductor (dead in 1988)

12

Death of Félix GodefroidThat year: 1897, Classical music, Belgian musician (born in 1818)

14

Death of Bernhard TriebelThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1847)

25

Birth of Yun Sim-deokThat year: 1897, Classical music, Korean singer-actor (dead in 1926)

27

Death of Bernhard KotheThat year: 1897, Classical music, conductor, Kirchenmusikdirektor (born in 1821)

29

Birth of Sofía Cancino de CuevasThat year: 1897, Classical music, Mexican composer and singer (dead in 1982)

August

03

Birth of Mercedes CapsirThat year: 1897, Classical music, singer (dead in 1969)

Death of Marie SeebachThat year: 1897, Classical music, German actress (born in 1830)

05

Birth of Roberta Dodd CrawfordThat year: 1897, Classical music, American opera singer (1897-1954) (dead in 1954)

06

Birth of Dimitrie OnofreiThat year: 1897, Classical music, Romanian opera singer (dead in 1991)

Death of William SmallwoodThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1831)

10

Birth of Walter PfefferThat year: 1897, Classical music, Austrian conductor (dead in 1970)

12

Birth of Manuel de Blancafort i de RossellóThat year: 1897, Classical music, Catalan composer (dead in 1987)

Death of Oluf MelvoldThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1843)

14

Birth of Antonio GelliThat year: 1897, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1960)

17

Birth of Salvatore AllegraThat year: 1897, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1993)

18

Birth of Adolf VogelThat year: 1897, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1969)

20

Birth of Alfred DomanskyThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (dead in 1959)

25

Birth of Jaroslav ŘídkýThat year: 1897, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (dead in 1956)

29

Birth of Helge RosvaengeThat year: 1897, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1972)

Birth of Henny TrundtThat year: 1897, Classical music, German singer and opera singer

September

01

Death of James Gowdy ClarkThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1830)

02

Birth of John DeanThat year: 1897, Classical music, British opera singer and actor (dead in 1990)

03

Birth of Francisco MignoneThat year: 1897, Classical music, Brazilian composer (dead in 1986)

11

Birth of Einar LarssonThat year: 1897, Classical music, Swedish singer (dead in 1983)

12

Death of Alix FournierThat year: 1897, Classical music, French composer (born in 1864)

13

Birth of Honorio SiccardiThat year: 1897, Classical music, Argentinian composer (dead in 1963)

15

Birth of Paul SchöfflerThat year: 1897, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1977)

16

Birth of Antoni Marquès i PuigThat year: 1897, Classical music, Spanish businessperson and composer (1897-1944) (dead in 1944)

17

Birth of Will MeiselThat year: 1897, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1967)

18

Birth of Pablo SorozábalThat year: 1897, Classical music, Spanish opera composer (dead in 1988)

Death of Robert A. NewlandThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer

19

Death of Leone GiraldoniThat year: 1897, Classical music, Italian operatic baritone (born in 1824)

20

Death of Karel BendlThat year: 1897, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator, composer, publicist and choirmaster (born in 1838)

Death of Grenville Dean WilsonThat year: 1897, Classical music, American composer and pianist (1833-1897) (born in 1833)

24

Birth of Lidia BabiciThat year: 1897, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer (dead in 1970)

27

Birth of Irma JaunzemThat year: 1897, Classical music, Belarusian singer, opera singer and music educator (1897-1975) (dead in 1975)

October

05

Birth of Gaspar CassadóThat year: 1897, Classical music, Spanish cellist and composer (dead in 1966)

Death of Émile-Alexandre TaskinThat year: 1897, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1853)

08

Death of Martin PlüddemannThat year: 1897, Classical music, German music educator (born in 1854)

10

Death of Louise LavoyeThat year: 1897, Classical music, French singer (born in 1823)

11

Death of Léon BoëllmannThat year: 1897, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1862)

14

Birth of Jānis VītiņšThat year: 1897, Classical music, Latvian opera singer (dead in 1941)

16

Birth of Tasso JanopouloThat year: 1897, Classical music, Egyptian pianist (dead in 1970)

17

Death of Isidor DannströmThat year: 1897, Classical music, Swedish composer (born in 1812)

20

Death of Primitivo Pardás y FontThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1829)

24

Death of Alfred James CaldicottThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1842)

25

Birth of Janko MatuskaThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer, folklorist (dead in 1959)

26

Birth of Tiana LemnitzThat year: 1897, Classical music, singer (dead in 1994)

30

Birth of Agustín LaraThat year: 1897, Classical music, Mexican composer and interpreter of songs and boleros (dead in 1970)

Birth of Drago ZupanThat year: 1897, Classical music, actor, director, opera singer (dead in 1966)

Birth of Käthe HeidersbachThat year: 1897, Classical music, German soprano (dead in 1979)

31

Death of Otto TürkeThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1832)

November

01

Death of Vincenzo MelaThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1821)

04

Birth of Oscar Lorenzo FernándezThat year: 1897, Classical music, Brazilian composer (dead in 1948)

06

Death of Édouard DeldevezThat year: 1897, Classical music, French musician (born in 1817)

14

Death of Giuseppina StrepponiThat year: 1897, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1815)

Birth of Conchita de BadíaThat year: 1897, Classical music, Catalan singer (dead in 1975)

Inauguration: Konzerthaus RavensburgThat year: 1897, Classical music (Ravensburg, Germany)

16

Death of Wilhelm Heinrich RiehlThat year: 1897, Classical music, writer, Philosopher of Volkish thought (born in 1823)

17

Death of Amélie FaivreThat year: 1897, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1837)

18

Birth of Richard WalkerThat year: 1897, Classical music, English singer and actor (dead in 1989)

20

Birth of Margaret SutherlandThat year: 1897, Classical music, Australian composer (dead in 1984)

27

Death of Bernhard PolliniThat year: 1897, Classical music, German intendant (born in 1838)

30

Birth of Quinto MaganiniThat year: 1897, Classical music, American conductor, composer and musicologist (dead in 1974)

December

01

Birth of Miguel FletaThat year: 1897, Classical music, Spanish operatic tenor (dead in 1938)

04

Death of Adolf NeuendorffThat year: 1897, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1843)

05

Birth of Jozef RosinskýThat year: 1897, Classical music, choir director, composer, music pedagogue, organist (dead in 1973)

Birth of Aleksandrs KortānsThat year: 1897, Classical music, Latvian opera singer (dead in 1962)

Death of Frederick Pyke AtkinsThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1830)

06

Birth of John FernströmThat year: 1897, Classical music, Swedish conductor and composer (dead in 1961)

08

Birth of Leslie HewardThat year: 1897, Classical music, British composer and conductor (dead in 1943)

09

Birth of José Antonio Álvarez CantosThat year: 1897, Classical music, Spanish composer (1897-1964) (dead in 1964)

14

Birth of Georges ThillThat year: 1897, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1984)

15

Birth of Mahieddine BachtarziThat year: 1897, Classical music, Algerian opera singer, actor, writer and director (dead in 1986)

16

Death of Ferdinand Wilhelm DietzThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1833)

19

Death of Étienne HémeryThat year: 1897, Classical music, composer (born in 1842)

21

Birth of Piotr Stiepanowicz SzyłoThat year: 1897, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1974)

22

Birth of Max HansenThat year: 1897, Classical music, tenor (1897-1961) (dead in 1961)

23

Birth of Jiří SvobodaThat year: 1897, Classical music, Czech composer and teacher (dead in 1970)

24

Death of Johannes PacheThat year: 1897, Classical music, German composer and organist (born in 1857)

27

Birth of Augusta OltrabellaThat year: 1897, Classical music, b. 1897-12-27 d. 1981-06-04 Fach: ["Spinto"] (dead in 1981)

29

Death of Léon CarvalhoThat year: 1897, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1825)

Birth of Hermann HeissThat year: 1897, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1966)

31

Birth of Celestino ParaventiThat year: 1897, Classical music, businessperson, opera singer (dead in 1986)

This was also in 1897

Works (composition or publishing)

Johann Strauss II (age 72)

North Sea Pictures, Op. 390That year: 1897, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1880
Die Göttin der Vernunft (Opera)

Antonín Dvořák (age 56)

A Hero's Song, Op. 111That year: 1897, Classical music (Work for orchestra)

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)

Briséïs ou Les amants de Corinthe (Vocal music), composed in 1891

Edvard Grieg (age 54)

Lyric Pieces VIII, Opp. 65That year: 1897, Classical music (Work for soloist)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (age 53)

Mozart and SalieriThat year: 1897, Classical music (Opera)
Antar, Op. 9That year: 1897, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1868
By the Sea, Op. 46 (Song, lied)
In Spring, Op. 43 (Song, lied)
4 Songs, Opp. 39 (Song, lied)
4 Songs, Opp. 40 (Song, lied)
4 Songs, Opp. 41 (Song, lied)
4 Songs, Opp. 42 (Song, lied)
2 Pieces (Work for soloist)
Dragonflies, Op. 53 (Song, lied)
2 Duets, Opp. 47 (Song, lied)
2 Songs, Opp. 49 (Song, lied)
String Quartet in G major (Work for chamber orchestra)
Trio for violin, cello and piano in C minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
Switezianka, Op. 44 (Work for choir)

Leoš Janáček (age 43)

Amarus (Work for choir)

Edward Elgar (age 40)

Sea Pictures, Opp. 37That year: 1897, Classical music (Song, lied)
3 Bavarian Dances, Opp. 27bThat year: 1897, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
Roundel: The little eyes that never knew Light (Song, lied)
Grete Malverne on a Rocke (Work for choir)
2 Pieces for violin and piano, Opp. 15 (Work for chamber orchestra)
The Banner of St. George, Op. 33 (Work for choir)
Caractacus, Op. 35 (Work for choir)
Imperial March, Op. 32 (Work for orchestra)
Minuet, Op. 21 (Work for soloist)
Te Deum and Benedictus, Op. 34 (Work for choir)

Giacomo Puccini (age 39)

La bohèmeThat year: 1897, Classical music (Opera), composed in 1896
Inno a Diana (Song, lied)

Isaac Albéniz (age 37)

2 Morceaux en Prose (Song, lied)
6 Songs (Song, lied)
Il en est de l'amour (Song, lied)
Suite No. 3, “Minuetto, Gavotta” (Work for soloist)

Claude Debussy (age 35)

NocturnesThat year: 1897, Classical music (Work for choir), published in 1900

Richard Strauss (age 31)

A Hero's Life, Op. 40That year: 1897, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1899
Enoch Arden, Op. 38That year: 1897, Classical music (Song, lied), published in 1864
Licht du ewiglich Eines (Work for choir)
4 Lieder for voice and piano, Opp. 36 (Song, lied)

Erik Satie (age 31)

GnossiennesThat year: 1897, Classical music (Work for soloist)
Nouvelles pièces froides (Work for soloist), published in 1912
Pièces froides : Airs à faire fuir, Danses de travers (Work for soloist), published in 1912

Alexander Scriabin (age 25)

Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23, “Etats d'ames”That year: 1897, Classical music (Work for soloist)
Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19, “Sonata-Fantasy”That year: 1897, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1898
Concert Allegro in B-flat minor, Op. 18 (Work for soloist)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (age 24)

6 Moments Musicaux, Opp. 16That year: 1897, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1896

Arnold Schoenberg (age 23)

Scherzo, in F major, and Trio in A minor for String Quartet (Work for chamber orchestra)
Eclogue: Fragrant is the earth (Song, lied)
Maiden’s spring: April wind, all abud (Song, lied)
But no!: Girl, stop knitting (Song, lied)
String Quartet in D major (Work for chamber orchestra)

Gustav Holst (age 23)

A Winter Idyll (Work for orchestra)
Clear and Cool, Op. 5 (Work for choir)
5 Partsongs, Opp. 9a (Work for choir)

Manuel de Falla (age 21)

Melodía (Work for chamber orchestra)

Béla Bartók (age 16)

2 Pieces, Opp. 15 list 2 (Work for soloist)
3 Pieces, Opp. 13 list 2 (Work for soloist)
Andante, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 12 list 2 (Work for soloist)
Grand Fantasy, Op. 16 list 2 (Work for soloist)
Piano Quintet in C major, Op. 14 list 2 (Work for chamber orchestra)
Scherzo or Fantasy, Op. 18 list 2 (Work for soloist)
Sonata for violin and piano in A major, Op. 17 list 2 (Work for chamber orchestra)

Einojuhani Rautavaara (age -31)

Entre cloches, Op. 13 (Work for chamber orchestra)
Violin Sonata, Op. 12 (Work for chamber orchestra)