Mark's Music Circus
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Music Events of

Births

15 January: THORVALD LAMMERS = Norwegian singer, conductor and composer =[died: 1922]
18 January: EMMANUEL CHABRIER = French composer = [died: 1894]
23 January: SIGISMUND BACHRICH = Hungarian composer and violinist of Jewish origin = [died: 1913]
28 January: VIKTOR NESSLER = Alsatian composer = [died: 1890]
10 February: Sir WALTER PARRATT = English organist and composer = [died: 1924)
19 February:

1 March: ROMUALDO MARENCO = Italian composer for ballet = [died: 1907]
15 May: GIOVANNI BOLZONI = Italian violinist and composer = [died: 1919]
21 May: JOSEPH PARRY = Welsh composer = [died: 1903]
9 July: CARL CHRISTIAN LUMBYE = Danish composer, son of Hans Christian Lumbye = [died: 1910]
18 July: HEDVIG WILLMAN = Swedish opera singer = [died: 1887]
8 September: ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK = Czech composer = [died: 1904]
26 September: SIGNOR BROCOLINI = Irish-born American opera singer = [died: 1906]
11 October: FRIEDRICH HEGAR = Swiss violinist, conductor and composer = [died: 1927]
4 November: CARL TAUSIG = Polish pianist and composer = [died: 1871]

Timeline of Musical Events

ROBERT SCHUMANN writes two symphonies: Symphony nr.1 in Bb, opus 38 (also called "Spring"-symphony), and Symphony nr.4 in D-minor, opus 120. The D-minor symphony was edited extensively by Schumann in 1851, and thus was given a much later opus number and subsequently referred to as nr.4, although it is actually nr.2. Johannes Brahms preferred the original 1841 version of the D-minor symphony, the score to which he had in his possession, and quarrelled Clara Schumann, widow of his intimate friend Schumann, over the performing rights to this original version.
Tenor DOMENICO DONZELLI retires from the stage.
NIKOLAY AFANAS'YEV resigns as concertmaster of the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra in order to conduct the serf orchestra of a wealthy landowner at Vïksa, near St Petersburg.