1839 in music
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Events
- Felix MendelssohnFelix MendelssohnJakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
conducts the first performance of Franz SchubertFranz SchubertFranz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
's Great C Major Symphony
Classical music
- Johann Nepomuk HummelJohann Nepomuk HummelJohann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.- Life :...
– 2 Preludes and Fugue for Organ - Joseph Lanner – Amazonen-Galopp; Malapou Galop
- Robert SchumannRobert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
:- Arabesque in C, Op. 18
- BlumenstückBlumenstück (Schumann)Blumenstück in D flat, Op. 19, is a piano work by Robert Schumann, written in 1839. Blumenstück is a series of short, connected and thematically related episodes, of which the second forms a recurring refrain while undergoing changes in both key and mood...
(Flower Piece) in D, Op. 19 - Humoreske in B, Op. 20
- 4 Nachtstücke (Night Pieces), Op. 23
- Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26
- 3 Romances, Op. 28 (B minor, F, B)
- Louis SpohrLouis SpohrLouis Spohr was a German composer, violinist and conductor. Born Ludewig Spohr, he is usually known by the French form of his name. Described by Dorothy Mayer as "The Forgotten Master", Spohr was once as famous as Beethoven. As a violinist, his virtuoso playing was admired by Queen Victoria...
– Concerto for Violin no 14 in A minor, Op. 110 "Sonst und Jetzt" - 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"....
– Piano Sonata No. 2 "Funeral March"
Opera
- Alexander DargomyzhskyAlexander DargomyzhskyAlexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky was a 19th century Russian composer. He bridged the gap in Russian opera composition between Mikhail Glinka and the later generation of The Five and Tchaikovsky....
– Esmeralda - 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...
– L'ange de Nisida - Giuseppe LilloGiuseppe LilloGiuseppe Lillo was an Italian composer. He is best known for his operas which followed in the same vein of Gioachino Rossini. He also produced works for solo piano, a small amount of sacred music, and some chamber music....
– Il conte di Chalais - Giuseppe VerdiGiuseppe VerdiGiuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
– Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio
Published popular music
- "Kathleen MavourneenKathleen Mavourneen"Kathleen Mavourneen" is a song, written in 1837, composed by Frederick Crouch with lyrics by Marion Crawford. It was popular during the American Civil War...
" w. Annie Barry Crawford m. Frederick William Nicholls Crouch
Births
- January 1 – James Ryder RandallJames Ryder RandallJames Ryder Randall was an American journalist and poet. He is best remembered as the author of "Maryland, My Maryland".-Biography:Randall was born on January 1, 1839 in Baltimore, Maryland....
, popular songwriter - January 9 – John Knowles PaineJohn Knowles PaineJohn Knowles Paine , was the first American-born composer to achieve fame for large-scale orchestral music.-Life:He studied organ, orchestration, and composition in Germany and toured in Europe for three years...
, composer and musicologist - March 2 - Victoria BundsenVictoria BundsenVictoria Isabella Heliodora Bundsen, als known as Victoria Boni and Victoria de Bunsen, , was a Swedish opera singer ....
, alto - March 17 – Josef RheinbergerJosef RheinbergerJosef Gabriel Rheinberger was a German organist and composer, born in Liechtenstein.-Short biography:...
, composer (d. 1901) - March 19 – Gustav Roguski, composer and teacher of Mieczysław Karłowicz
- March 21 – Modest MussorgskyModest MussorgskyModest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as 'The Five'. He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period...
, composer (d. 1881) - April 12 – Victorin de JoncièresVictorin de JoncièresFélix-Ludger Rossignol, known as Victorin de Joncières was a French composer and music critic.-Biography:...
, composer and music critic (d. 1903) - May 19 – Alice Mary SmithAlice Mary SmithAlice Mary Smith, married name Alice Mary Meadows White was an English composer.Smith was born in London, the third child of a relatively well-to-do family. She showed aptitude for music from her early years and took lessons privately from William Sterndale Bennett and George Macfarren, publishing...
, composer (d. 1884) - July 14 – Sydney SmithSydney Smith (composer)Sydney Smith , was a leading English pianist and composer in Victorian England. Sydney Smith grew up in a family of musicians. His father was the head of a music school and often gave concerts with his two sons, Sydney and his brother Boyton.Smith was born in Dorchester, Dorset...
, English composer and pianist - August 24 – Eduard NápravníkEduard NápravníkEduard Francevič Nápravník was a Czech conductor and composer, who settled in Russia and is best known for his leading role in Russian musical life as the principal conductor of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg for many decades...
, composer (d. 1916) - November 24 – James Warren YorkJames Warren YorkJames Warren York was a musician, businessman, business owner and musical instrument innovator. The "York tuba sound" is considered by most tubists to be the defining timbre of a quality instrument...
, businessman, musical instrument maker
Deaths
- February 16 – Ludwig Berger, pianist, composer and music teacher (b. 1777)
- March 7 – Adolphe NourritAdolphe NourritAdolphe Nourrit was a French operatic tenor, librettist, and composer. One of the most esteemed opera singers of the 1820s and 1830s, he was particularly associated with the works of Gioachino Rossini....
, operatic tenor (b. 1802) (suicide) - April 20 – Giuseppe RossiniGiuseppe RossiniGiuseppe Rossini is an Italian-born Belgian footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian first division club Zulte Waregem. He joined Zulte Waregem from Kortrijk in May 2011.-Youth career:...
, father of the composer Gioacchino RossiniGioacchino RossiniGioachino Antonio Rossini was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces... - May 3 – Ferdinando PaerFerdinando Paer-Biography:Paer was born at Parma. His father was a trumpeter with the Ducal Bodyguards and also performed at church and court events. His name, Ferdinando, was after Duke Ferdinand of Parma and was given to him by Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Duke Ferdinand's wife...
, composer (b. 1771) - June 8 – Aloysia WeberAloysia WeberMaria Aloysia Louise Antonia Weber was a German soprano, remembered primarily for her association with the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.-Biography:...
, operatic soprano (b. c. 1760) - June 11 – Regina StrinasacchiRegina StrinasacchiRegina Schlick née Strinasacchi was a violin virtuoso in a time when women rarely performed on the violin in public. She is best known as the musician for whom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed the Sonata in B flat for Violin and Keyboard, "Strinasacchi," .Strinasacchi was born in either 1761, 1762...
, violinist (b. c. 1761) - June 14 – Nicolas MoriNicolas MoriNicolas Mori was an Anglo-Italian violinist, music publisher and conductor. Once regarded as the finest violinist in Europe, Mori was somewhat overshadowed by the rise of Paganini....
, violinist, conductor and music publisher (b. 1796) - June 15 – Hans SkramstadHans SkramstadHans Skramstad was a Norwegian pianist and composer.-External links:*...
, pianist and composer (b. 1797) - July 10 – Fernando SorFernando SorJosep Ferran Sorts i Muntades was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer. While he is best known for his guitar compositions, he also composed music for a wide range of genres, including opera, orchestra, string quartet, piano, voice and ballet...
, guitarist and composer (b. 1778) - September 21 – Gottfried WeberGottfried WeberJacob Gottfried Weber , was a prominent German writer on music , composer, and jurist....
, music theorist (b. 1779) - December 7 – Jan August VitásekJan August VitásekJan Matyáš Nepomuk August Vitásek was a Bohemian composer....
, composer (b. 1770)