1835 in music
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Events
- July 8 – Dan EmmettDan EmmettDaniel Decatur "Dan" Emmett was an American songwriter and entertainer, founder of the first troupe of the blackface minstrel tradition.-Biography:...
is discharged from the US Army and begins his career as a blackfaceBlackfaceBlackface is a form of theatrical makeup used in minstrel shows, and later vaudeville, in which performers create a stereotyped caricature of a black person. The practice gained popularity during the 19th century and contributed to the proliferation of stereotypes such as the "happy-go-lucky darky...
banjoist and singer. - October – Contralto Clorinda CorradiClorinda CorradiClorinda Corradi was an Italian opera singer and one of the most famous contraltos in history.-Life:...
relocates to Havana, Cuba. - December 14 – The St James's TheatreSt James's TheatreThe St James's Theatre was a 1,200-seat theatre located in King Street, at Duke Street, St James's, London. The elaborate theatre was designed with a neo-classical exterior and a Louis XIV style interior by Samuel Beazley and built by the partnership of Peto & Grissell for the tenor and theatre...
, London, opens with an "operatic burletta", Agnes Sorel. - Soprano Fanny Corri-PaltoniFanny Corri-PaltoniFanny Corri-Paltoni was a celebrated English operatic soprano active in Europe between 1818 and 1835. It was said that she possessed a voice of remarkable beauty and that she had a fine singing technique. She particularly excelled in the operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Gioachino...
makes her last known stage appearance, at Alessandria.
Classical music
- Frédéric ChopinFrédéric ChopinFrédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
– Grand Polonaise Brillante - Samuel Sebastian WesleySamuel Sebastian WesleySamuel Sebastian Wesley was an English organist and composer.-Biography:Born in London, he was the eldest child in the composer Samuel Wesley's second family, which he formed with Sarah Suter having separated from his wife Charlotte. Samuel Sebastian was the grandson of Charles Wesley...
– Larghetto for Organ in F minor
Opera
- Daniel AuberDaniel AuberDaniel François Esprit Auber was a French composer.-Biography:The son of a Paris print-seller, Auber was born in Caen in Normandy. Though his father expected him to continue in the print-selling business, he also allowed his son to learn how to play several musical instruments...
– Le cheval de bronzeLe cheval de bronzeLe cheval de bronze is an opéra comique by the French composer Daniel Auber, first performed at the Opéra-Comique, Paris on 23 March 1835. The libretto is by Auber's regular collaborator, Eugène Scribe and the piece was a great success in its day. In 1837, it was transformed into an opera-ballet,... - Vincenzo BelliniVincenzo BelliniVincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...
– I Puritani - Gaetano DonizettiGaetano DonizettiDomenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. His best-known works are the operas L'elisir d'amore , Lucia di Lammermoor , and Don Pasquale , all in Italian, and the French operas La favorite and La fille du régiment...
– Lucia di LammermoorLucia di LammermoorLucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor.... - Jacques Fromental HalévyFromental HalévyJacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy , was a French composer. He is known today largely for his opera La Juive.-Early career:...
– La juiveLa JuiveLa Juive is a grand opera in five acts by Fromental Halévy to an original French libretto by Eugène Scribe; it was first performed at the Opéra, Paris, on February 23, 1835.-Composition history:...
, L'éclairL'éclairL'éclair is an opéra comique by Fromental Halévy to a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.L'éclair was premiered by the Paris Opéra-Comique at the Salle de la Bourse on 16 December 1835; Jacques Offenbach was a cellist in the orchestra... - Giuseppe PersianiGiuseppe PersianiGiuseppe Persiani was an Italian opera composer. He wrote his first opera - one of 11 - in 1826 but, after his marriage the soprano Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani, who was to become a significant singer in her time, he devoted much of his efforts to supporting her career...
– Ines de Castro - Mikhail ZagoskinMikhail ZagoskinMikhail Nikolayevich Zagoskin , , was a Russian writer. Author of social comedies, historical novels.Zagoskin was born in the village of Ramzay in Penza Oblast...
– Askold's GraveAskold's GraveAskold’s Grave is an opera in 4 acts by Alexey Verstovsky to a libretto by Mikhail Zagoskin ....
Births
- January 14 – Felix Otto DessoffFelix Otto DessoffFelix Otto Dessoff was a German conductor and composer.-Biography:Dessoff was born in Leipzig and entered the conservatory there where he studied composition, piano and conducting with some of the foremost teachers of the day, including Ignaz Moscheles for piano and Moritz Hauptmann and Julius...
, conductor and composer (d. 1892) - January 23 – August LannerAugust LannerAugustin Lanner , sometimes known as August Lanner, was an Austrian composer, the son of the better-known Josef Lanner. He was first educated at the St. Anna-Schule but received no music instruction at that time...
, composer - February 24 – John Henry MartinMartin Band Instrument CompanyThe Martin Band Instrument Company was a musical instrument manufacturer in Elkhart, Indiana.-John Henry Martin and the first Martin company:This company was actually the reappearance of a previous company. John Henry Martin The Martin Band Instrument Company was a musical instrument manufacturer...
, Band instrument manufacturer (d. 1910) - March 15 – Eduard StraussEduard StraussEduard Strauss was an Austrian composer who, together with brothers Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss made up the Strauss musical dynasty. The family dominated the Viennese light music world for decades, creating many waltzes and polkas for many Austrian nobility as well as dance-music...
, composer - March 24 – August WindingAugust WindingAugust Winding was a Danish composer.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia....
, composer (d. 1899) - July 10 – Henryk WieniawskiHenryk WieniawskiHenryk Wieniawski was a Polish violinist and composer.-Biography:Henryk Wieniawski was born in Lublin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. His father, Tobiasz Pietruszka, had converted to Catholicism. His talent for playing the violin was recognized early, and in 1843 he entered the Paris...
, violinist and composer (d. 1880) - August 20 – Oscar StoumonOscar StoumonOscar Stoumon was a Belgian composer, music critic, playwright and theatre director....
, music critic and composer (d. 1900) - October 7 – Felix DraesekeFelix DraesekeFelix August Bernhard Draeseke was a composer of the "New German School" admiring Liszt and Richard Wagner. He wrote compositions in most forms including eight operas and stage works, four symphonies, and much vocal and chamber music.-Life:Felix Draeseke was born in the Franconian ducal town of...
, composer (d. 1913) - October 9 – Camille Saint-SaënsCamille Saint-SaënsCharles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony...
, composer (d. 1921) - November 25 – Joseph GlæserJoseph GlæserJoseph August Eduard Friedrich Glæser was a Danish composer and organist.-Notable works:*Høje Nord, Friheds Hjem *duets*firstemmige mandssange*some hymn tunes...
, organist and composer (d. 1891) - December 1 – Carl Johan FrydensbergCarl Johan FrydensbergCarl Johan Frydensberg was a Danish composer.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia....
, composer (d. 1904) - date unknown – Abu Khalil QabbaniAbu Khalil QabbaniAbu Khalil Qabbani was a Syrian playwright and composer. He is considered the founder of the short musical play in Arabic theatre. His play Abu al-Hassan al-Mughaffal caused a wave of protest as a result of his mockery of Caliph Harun al-Rashid, and ended with a decree by the Ottoman government...
, Syrian dramatist and composer (d. 1902)
Deaths
- April 23 – Joseph Antonio EmidyJoseph Antonio EmidyJoseph Antonio Emidy was a West African born slave in early life, but later became a famous and celebrated violinist and composer in Cornwall.-Life:...
, violinist and composer (b. 1775) - May 9 – Sebastian MayerSebastian MayerSebastian Mayer was a bass singer and stage director of the Classical era.-Life:Mayer was born at Benediktbeuern. In 1793, he joined the theater company of Emanuel Schikaneder....
, operatic bass (b. 1773) - August 3 – Wenzel MüllerWenzel MüllerWenzel Müller was an Austrian composer and conductor.Müller was born in Turnau. He studied with Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf and performed as a theatre musician in his youth. In 1786 he became Kapellmeister at the Theater in der Leopoldstadt in Leopoldstadt, Vienna...
, composer (b. 1767) - August 10 – Claus SchallClaus SchallClaus Nielsen Schall was a Danish violinist and composer.-Notable works:*Bønderne og herrerne på lystgården *Kjærlighedens og Mistankens Magt *Savoyardinderne...
, violinist and composer (b. 1757) - September 23 – Vincenzo BelliniVincenzo BelliniVincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...
, composer (b. 1801) - October 21 – Muthuswami DikshitarMuthuswami DikshitarMuthuswami Dikshitar is a South Indian poet and composer and is one of the Musical Trinity of Carnatic music...
, youngest of the Carnatic musicCarnatic musicCarnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its area roughly confined to four modern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu...
composer trinity (b. 1775) - November 19 – Thomas Linley the elder, musician and founder of a musical dynasty (b. 133)
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- Amzi ChapinAmzi ChapinAmzi Chapin was a cabinetmaker, singing-school teacher shapenote and composer.He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts into a family of cabinet-makers. He was the son of Edward Chapin of Chicopee MA, younger brother of Aaron Chapin and Lucius, and the second cousin of Eliphant Chapin...
, cabinetmaker, singing-school teacher and shapenote composer. - François TourteFrançois TourteFrançois Xavier Tourte was a Frenchman who, though trained as a watchmaker, soon changed to making bows for playing classical string instruments such as the violin....
, bowmaker (b. 1747)
- Amzi Chapin