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Overview of the events of 1857 in music
Overview of the events of 1857 in music
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
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