1852 in music
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Births
- January 29 - Sir Frederic Hymen CowenFrederic Hymen CowenSir Frederic Hymen Cowen , was a British pianist, conductor and composer.-Early years:Cowen was born Hymen Frederick Cohen at 90 Duke Street, Kingston, Jamaica, the fifth and last child of Frederick Augustus Cohen and Emily Cohen née Davis. His siblings were Elizabeth Rose Cohen ; actress,...
, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1935) - March 6 - Josef BayerJosef BayerJosef Bayer was an Austrian composer and the director of the Austrian Court Ballet from 1883 until his death. He was born and died in Vienna...
, composer and music director (d. 1913) - April 5 - Franz Eckert, bandmaster and composer (d. 1916)
- May 23 - Mathilda GrabowMathilda GrabowMathilda Grabow , was a Swedish opera singer . She was a court singer and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and was given Litteris et Artibus ....
, opera singer (d. 1940) - June 23 - Raoul PugnoRaoul PugnoStéphane Raoul Pugno was a French composer, teacher, organist, and pianist known for his playing of Mozart's works.Raoul Pugno was born in Paris. He made his debut at the age of six, and with the help of Prince Poniatowski he was then able to study at the École Niedermeyer. He then went to the...
, organist, pianist and composer (d. 1914) - June 28 - Hans HuberHans Huber (composer)Hans Huber was a composer from Switzerland.He was born in Eppenberg-Wöschnau . The son of an amateur musician, Huber became a chorister and showed an early talent for the piano. In 1870 he entered Leipzig Conservatory...
, composer (d. 1921) - July 3 - Rafael JoseffyRafael JoseffyRafael Joseffy was a Hungarian pianist and composer.-Life:Raael Joseffy was born in Hunfalu in 1852. His youth was spent in Miskolcz , and there, at the age of 8, he began his study of the piano. He studied in Budapest with Friedrich Brauer, the teacher of Stephen Heller...
, pianist and composer (d. 1915) - July 6 - Otto NeitzelOtto NeitzelOtto Neitzel was a German composer, pianist, writer on music, and lecturer. Neitzel was born in the town of Falkenburg in Farther Pomerania ....
, composer and pianist (d. 1920) - September 30 - Sir Charles Villiers StanfordCharles Villiers StanfordSir Charles Villiers Stanford was an Irish composer who was particularly notable for his choral music. He was professor at the Royal College of Music and University of Cambridge.- Life :...
, composer (d. 1924) - November 21 - Francisco TárregaFrancisco TárregaFrancisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea was an influential Spanish composer and guitarist of the Romantic period.-Biography:Tárrega was born on 21 November 1852, in Vila-real, Castelló, Spain...
, guitarist and composer (d. 1909) - unknown date - Henrique OswaldHenrique OswaldHenrique Oswald was a Brazilian composer and pianist whose work fell into disfavor after the "Semana de Arte Moderna" manifesto. Oswald's father was a Swiss-German immigrant and his mother from Italy. The family name was changed from "Oschwald" due to concerns of discrimination...
, composer (d. 1931)
Deaths
- February 25 - Thomas MooreThomas MooreThomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and The Last Rose of Summer. He was responsible, with John Murray, for burning Lord Byron's memoirs after his death...
, poet and songwriter (b. 1779) - March 5 - Marie Françoise Sophie GayMarie Françoise Sophie GayMarie Françoise Sophie Gay , was a French author, born in Paris.Madame Gay was the daughter of M. Nichault de la Valette and of Francesca Peretti, an Italian lady. In 1793 she was married to M. Liottier, an exchange broker, but she was divorced from him in 1799, and shortly afterwards was married...
, librettist (b. 1776) - March 7 - Jacopo FerrettiJacopo FerrettiJacopo Ferretti was an Italian writer, poet and opera librettist.He is most famous for having supplied the libretti for two operas by Rossiniand for five operas by Donizetti....
, librettist (b. 1784) - March 15 - Antoine de LhoyerAntoine de LhoyerAntoine de Lhoyer was a French virtuoso guitarist and an eminent early romantic composer of mainly chamber music featuring the classical guitar. He was an approximate musical contemporary of Beethoven...
, guitarist and composer (b. 1768) - June 6 - Tommaso MarchesiTommaso MarchesiTommaso Marchesi was an Italian composer.Marchesi was born in Lisbon, but studied music at Bologna, where in 1808 he founded the Accademia dei Filarmonica....
, composer (b. 1773) - July 17 - Salvadore Cammarano, librettist (b. 1801)
- September 20 - Anton WeidingerAnton WeidingerAnton Weidinger was an Austrian trumpet virtuoso in the classical era, and a "k. k. Hof- und Theater-Trompeter" ....
, trumpet virtuoso (b. 1767) - October 6 - Stephen CodmanStephen CodmanStephen Codman was a Canadian composer of English descent. His known compositions all date from before 1835 and his output mainly consists of works for solo voice or vocal ensembles...
, composer (b. 1796) - November 12 - Georg Hellmesberger, Jr.Georg Hellmesberger, Jr.Georg Hellmesberger, Jr. was an Austrian violinist and composer.-Biography:Born in Vienna, he was the son of Georg Hellmesberger, Sr. and the brother of Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr...
, violinist and composer (b. 1830) - date unknown - Ulrika ÅbergUlrika ÅbergUlrika Åberg was a Swedish ballerina, one of the first native ballet dancers in the Royal Swedish Ballet, which was in the beginning dominated by foreign dancers....
, ballerina (b. 1771)