1828 in music
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Events
- March 9 – The Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du ConservatoireOrchestre de la Société des Concerts du ConservatoireThe Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire was a symphony orchestra established in Paris in 1828. It gave its first concert on 9 March 1828 with music by Beethoven, Rossini, Meifreid, Rode and Cherubini....
gives its first concert, including music by Beethoven, Rossini, Meifreid, Rode and Cherubini. - November 3 – Composer Ferdinand Hérold is awarded the Légion d'honneurLégion d'honneurThe Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
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Popular music
- "Oh! No! We Never Mention Her" by Thomas Haynes BaylyThomas Haynes BaylyThomas Haynes Bayly was an English poet, songwriter, dramatist, and miscellaneous writer.The son of a wealthy lawyer in Bath, Bayly intended to become an attorney like his father, but he changed his mind and thought of entering the church, but he abandoned this idea also and gave himself to...
& E. Riley - "Tyrolese Evening Hymn" by Felicia HemansFelicia Hemans-Ancestry:Felicia Heman's paternal grandfather was George Browne of Passage, co. Cork, Ireland; her maternal grandparents were Elizabeth Haydock Wagner of Lancashire and Benedict Paul Wagner , wine importer at 9 Wolstenholme Square, Liverpool. Family legend gave the Wagners a Venetian origin;...
& Augusta BrowneAugusta BrowneAugusta Browne was an American composer who became renowned in the 1850s as part of the first wave of female composers in the country. She was the most prolific of that group, and is perhaps best-known for "Wake, Lady Mine", written in 1845....
Classical music
- 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. 1 - Johannes Frederik FröhlichJohannes Frederik FröhlichJohannes Frederik Fröhlich , a Danish violinist, conductor and composer, was a precursor of Niels Gade and J.P.E. Hartmann, and a central figure in Danish musical circles during the Romantic era....
– Ouverture til Freias Alter - Ferdinand Hérold – La fille mal gardéeLa Fille Mal GardéeLa Fille mal gardée is a comic ballet presented in two acts, inspired by Pierre-Antoine Baudouin's 1789 painting, La réprimande/Une jeune fille querellée par sa mère...
(ballet) - 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...
- Der Hirt auf dem FelsenDer Hirt auf dem Felsen"The Shepherd on the Rock" , D. 965, is a famous lied for soprano, clarinet, and piano by Franz Schubert. It was composed in 1828 during the final months of his life...
- Fantasia in F minor for piano four-hands
- String Quintet in C major, D. 956String Quintet (Schubert)The String Quintet in C major, D. 956, op. posth. 163, is a piece of chamber music written by Franz Schubert. It was composed during the summer of 1828, two months before his death, and is Schubert's final chamber work. The Quintet was first performed on 17 November 1850 at the Musikverein in...
- Last three piano sonatasSchubert's last sonatasFranz Schubert's last three piano sonatas, numbered 958, 959 and 960 in Deutsch's catalogue of Schubert's complete works, are the composer's last major compositions for the piano. They were written during the last months of Schubert's life, between the spring and autumn of 1828, but were not...
- Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
- 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...
– Symphony No. 3, op. 78
Opera
- Daniel AuberDaniel AuberDaniel François Esprit Auber was a French composer.-Biography:The son of a Paris print-seller, Auber was born in Caen in Normandy. Though his father expected him to continue in the print-selling business, he also allowed his son to learn how to play several musical instruments...
– Masaniello - Vincenzo BelliniVincenzo BelliniVincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...
– Bianca e Fernando - Heinrich MarschnerHeinrich MarschnerHeinrich August Marschner , was the most important composer of German Romantic opera between Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner, and is remembered principally for his operas Hans Heiling , Der Vampyr , and Der Templer und die Jüdin...
– Der VampyrDer VampyrDer Vampyr is a Romantic opera in two acts by Heinrich Marschner. The German libretto by Wilhelm August Wohlbrück is based on the play Der Vampir oder die Totenbraut by Heinrich Ludwig Ritter, which itself was based on the short novel The Vampyre by John Polidori... - 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...
– Le comte OryLe comte OryLe comte Ory is an opéra written by Gioachino Rossini in 1828. Some of the music originates from his opera Il viaggio a Reims written three years earlier for the coronation of Charles X...
(Count Ory) first performed in Paris. Libretto by Eugène ScribeEugène ScribeAugustin Eugène Scribe , was a French dramatist and librettist. He is best known for the perfection of the so-called "well-made play" . This dramatic formula was a mainstay of popular theater for over 100 years.-Biography:...
and Charles Gaspard Delestre-Poirson.
Births
- January 17 – Ede ReményiEde ReményiEduard Remenyi, Reményi Ede, born Eduard Hoffmann was a Hungarian violinist.He studied under Joseph Böhm at the Vienna Conservatory from 1842 to 1845...
, violinist (d. 1898) - February – Julius ReisingerJulius ReisingerVaclav , or Jules or Julius Wentsel Reisinger is paradoxical figure in the history of ballet. This prolific choreographer, author of more than twenty works on various European stages, directed the Moscow company of the Bolshoi Theatre...
, choreographer (d. 1892) - February 8 – Antonio CagnoniAntonio CagnoniAntonio Cagnoni was an Italian composer. Primarily known for his operas, his work is characterized by his use of leitmotifs and moderately dissonant harmonies. In addition to writing music for the stage, he composed a modest amount of sacred music, most notably a Requiem in 1888...
, composer (d. 1896) - April 5 – Pietro PlataniaPietro PlataniaPietro Platania was an Italian composer and teacher of music.Platania was born at Catania. Beginning in 1882 he was the maestro di cappella of Milan Cathedral, and from 1885 until 1902 he served as the director of the Naples Conservatory. As a composer, he was known for his church music and...
, composer and music teacher (d. 1907) - April 15 – Robert SandsRobert Sands (conductor)Robert Sands was the first conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir after the building of the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. Prior to Sands taking over as conductor, the choir was led by Charles J...
, first conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir - April 26 – Francesco Graziani (baritone)Francesco Graziani (baritone)Francesco Graziani was an Italian baritone and voice teacher. Graziani has been called the first modern baritone because his vocal attributes were well suited to the high-lying operatic parts composed by Giuseppe Verdi, with whom he worked.-Early life and career:Graziani was born in 1828 in Fermo,...
, operatic baritone (d. 1901) - June 2 – James Cutler Dunn ParkerJames Cutler Dunn ParkerJames Cutler Dunn Parker was an American composer.After graduating from Harvard Law School, Parker went to the Leipzig Conservatory in 1851, where he studied piano with Ignaz Moscheles and Louis Plaidy, and composition with Julius Rietz and Ernst Richter...
, composer (d. 1916) - June 24 – Adolphe BlancAdolphe BlancAdolphe Blanc was a French composer of chamber music. At the age of 13 he was sent to study violin at the Paris Conservatoire...
, chamber music composer (d. 1885) - July 15 – Raffaele FioriniRaffaele FioriniRaffaele Fiorini , was an influential Italian violin maker.Innovator. personality and pioneer of the great rebirth of contemporary Bolognese violinmaking, Fiorini was born at Musiano di Pian di Macina di Pianoro near Bologna.He spent his first youth in Bazzano where he learned the first elements of...
, violin maker (d. 1898) - July 31 – François-Auguste GevaertFrançois-Auguste GevaertFrançois-Auguste Gevaert was a Belgian composer.His father was a baker, and he was intended for the same profession, but better counsels prevailed and he was permitted to study music. He was sent in 1841 to the Ghent Conservatory, where he studied under Edouard de Sommere and Martin-Joseph Mengal...
, composer (d. 1908) - October 3 – Woldemar BargielWoldemar BargielWoldemar Bargiel was a German composer of classical music.-Life:Bargiel was born in Berlin, and was the half brother of Clara Schumann. Bargiel’s father Adolph was a well-known piano and voice teacher while his mother Mariane had been unhappily married to Clara’s father, Friedrich Wieck. Clara was...
, composer (d. 1897) - October 19 – Adolfo FumagalliAdolfo FumagalliAdolfo Fumagalli was a 19th-century Italian virtuoso pianist and composer, known today primarily for his virtuosic compositions for the left hand alone.Born in Inzago, Italy, he grew up in a very musically-oriented environment...
, pianist (d. 1856) - November 3 – Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr.Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr.Josef Hellmesberger, Sr. was an Austrian violinist, conductor, and composer.Born in Vienna, he was the son of musician and pedagogue, Georg Hellmesberger, Sr. , was taught violin by his father at the Vienna Conservatoire. Hellmesberger hails from a family of notable musicians including: brother,...
, violinist and conductor (d. 1893) - November 10 – Hector-Jonathan CrémieuxHector-Jonathan CrémieuxHector-Jonathan Crémieux was a French librettist and playwright. His best-known work is his collaboration with Ludovic Halévy for Jacques Offenbach's Orphée aux Enfers, known in English as Orpheus in the Underworld....
, librettist (d. 1892) - November 23 – Clemente AguirreClemente AguirreClemente Aguirre was a Mexican composer and music instructor in Guadalajara, Jalisco, during the 19th century. His father died when he was a child, leaving his family in poverty...
, composer and music teacher (d. 1900) - December 23 – Mathilde WesendonckMathilde WesendonckMathilde Wesendonck was a German poet and author. She is best known as the friend and possibly mistress of Richard Wagner, who set five songs to her words, called the Wesendonck Lieder.-Biography:...
, poet and collaborator of Richard WagnerRichard WagnerWilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
(d. 1902) - date unknown – Robert KellerRobert KellerRobert Keller was a German music editor.Keller was born on January 6, 1828 in Harpersdorf in Lower Silesia. He moved to Berlin where he became a musical editor for the music publishing company N. Simrock. Keller edited and arranged a substantial amount of works by Johannes Brahms and Antonín...
, music editor (d. 1891)
Deaths
- January 13 – Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer
- April 25 – François Benoît HoffmannFrançois Benoît HoffmannFrançois-Benoît Hoffman was a French playwright and critic, best known today for his operatic librettos, including those set to music by Étienne Méhul and Luigi Cherubini .-Career:...
, opera librettist (b. 1760) - March 26 – Elisabeth OlinElisabeth OlinElisabeth Olin was a Swedish opera singer and a music composer. She is referred to as the first Swedish Opera prima donna. She was a court-singer . She was the first female member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music...
, operatic soprano (b. 1740) - June 15 – Brizio Petrucci, composer
- 25 September – Charlotta SeuerlingCharlotta SeuerlingCharlotta Seuerling or Charlotte Seuerling , was a blind Swedish concert singer, harpsichordist, composer and poet, known as "The Blind Song-Maiden". She was active in Sweden, Finland and Russia. Her last name is also spelled as Seijerling and Seyerling...
, singer, harpsichordist, composer and poet (b. c. 1783) - October 3 – Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer
- November 19 – 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...
, composer (b. 1797) - December 30 – Waldemar Thrane, composer (b. 1790)
- date unknown
- John Henry Johnstone, singer and actor (b. 1749)
- John MarshJohn Marsh (composer)John Marsh was an English music composer, born in Dorking, England. A lawyer by training, he is known to have written at least 350 compositions, including at least 39 symphonies...
, composer (b. 1752)