Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 8 January:
• SIGISMOND FORTUNE FRANCOIS THALBERG = Swiss pianist and composer = [died: 1871]
• WILLIAM HENRY HOLMES = composer = [died: 1885]
• 14 January:   CARL GRADENER = German composer = [died: 1883]
• 15 January:   PETER C ASBJORNSEN = Norwegian fairy tale writer = [died: 1885]
• 7 February:   CHARLES DICKENS = English novelist (Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities) = [died: 1870]
• 29 February:   HERMANN HIRSCHBOCH = German composer, music critic, chess writer and magazine editor = [died: 1888]
• 9 March:   JAKOB EDUARD SCHMOLZER = Austrian composer and collector of folk songs Styrian = [died: 1886]
• 11 March:   WILLIAM VINCENT WALLACE = Irish composer and musician = [died: 1865]
• 6 April:   GAVRIL YAKIMOVICH LOMAKIN = composer = [died: 1885]
• 23 April:   LOUIS-ANTOINE JULIEN = French conductor and composer of light music = [died: 1860]
• 27 April:   FRIEDRICH VON FLOTOW = German composer = [died: 1883]
• 7 May:   ROBERT BROWNING = English poet and playwright (Pied Piper) = [died: 1889]
• 12 May:   EDWARD LEAR = English, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book) = [died: 1888]
• 20 May:   GUSTAV ADOLF MANKELL = Swedish composer, organist and music teacher = [died: 1880]
• 8 June:
• HEINRICH WILHELM ERNST = Moravian-Jewish violinist and composer = [died: 1865]
• SPYRIDON XYNDAS = Greek composer and guitarist = [died: 1896]
• 27 June:   JOHN PIKE HULLAH = English composer and teacher of music = [died: 1884]
• 2 November:   ABRAHAM I VAN LIER = Dutch actor, theater director (Gran Theatre-van Lier) = [died: 1887]
• 28 November:   LUDWIG MATHIAS LINDEMAN = Norwegian composer and organist = [died: 1887]
• 10 December:   PAUL ABADIE = French master builder (renovated Notre Dame) = [died: 1884]
• 15 December:   ISIDOR DANNSTROM = composer = [died: 1897]
• 18 December:   WIKTOR KAZYNSKI = Polish composer and writer music = [died: 1867]
• 20 December:   ACHILLE PERI = Italian composer and conductor = [died: 1880]
• 22 December:   JOHANNE LUISE HEIBERG = Danish actress (Romeo & Juliet) = [died: 1890]
• 23 December:   WILLIAM HAUSER = American composer = [died: 1880]
• 24 December:   HENRY RUSSELL = English pianist, baritone singer and composer = [died: 1900]
• 26 December:   WILHELM VOLKMAR = composer = [died: 1887]
• 28 December:   JULIUS REITZ = German composer, conductor and cellist = [died: 1877]

Timeline of Musical Events

• May: The Royal Swedish Opera reopens after a 6-year gap.

Classical Music

• LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
• Symphony no. 7 (Opus 92)
• Symphony no. 8 (Opus 93)
• Violin Sonata No. 10

Opera

• GIOACHINO ROSSINI
• Ciro in Babilonia
• Demetrio e Polibio
• L'inganno felice
• La scala di seta