Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

6 January: XAVER SCHARWENKA = German pianist and composer = [died: 1924]
18 February: Sir GEORGE HENSCHEL = Prussia-born singer, conductor, composer, founder of London Symphony Orchestra = [died: 1934]
5 March: DANIEL B. TOWNER = American composer = [died: 1919]
9 March: ALEXANDRE LUIGINI = French composer = [died: 1906]
18 March: OLEFINE MOE = Norwegian opera singer = [died: 1933]
26 March: AMALIA RIÉGO = Swedish opera singer = [died: 1926]
25 April: LUISE ADOLPHA LE BEAU = German composer = [died: 1927]
3 July: ALFREDO KEIL = Portuguese romantic composer and painter of German Origin = [died: 1907]
4 July: OLE OLSEN = Norwegian composer = [died: 1927]
9 September: LEOPOLDO MIGUEZ = Brazilian composer = [died: 1902]
21 September: HANS SITT = German violinist, teacher and composer = [died: 1922]
10 November: ARTHUR GORING THOMAS = English composer = [died: 1892]
1 December: PETER ERASMUS LANGE-MÜLLER = Danish composer = [died: 1926]
9 December: EMMA ABBOTT = American singer = [died: 1891]
13 December: IVER HOLTER = Norwegian conductor and composer = [died: 1941]
20 December: THEO MARZIALS = British composer, singer and poet = [died: 1920]
21 December: ZDENEK FIBICH = Czech composer = [died: 1900]
29 December: TOMÁS BRETÓN = Spanish composer = [died: 1923]

Timeline of Musical Events

JENNY LIND tours America, with JULIUS BENEDICT as her accompanist.
Soprano WILHELMINE SCHRÖDER-DEVRIENT marries her third husband, landowner HEINRICH VON BOCK.

"Camptown Races" = by STEPHEN FOSTER
"Home Again" = by M. S. PIKE
"I Have Got The Blues To Day!" = lyrics by MISS SARAH M. GRAHAM; music by GUSTAVE BLESSNER
"Molly Do You Love Me?" = by STEPHEN FOSTER
"Nelly Bly" = by STEPHEN FOSTER
"What Are The Wild Waves Saying" = lyrics by JOSEPH EDWARDS CARPENTER; music by STEPHEN GLOVER