Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 7 March:   FRANZ WOHLFAHRT = German violin teacher and composer = [died: 1884]
• 17 March:   GIUSEPPE GARIBOLDI = Italian flautist and composer = [died: 1905]
• 30 April:   HORTENSE SCHNEIDER = French operatic soprano = [died: 1920]
• 5 May:   JEAN BECKER = German violinist = [died: 1884]
• 7 May:   JOHANNES BRAHMS = German composer = [died: 1897]
• 9 May:
• BENIAMINO CARELLI = Italian singing teacher = [died: 1921]
• BOLESLAW DEMBINSKI = Polish organist and composer = [died: 1914]
• 7 June:   ALEXANDER RITTER = German composer and violinist = [died: 1896]
• 26 July:   OTTO SINGER = German composer, also active in America = [died: 1894]
• 26 September:   GUSTAV STOLPE = Swedish-American composer, conductor, and performer = [died: 1902]
• 26 October:   ADELAIDE PHILLIPS = American operatic contralto = [died: 1882]
• 12 November:   ALEXANDER BORODIN = Russian composer = [died: 1887]


• date unknown:
• LUIGI BASSI = Italian clarinet player and composer = [died: 1871]
• MATHILDA ENEQUIST = Swedish opera singer = [died: 1898]

Timeline of Musical Events

• 13 May: Italian Symphony by FELIX MENDELSSOHN is premiered (and taken back for revision).
• 8 July: Lyrics by FRANCISCO ACUNA DE FIGUEROA are selected as the National Anthem of Uruguay.


• Undated:
• HECTOR BERLIOZ marries HARRIET SMITHSON

Classical Music

• CHARLES VALENTIN ALKAN
• Rondo Brilliant for String Quartet
• WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT
• Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
• FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
• Bolero for piano opus 19 in C/A
• JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
• Fantasy for Piano
• FELIX MENDELSSOHN
• Die erste Walpurgisnacht

Opera

• GAETANO DONIZETTI
• Lucrezia Borgia
• HEINRICH MARSCHNER
• Hans Heiling