Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

5 January: AUGUSTE MERMET = French opera composer = [died: 1889]
5 February: OLE BULL = Norwegian violinist = [died: 1880]
8 February: NORBERT BURGMULLER = German composer = [died: 1836]
11 February: LOISA PUGET = French composer = [died: 1889]
19 February: LAURO ROSSI = Italian composer = [died: 1885]
22 February: HOLGER SIMON PAULLI = Danish conductor and composer = [died: 1891]
1 March: FREDERIC CHOPIN = Polish, composer/pianist (Concert in F Minor) = [died: 1849]
9 March: JEAN-GEORGES KASTNER = French composer and writer on music = [died: 1867]
10 March: SAMUEL FERGUSON = Irish poet = [died: 1886]
2 May: HANS CHRISTIAN LUMBYE = Danish composer of waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and galops = [died: 1874]
8 June: ROBERT SCHUMANN = German composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik) = [died: 1856]
9 June: CARL OTTO EHRENFRIED NICOLAI = German composer, conductor, and founder of the Vienna Philharmonic = [died: 1849]
19 June: FERDINAND DAVID = German virtuoso violinist and composer (Hohe Schule des Violinspiels) = [died: 1873]
23 June: FRANZISKA "FANNY" ELSSLER = Austrian ballerina = [died: 1884]
5 July: PHINEAS TAYLOR BARNUM = American showman, businessman, scam artist and entertainer, remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the circus that became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus = [died: 1891]
18 July: PETER SINGER = Austrian composer = [died: 1882]
14 August: SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY = English organist and composer = [died: 1876]
16 November: FRIEDRICH WILHELM KÜCKEN = German composer and conductor = [died: 1882]
1 December: JOSEPH GUNGL = Hungarian composer, bandmaster, and conductor = [died: 1889]
21 December: LUDWIG SCHUNCKE = German pianist and composer = [died: 1834]