Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 28 January:   FRANZ WÜLLNER = German conductor and composer = [died: 1902]
• 12 February:   GUSTAVE SATTER = Austrian-Slovenian pianist and composer = [died: 1879]
• 3 June:   CHARLES LECOCQ = French musical composer = [died: 1918]
• 17 July:   AUGUST SÖDERMAN = Swedish composer = [died: 1876]
• 3 August:   IVAN ZAJC = Croatian composer, conductor, director and teacher = [died: 1914]
• 9 September:   PETRO NISHCHYNSKY = Ukrainian linguist and amateur composer = [died: 1896]
• 20 September:   JOHANN JOSEPH ABERT = German composer = [died: 1915]
• 1 October:   HENRY CLAY WORK = American composer = [died: 1884]
• 22 October:
• LEOPOLD DAMROSCH = German conductor = [died: 1885]
• AUGUST LABITZKY = Czech composer and kappelmeister = [died: 1903]
• 29 October:   ANDERS HEYERDAHL = Norwegian violinist and composer = [died: 1918]


• date unknown:
• JULIÁN ARCAS = Spanish classical guitarist and composer = [died: 1882]

Timeline of Musical Events

• Spring: ELIAS PARISH ALVARS gives concerts in Constantinople before Sultan Mahmud II.
• 14 August: Première of MENDELSSOHN's Hebrides Overture is held in London.
• September: Paris's Opéra-Comique moves from Salle Ventadour to Salle de la Bourse.


• Undated:
• Changes to American Army regulations make bandsmen regular soldiers, required to serve in battle if needed, establishes a position for bandmasters, and limits the size of regimental bands.

Popular Music

• "Rock of Ages" (hymn) = lyrics & music by AGUSTUS MONTAGUE TOPLADY & THOMAS HASTINGS
• "The Bloom is on the Rye (My Pretty Jane)" = lyrics & music by EDWARD FITZBALL & HENRY ROWLEY BISHOP

Publications

• JOSEPH FUNK = A Compilation of Genuine Church Music

Classical Music

• CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
• Concerti da Camera nos. 1 and 2, Op. 10
• ALBERT LORTZING
• Singspiel Szenen aus Mozarts Leben
• FELIX MENDELSSOHN
• Hebrides Overture
• RICHARD WAGNER
• Symphony in C

Opera

• GAETANO DONIZETTI
• Sancia di Castiglia (opera seria, first performed at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, on November 4, 1832)
• FROMENTAL HALÉVY
• La tentation