1846 in music
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Events
- August 16 - Gioachino Rossini marries artist's model Olympe PélissierOlympe PélissierOlympe Pélissier was a French artists' model and the second wife of the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini. She sat for Vernet for his painting of Judith and Holofernes....
. - Adolphe SaxAdolphe SaxAntoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...
patents the "saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
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Published popular music
- "The Indian's PrayerThe Indian's Prayer"The Indian's Prayer" is a popular song with music composed by I.B. Woodbury in 1846. The author is not known. Woodbury, a composer of religious music, dedicated the song to his friend and student I.O. Emerson, Esq....
" w. Anonymous, m. I.B. WoodburyIsaac B. WoodburyIsaac Baker Woodbury was a 19th-century composer and publisher of church music.Woodbury studied with Lowell Mason in Boston and with teachers in Paris and London. Upon his return to Boston he taught music, played organ, and directed choral groups... - "When the Swallows Homeward Fly" w.m. Franz Abt
Classical music
- Hector BerliozHector BerliozHector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts . Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works; as a...
- La damnation de Faust - Henry Litolff - Concerto Symphonique No 3 in E flat, Op. 45 (approximately 1846)
- 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...
- Lauda Sion, Op. 73 - Jules PerrotJules PerrotJules-Joseph Perrot was a dancer and choreographer who later became Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia...
- Catarina or La Fille du BanditCatarina or La Fille du BanditCatarina or La Fille du Bandit is a ballet in 3 Acts-4 Scenes, with choreography by Jules Perrot, and music by Cesare Pugni. Libretto by Jules Perrot, based on an incident in the life of the Italian painter Salvatore Rosa....
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Opera
- Julius BenedictJulius BenedictSir Julius Benedict was a German-born composer and conductor, resident in England for most of his career.-Life:...
- The Crusaders - Albert LortzingAlbert LortzingGustav Albert Lortzing was a German composer, actor and singer. He is considered to be the main representative of the German Spieloper, a form similar to the French opéra comique, which grew out of the Singspiel.-Biography:Lortzing was born in Berlin to Johann Gottlieb Lortzing and Charlotte Sophie...
- Der Waffenschmied - Saverio MercadanteSaverio MercadanteGiuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. While Mercadante may not have retained the international celebrity of Gaetano Donizetti or Gioachino Rossini beyond his own lifetime, he composed as impressive a number of works as either; and his development of...
- Orazi e Curiazi - Karel MiryKarel MiryKarel Miry was a Belgian composer.He was one of the first Belgian composers to write operas to librettos in Dutch. He composed the music for De Vlaamse Leeuw the national anthem of Flanders, and for which Hippoliet van Peene wrote the lyrics...
- Wit en zwart (opera in 1 act, libretto by Hippoliet van PeeneHippoliet van PeeneHippoliet Jan van Peene was a Flemish physician and playwright.He studied Medicine at the State university of Louvain and became a physician in Kaprijke and later in Ghent....
, premiered on January 18 in GhentGhentGhent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
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Births
- January 2 - Sándor Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel
- February 24 - Luigi DenzaLuigi DenzaLuigi Denza , was an Italian composer.Denza was born at Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples. He studied music under Saverio Mercadante and Paolo Serrao at the Naples Conservatory. Later, he moved to London and became a professor of singing at the Royal Academy of Music in 1898...
, composer (d. 1922) - February 27 - Joaquín Valverde DuránJoaquín Valverde DuránJoaquín Valverde Durán was a Spanish composer, conductor and flautist. As a composer he is known for his collaborations with other composers on zarzuelas...
, flautist, conductor and composer (d. 1910) - March 29 - Louise PykLouise PykLouise Pyk , was a Swedish opera singer.Daughter of sea captain Nils Pyk. She studied music in Helsingborg, on the Royal College of Music, Stockholm in Stockholm and as a student of Fritz Arlberg before she debuted at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1874...
, Swedish opera singer (d. 1929) - April 2 - Albert PérilhouAlbert PérilhouAlbert Pérílhou was a French composer, organist, and pianist.-Life:Born in Dauzaman, in Ariège, on 2 April 1846, he was son of an organist of Pézenas and was formed as an organist by Saint-Saëns, at the Niedermeyer school.After some time passed as an organist and a piano teacher in Saint-Étienne,...
, organist, pianist and composer (d. 1936) - May 2 - Zygmunt NoskowskiZygmunt NoskowskiZygmunt Noskowski , Polish composer, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Zygmunt Noskowski was born in Warsaw and was originally trained at the Warsaw Conservatory studying violin and composition. A scholarship enabled him to travel to Berlin where between 1864 and 1867, he studied with Friedrich...
, conductor and composer (d. 1909) - May 22 - Francis HuefferFrancis HuefferFrancis Hueffer, born Franz Hüffer , was a German-English writer on music, music critic, and librettist.-Biography:...
, music critic (d. 1889) - July 2 - Rosina BrandramRosina BrandramRosina Brandram was an English opera singer and actress primarily known for creating many of the contralto roles in the Savoy operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company....
, opera singer and actress (d. 1907) - July 29 - Sophie MenterSophie MenterSophie Menter was a German pianist and composer who became the favorite female student of Franz Liszt. She was called l'incarnation de Liszt in Paris because of her robust, electrifying playing style and was considered one of the greatest piano virtuosos of her time.Sophie Menter was born in...
, pianist and composer (d. 1918) - September 21 - Catherine ChislovaCatherine ChislovaCatherine Gavrilovna Chislova was a Russian ballerina. She was the mistress of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich; they had five children.- Life :...
, ballerina (d. 1889) - November 7 - Ignaz BrüllIgnaz BrüllIgnaz Brüll was an Austrian pianist and composer.Ignaz Brüll was born the eldest son of a prosperous Jewish merchant family in the Moravian provincial town of Prostějov . In 1850 he moved with his parents to Vienna, which became the centre of his life and work...
, pianist and composer (d. 1907) - November 23 - Ernst von SchuchErnst von SchuchErnst Edler von Schuch, born Ernst Gottfried Schuch was an Austrian conductor, who became famous through his working collaborations with Richard Strauss at the Dresden Court Opera....
, conductor (d. 1914) - date unknown
- Johan AmbergJohan AmbergJohan Lauritz Walbom Amberg was a Danish composer and violinist.He started studying singing at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 1867, but he had to switch to violin because of problems with his voice. From 1877 to 1905, he was violinist in the Royal Danish Orchestra and after 1905, he...
, composer (d. 1928) - Amanda ForsbergAmanda ForsbergAmanda Nestoria Forsberg was a Swedish ballerina.She was a student at the Royal Swedish Ballet in 1863 and a premier dancer in 1864-69; she was a premier dancer at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin in 1870-1882....
, ballerina - Valentina SerovaValentina Serova (composer)Valentina Semyonova Serova was a Russian composer of German-Jewish decent. She studied briefly at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, but left due to a conflict with Anton Rubinstein. She began to study with Alexander Serov who at that time was only known for his writings...
, composer (d. 1924) - Peppino TurcoPeppino TurcoGiuseppe “Peppino” Turco was an Italian songwriter.Turco was born in Naples. Initially he was a renowned journalist and poet, collaborating with the satirical newspaper Capitan Fracassa in Rome and various Neapolitan periodicals...
, songwriter (d. 1907)
- Johan Amberg
Deaths
- February 3 - Joseph WeiglJoseph WeiglJoseph Weigl , was an Austrian composer and conductor.The son of Joseph Franz Weigl , the principal cellist in the orchestra of the Esterházy family, he was born in Eisenstadt and studied music under Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Antonio Salieri...
the younger, composer and conductor (b. 1766) - February 13 - Johann Bernhard LogierJohann Bernhard LogierJohann Bernhard Logier was a German music teacher.Logier was born in Kassel, and was first taught music by his father, a violinist. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1805, where he received further instruction and spent the remainder of his life, except for a three-year stay in Berlin...
, music teacher (b. 1777) - February 18 - William HawesWilliam HawesWilliam Hawes , English musician, was born in London, and was for eight years a chorister of the Chapel Royal, where he studied music chiefly under Dr Ayrton....
, choirmaster (b. 1785) - April 16 - Domenico DragonettiDomenico DragonettiDomenico Carlo Maria Dragonetti was an Italian double bass virtuoso and composer. He stayed for thirty years in his hometown of Venice, Italy and worked at the Opera Buffa, at the Chapel of San Marco and at the Grand Opera in Vicenza...
, double-bass player (b. 1763) - April 24 - Girolamo CrescentiniGirolamo CrescentiniGirolamo Crescentini was a noted Italian singer castrato , a singing teacher and a composer.-Biography:He studied in Bologna with the noted teacher Lorenzo Gibelli and made his debut in 1783, quite advanced in years as a castrato...
, castrato singer (b. 1766) - July 23 - Christian Heinrich Rinck, organist and composer (b. 1770)
- August 10 - Johann Simon HermstedtJohann Simon HermstedtJohann Simon Hermstedt was one of the most famous clarinettists of the 19th century. A German, he served as court clarinettist to Duke Günther I of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, and taught the Duke to play the clarinet...
, clarinettist (b. 1778) - November 1 - Franz Anton RiesFranz Anton RiesFranz Anton Xaverius Ries was a German violinist. His father Johann Ries was court trumpeter to the Elector of Cologne in Bonn....
, violinist (b. 1755) - December 25 - Swathi Thirunal Rama VarmaSwathi Thirunal Rama VarmaSri Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma was the Maharaja of the state of Travancore , in India. He reigned under the regency of his mother Maharani Gowri Lakshmi Bayi from 1813 till 1815 and henceforth under the regency of his aunt Maharani Gowri Parvati Bayi from 1815 till 1829...
, Maharajah of Travancore, musician, composer and patron of the arts (b. 1813) - date unknown
- Dede EfendiDede EfendiHammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi was a composer of Turkish classical music. He was born on 9 January 1778, in Istanbul, Şehzadebaşı. He started studying music with Mehmed Emin Efendi, at the age of eight. He attended rituals at Yenikapı Mevlevihanesi, a place of Mevlevi gathering. He studied with...
, composer (b. 1778) - Eliza FlowerEliza FlowerEliza Flower was a British musician and composer. In addition to her own work, Flower became known for her friendships including those with William Johnson Fox, Robert Browning, John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor.-Biography:...
, musician and composer (b. 1803) - Mykola Ovsianiko-Kulikovsky, subject of a famous musical hoax
- Sophie WeberSophie WeberMaria Sophie Weber was a singer of the 18th and 19th centuries. She was the younger sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's wife Constanze, and is remembered primarily for the testimony she left concerning the life and death of her brother-in-law....
, singer (b. c. 1763)
- Dede Efendi