1853 in music
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Events
- October - Louis NiedermeyerLouis NiedermeyerAbraham Louis Niedermeyer was a composer chiefly of church music but also of a few operas, and a teacher who took over the Ecole Choron, duly renamed École Niedermeyer, a school for the study and practice of church music, where several eminent French musicians studied including Gabriel Fauré and...
reorganizes and re-opens the school known as the École Choron, which becomes the École Niedermeyer. - Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg sets up in business as a piano manufacturer in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, and the firm of Steinway and Sons is born. - The piano manufacturer C. Bechstein PianofortefabrikC. Bechstein PianofortefabrikC. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik AG is a German manufacturer of pianos, established in 1853 by Carl Bechstein.-Before Bechstein:...
is founded by Carl Bechstein in Berlin. - Julius Blüthner founds BlüthnerBlüthnerBlüthner, formally Julius Blüthner Pianofortefabrik GmbH, is a piano-manufacturing company founded by Julius Blüthner in 1853 in Leipzig Germany.- History :...
(piano manufacturer) in Leipzig, Germany.
Published popular music
- "Farewell My Lilly Dear" by Stephen FosterStephen FosterStephen Collins Foster , known as the "father of American music", was the pre-eminent songwriter in the United States of the 19th century...
- "My Cottage Home" w.m. Alice Hawthorne
- "My Old Kentucky HomeMy Old Kentucky Home"My Old Kentucky Home" is a minstrel song by Stephen Foster , probably composed in 1852. It was published as "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" in January 1853 by Firth, Pond, & Co. of New York...
" by Stephen FosterStephen FosterStephen Collins Foster , known as the "father of American music", was the pre-eminent songwriter in the United States of the 19th century... - "P'tit quinquinP'tit quinquin"P'tit quinquin" is a song by Alexandre Desrousseaux which was written in 1853 in Picard language. Picard language is closely related to French, and is spoken in two regions in the north of France – Nord-Pas-de-Calais and in parts of the Belgian region Wallonia.This simple lullaby marks the...
" (in PicardPicard languagePicard is a language closely related to French, and as such is one of the larger group of Romance languages. It is spoken in two regions in the far north of France – Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy – and in parts of the Belgian region of Wallonia, the district of Tournai and a part of...
) by Alexandre Desrousseaux
Classical music
- Louis Moreau GottschalkLouis Moreau GottschalkLouis Moreau Gottschalk was an American composer and pianist, best known as a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano works...
- The BanjoThe Banjo (Gottschalk)The Banjo is an exciting and lively piece for piano by the American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk. Composed in 1853, it is one of Gottschalk's best-known works... - Franz LisztFranz LisztFranz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
- Piano Sonata in B minorPiano Sonata (Liszt)The Piano Sonata in B minor , S.178, is a musical composition for solo piano by Franz Liszt, published in 1854 with a dedication to Robert Schumann. It is often considered Liszt's greatest composition for solo piano. The piece has been often analyzed, particularly regarding issues of form.-... - Robert SchumannRobert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
, Johannes BrahmsJohannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
and Albert DietrichAlbert DietrichAlbert Hermann Dietrich , was a German composer and conductor, remembered less for his own achievements than for his friendship with Johannes Brahms.Dietrich was born at Golk, near Meissen...
- F-A-E Sonata
Opera
- Victor MasséVictor MasséVictor Massé was a French composer.-Biography:...
- Les noces de Jeannette - Karel MiryKarel MiryKarel Miry was a Belgian composer.He was one of the first Belgian composers to write operas to librettos in Dutch. He composed the music for De Vlaamse Leeuw the national anthem of Flanders, and for which Hippoliet van Peene wrote the lyrics...
- Anne Mie (opera in 1 act, premiered on October 9 in Antwerp) - Giuseppe VerdiGiuseppe VerdiGiuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
- Il TrovatoreIl trovatoreIl trovatore is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El Trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. Cammarano died in mid-1852 before completing the libretto...
(premiered on January 19 in RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
) - La TraviataLa traviataLa traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias , a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman...
(premiered on March 6 in VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
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- Il Trovatore
Births
- July 24 - Alessandro ParisottiAlessandro ParisottiAlessandro Parisotti was an Italian composer and music editor.Though also a composer, Alessandro Parisotti is better known today as the original editor of a collection of songs known as arie antiche...
, composer and music editor (d. 1913) - November 23 - Giuseppina BozzachiGiuseppina BozzachiGiuseppina Bozzacchi was an Italian ballerina, noted for creating the role of Swanhilda in Léo Delibes' ballet Coppélia at the age of 16.Bozzacchi had come to Paris to study with Mme Dominique...
, ballerina (d. 1870) - December 22 - Teresa CarreñoTeresa CarreñoMaría Teresa Carreño García de Sena was a Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor.Born into a musical family, she was at first taught by her father, then by Mathias, Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Anton Rubinstein and her talent was recognized at an early age...
, pianist, singer, conductor and composer (d. 1917) - December 30 - André MessagerAndré MessagerAndré Charles Prosper Messager , was a French composer, organist, pianist, conductor and administrator. His stage compositions included ballets and 30 opéra comiques and operettas, among which Véronique, had lasting success, with Les p'tites Michu and Monsieur Beaucaire also enjoying international...
, composer (d. 1929) - date unknown - Alfonso RendanoAlfonso RendanoAlfonso Rendano was an Italian pianist and composer. He is mostly renowned for inventing the "third pedal", which augmented the interpretative resources of the piano.Rendano was born in Cosenza...
, pianist (d. 1931) - date unknown - Carolina ÖstbergCarolina ÖstbergCarolina Östberg was a Swedish opera singer and singing teacher. She was one of the most popular stars of her time in Sweden, and was internationally known....
, opera singer (d. 1929) - date unknown - Maria WestbergMaria WestbergMaria Westberg , was a Swedish ballerina.A student of the Royal Swedish Ballet in 1860, a second dancer in 1870; active at the Royal Danish Ballet in 1872-90.- References :* http://runeberg.org/spg/21/0131.html...
, ballerina (d. 1893)
Deaths
- January 16 - Matteo CarcassiMatteo CarcassiMatteo Carcassi was a famous Italian guitarist and composer.Carcassi began with the piano, but learned guitar when still a child. He quickly gained a reputation as a virtuoso concert guitarist....
, guitarist and composer (b. 1792) - March 15 - Giovanni RicordiGiovanni RicordiGiovanni Ricordi was an Italian violinist and the founder of the classical music publishing company Casa Ricordi....
, violinist (b. 1785) - October 3 - George Onslow, composer (b. 1784)
- October 29 - Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume ZimmermannPierre-Joseph-Guillaume ZimmermannPierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, , known as Pierre Zimmerman and Joseph Zimmermann, was a French pianist, composer, and music teacher.Zimmermann was born in Paris, the son of a piano maker...
, pianist, composer and music teacher (b. 1785) - October 30 - Pietro RaimondiPietro RaimondiPietro Raimondi was an Italian composer, transitional between the Classical and Romantic eras...
, composer (b. 1786) - December 5 - Johann Peter HeuschkelJohann Peter HeuschkelJohann Peter Heuschkel , was a German oboist, organist, music teacher and composer....
, oboist, organist and composer (b. 1773) - December 5 - Jeanette WässeliusJeanette WässeliusMarie Jeanette Wässelius, commonly known as Wässelia or Mamsell Wässelia, , was a Swedish opera singer, court singer and actress, the leading prima donna of the Swedish Opera during the Napoleonic age in the first decades of the 19th century and sister of the international opera star Justina Casagli...
, operatic soprano - date unknown - James HillJames Hill (folk musician)James Hill was a British fiddler-composer and publican who lived in Newcastle and Gateshead for most or all of his short life. He is famous as the composer of many fine common-time hornpipes for fiddle, including The High Level Bridge, The Beeswing, The Hawk and The Omnibus...
, folk musician (b. c. 1811)