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This article is about
music-related events in
1875
.
Contents
Events
Published popular music
Classical music
Opera
Musical theater
Births
Deaths
References
Events
January 5
–
Palais Garnier
, home of the
Paris Opera
, designed by
Charles Garnier
, opens.
January 24
-
Camille Saint-Saëns
' orchestral
Danse Macabre
receives its première.
March 3
–
Georges Bizet
's opera
Carmen
debuts, at the
Opéra-Comique
in Paris.
May – The score for the ballet
Swan Lake
is commissioned from
Tchaikovsky
(premiered in 1877).
May 6
–
Richard Wagner
conducts portions of
Götterdämmerung
in concert in
Vienna
(the complete opera is premiered in 1876).
August 23
– Composer
Zdeněk Fibich
marries operatic contralto
Betty Hanušová
, sister of his first wife Růžena Hanušová.
October 25
– The first performance of
Tchaikovsky
's
Piano Concerto No. 1
is given in
Boston
, Massachusetts, with
Hans von Bülow
as soloist.
Robert Volkmann
becomes professor of harmony and counterpoint at the National Academy of Music in Budapest, under
Franz Liszt
.
T. B. Harms
is established as a pioneering popular music publisher in New York City.
Published popular music
"
All the Way My Savior Leads Me
" w.
Fanny Crosby
m.
Robert Lowry
"Angels, Meet Me At the Cross Road"
w.m. Will Hays
"
Carve Dat Possum
" by
Sam Lucas
& Herbert Hershy
"Draw Me Nearer" w.
Fanny Crosby
m.
William H. Doane
"Dreaming Forever of Thee"
w.m. John Hill Hewitt
"
I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
"
w.m.
Thomas P. Westendorf
"
Myfanwy
" w.m.
Joseph Parry
"Nancy Lee" w.
Frederic Edward Weatherly
, m. Stephen Adams (pseudonym of
Michael Maybrick
)
"The Spelling Bee" w.m.
Septimus Winner
"Take me back to home and mother," w. by
Arthur W. French
, m. by
William A. Huntley
[
1
]
[
2
]
"
To God Be the Glory
" w.
Fanny Crosby
m.
William H. Doane
"A Warrior Bold" w. Edwin Thomas m. Stephen Adams (pseudonym of
Michael Maybrick
)
"The Witches Flight (Galop Caprice)" by Henry M. Russell
Classical music
Johannes Brahms
Fifteen
Liebeslieder
for piano duet
String Quartet No. 3
Antonín Dvořák
Moravian duets (for voices and piano)
Piano Quartet No. 1
Piano Trio No. 1
Serenade for Strings
String Quintet (with double bass) (orig Op. 18)
Symphony No. 5
Gabriel Fauré
Allegro Symphonique
(for orchestra)
Suite for Orchestra
Les Djinns
(for chorus and orchestra)
Edvard Grieg
– incidental music to Ibsen's
Peer Gynt
Édouard Lalo
–
Allegro Symphonique
Alexandre Luigini
–
Ballet égyptien
Jules Massenet
–
oratorio
Eve
Modest Mussorgsky
–
Pesni i plyaski smerti
(
Songs and Dances of Death
), song cycle for bass voice and piano
Amilcare Ponchielli
–
cantata
A Gaetano Donizetti
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
– String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op.12
Camille Saint-Saëns
Piano Quartet, Op. 41
Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 44
Bedřich Smetana
–
Má vlast
(
My Country
) – Six symphonic poems
Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1
Symphony No. 3
Swan Lake
(ballet, composition begun)
Opera
Carmen
first performed in Paris. Music by
Georges Bizet
and libretto by
Henri Meilhac
and
Ludovic Halévy
.
Die Königin von Saba
, music by
Karl Goldmark
and libretto by Salomon Mosenthal (at the Hofoper (now the State Opera) in Vienna, on 10 March 1875)
Angelo
, music by
César Cui
Musical theater
Gilbert & Sullivan
–
Trial By Jury
London
production opens at the
Royalty Theatre
on
March 25
Philadelphia production opens at the
Arch Street Theatre
on
October 22
The Zoo
, Lyrics and Book:
Bolton Rowe
Music:
Arthur Sullivan
, London production opened at
St. James Theatre
on
June 5
Births
February 2
–
Fritz Kreisler
, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1962)
February 8
–
Georgette Leblanc
, operatic soprano (d. 1941)
February 26
–
Richard Wetz
, German composer
February 28
–
Viliam Figuš-Bystrý
, Slovak composer
March 7
–
Maurice Ravel
, French composer
April 4
–
Pierre Monteux
, French conductor (d. 1964)
April 5
–
Mistinguett
, actress and singer (d. 1956)
May –
Paul Sarebresole
, ragtime composer (d. 1911)
July 17
–
Donald Tovey
, composer and musicologist (d. 1940)
August 9
–
Albert Ketèlbey
, composer (d. 1959)
August 18
–
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
, composer (d. 1912)
Deaths
January 18
–
Joseph Philbrick Webster
, composer (b. 1819)
January 25
–
Leopold Jansa
, violinist, composer and music teacher (b. 1795)
February 1
–
William Sterndale Bennett
, composer (b. 1816)
February 23
–
Louise Michaëli
, opera singer (b. 1830)
March 3
–
Adolf Reubke
, organ builder (b. 1805)
March 9
–
Apollon Hussakovskyi
, composer (b. 1841)
March 15
–
Christian Julius Hansen
, composer (b. 1814)
March 17
–
Ferdinand Laub
, violinist (b. 1832)
March 19
–
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume
, violin maker (b. 1798)
May 2
–
Matthias Durst
, violinist and composer (b. 1815)
June 3
–
Georges Bizet
, composer (b. 1838) (heart attack)
September 15
–
Louise Farrenc
, pianist and composer (b. 1804)
September 24
–
William Walker
, songwriter (b. 1809)
References
↑
Huntley, William A. (1875).
"Take me back to home and mother"
.
loc.gov
. Providence, Rhode Island: Cory Brothers.
↑
Huntley, William A. (1875).
"Take Me Back To Home and Mother. Song and Chorus. Box 135, Item 057"
.
levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu
. [Providence, Rhode Island]: Cory Brothers.
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