Interior of the Crystal Palace, London, for a music festival in 1857. Overview of the events of 1857 in music
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Events
Published popular music
Classical music Charles-Valentin Alkan Sonate de Concert in E, Op. 47 for cello and piano Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs Op. 39 for piano Woldemar Bargiel – Ouvertüre zu einem Trauerspiel, Op.18 Georges Bizet – Herminie (cantata ) Adolphe Blanc String Quintet No.3, Op.21 String Quintet No.4, Op.22 Trio in B♭ major for piano, violin (or clarinet) and cello, Op.23 Johannes Brahms Serenade No 1, Op. 11 Eleven Variations on an Original Theme, in D major Opus 21 No.1 Hans von Bülow – 5 Lieder, Op.5 Louise Farrenc – Trio no.4 for Flute, Cello, and Piano, Op.45 Wilhelm Kalliwoda – Scherzo, Op.4 Franz Liszt Giacomo Meyerbeer – Près de toi Modest Mussorgsky – Souvenir d'Enfance Joachim Raff Ode to Spring : Concert Piece in G major, Op. 76, for piano and orchestra String Quartet No. 2 in A major; Op. 90 Napoléon Henri Reber – Symphony No.4, Op.33 Julius Reubke – The 94th Psalm Camille Saint-Saëns - Tarantelle in A minor for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra Bedřich Smetana – Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 (revised version – original finished 1855) Johann Strauss Jr. Strelna-Terrassen-Quadrille, Op.185 La Berceuse Quadrille, Op.194
Opera
Births January 5 – David Bispham , opera singer (died 1921) January 17 – Wilhelm Kienzl , Austrian composer (died 1941) January 22 – Marie Krysińska , musician and composer (died 1908) February 28 – Gustave Kerker , German-born composer (died 1923 ) March 3 – Alfred Bruneau , French composer (died 1934) March 4 April 21 – Paul Dresser , American composer (died 1906 ) April 23 – Ruggiero Leoncavallo , Italian opera composer (died 1919) April 29 – František Ondříček , Czech violinist and composer (died 1922) May 2 – Frederic Cliffe , English composer (died 1931) May 9 – Luigi Illica , Italian librettist for Puccini, Catalani, Giordano and others (died 1919) May 12 – Lillian Nordica , American opera singer (died 1914 ) June 2 – Edward Elgar , English composer (died 1934) June 5 – Árpád Doppler , Hungarian-German composer (died 1927) June 12 – Achille Simonetti , violinist (died 1928) July 8 – Rudolf Dellinger , composer (died 1910) July 16 – Bolesław Domaniewski, pianist (died 1925) August 8 – Cécile Chaminade , French composer (died 1944) August 18 – Eusebius Mandyczewski , publisher and musician (died 1929) September 8 – Olga Björkegren , Swedish opera singer (died 1950) October 12 – Paul Lange, German musician, teacher, orchestra and choir leader (died 1919 ) November 5 – Joseph Tabrar , English music hall songwriter (d. 1931) November 14 – Rosalind Ellicott , English composer (died 1924) December 14 – Frederic Lillebridge , pianist (died 1934) December 18 – Rosa Newmarch , née Jeaffreson, English musicologist (died 1940) December 27 – Charles Manners, né Southcote Mansergh, English operatic bass and opera company manager (died 1935) December 30 – Sylvio Lazzari , Italian composer and conductor (died 1944) date unknown – Thomas Adams, organist (died 1918)
Deaths January 19 – Franz Limmer , conductor and composer (b. 1808) February 3 – Johann Gottlieb Kotte, musician (born 1797) February 14 – Johannes Bernardus van Bree , violinist, conductor and composer (born 1801 ) February 15 – Mikhail Glinka , composer (b. 1804) March 1 – Benjamin Cross , organist, singer, conductor and composer (b. 1786) April – Alessandro Curmi , pianist and composer (b. 1801) June 28 – Joseph Fischhof , pianist, composer and music teacher (born 1804 ) July 15 – Carl Czerny , pianist and composer (b. 1791) July 16 – Pierre-Jean de Béranger , songwriter (b. 1780) August 1 – Emilie Zumsteeg , pianist and songwriter (b. 1796) September 18 – Karol Kurpiński , composer (born 1785) October 20 – John Diamond, dancer (born 1823 ) October 21 – Ananias Davisson , singing teacher and printer of shape note books (b. 1780) November 7 – Charles Zeuner , organist (born 1795) December 11 – Castil-Blaze , music critic, musicologist and composer (b. 1784) probable – Ferdinand Prévôt , operatic baritone (born c.1800)
References ^ a b c d e f MusicAndHistory.com[permanent dead link ] . Accessed 10 March 2013 ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography. Accessed 10 March 2013