1875 in music
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[edit] Events
- March 3 - Georges Bizet's Carmen debuts in Paris.
- May 6 - Richard Wagner conducts portions of Götterdämmerung in concert in Vienna (the complete opera is premiered in 1876).
- Robert Volkmann becomes professor of harmony and counterpoint at the National Academy of Music in Budapest, under Franz Liszt.
- Composer Zdeněk Fibich marries operatic contralto Betty Hanušová, sister of his first wife Růžena Hanušová.
[edit] Published popular music
- "Angels, Meet Me At the Cross Road" w.m. Will Hays
- "Carve Dat Possum" by Sam Lucas & Herbert Hershy
- "Dreaming Forever of Thee" w.m. John Hill Hewitt
- "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" w.m. Thomas P. Westendorf
- "Nancy Lee" w. Frederic Edward Weatherly, m. Stephen Adams (pseudonym of Michael Maybrick)
- "A Warrior Bold" w. Edwin Thomas m. Stephen Adams (pseudonym of Michael Maybrick)
- "The Witches Flight (Galop Caprice)" by Henry M. Russell
[edit] Classical music
- Alexander Borodin, String Quartet No. 1
- Johannes Brahms, Fifteen Liebeslieder for piano duet; String Quartet No. 3
- Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 5; Serenade for Strings; String Quintet (with double bass) (orig Op. 18); Piano Quartet in D; Piano Trio in Bb; Moravian duets (for voices and piano)
- 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
- 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
- Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 3; ballet Swan Lake; String Quartet
- Camille Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No. 4
- Má vlast (My Country) - Six symphonic poems by Bedřich Smetana
[edit] 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.
- Angelo, music by César Cui
[edit] 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
- New York production opens at the Eagle Theatre on November 15
- The Zoo, Lyrics and Book: Bolton Rowe Music: Arthur Sullivan, London production opened at St. James Theatre on June 5
[edit] 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)
[edit] Deaths
- 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 15 - Christian Julius Hansen, composer (b. 1814)
- March 17 - Ferdinand Laub, violinist (b. 1832)
- March 19 - Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, violin maker (b. 1798)
- May - 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)
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