Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 20 January:   ERNEST CHAUSSON = French composer = [died: 1899]
• 18 February:   VERA TIMANOVA = Russian pianist = [died: 1942]
• 9 May:   JULIUS RÖNTGEN = German-Dutch composer = [died: 1932]
• 11 May:   ANATOLY LYADOV = Russian conductor, composer and music teacher = [died: 1914]
• 25 July:   EDWARD SOLOMON = English pianist, conductor and composer = [died: 1895]
• 2 August:   CORNÉLIE VAN ZANTEN = Dutch opera singer and teacher = [died: 1946]
• 27 August:   DOMENICO SALVATORI = Italian castrato singer = [died: 1909]
• 9 September:   MICHELE ESPOSITO = Italian-born pianist and composer = [died: 1929]
• 6 November:   PAUL KALISCH = German singer = [died: 1946]
• 7 December:   GUNHILD ROSÉN = Swedish ballerina = [died: 1928]

Timeline of Musical Events

• Undated:
• FRANZ LISZT gives the first performance of his Piano Concerto No. 1, conducted by HECTOR BERLIOZ.
• JACQUES OFFENBACH becomes director of his own opera house, Les Bouffes-Parisiennes
• RICHARD WAGNER conducts a series of concerts in London.

Popular Music

• "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming" = by STEPHEN FOSTER
• "The Lone Fish Ball" = by GEORGE MARTIN LANE
• "Juanita" = by MRS. NORTON

Classical Music

• GEORGES BIZET
• Symphony in C
• FRANZ BERWALD
• Piano Concerto in D
• EDUARD FRANCK
• String Quartet in F minor op. 49
• CHARLES GOUNOD
• Symphony No. 1 in D
• FRANZ LISZT
• Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H
• ANTON RUBINSTEIN
• Quintet for Piano and Winds op. 55 (probably from this year)
• CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
• Quintet for Piano and Strings op. 14

Opera

• GEORGE FREDERICK BRISTOW
• Rip van Winkle
• JACQUES-FRANÇOIS-FROMENTAL-ELIE HALÉVY
• L'inconsolable
• GIUSEPPE VERDI
• Les Vêpres Siciliennes

Musical Theatre

• Opening: 1 January 1855 @ Broadway Theatre, New York, NY
• GUY MANNERING [Revival production]
  (Musical)
• Music by: Thomas Attwood, Sir Henry Bishop, John Davy, Whittaker; Written by: Daniel Terry
• Closing: 17 February 1855


• Opening: 15 January 1855 @ Broadway Theatre, New York, NY
• CINDERELLA [Original production]
  (Musical)
• Closing: 17 February 1855


• Opening: 9 April 1855 @ Niblo's Garden, New York, NY
• THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE [Original production]
  (Musical, Operetta)
• Music by: Victor Masse;  Libretto by: William Harrison
• Closing: 9 April 1855          Performance Count: 1


• Opening: 25 May 1855 @ Niblo's Garden, New York, NY
• MARITANA [Original production]
  (Musical, Opera)
• Music by: William Vincent Wallace;  Libretto by: Edward Fitzball
• Closing: 3 November 1855


• Opening: 2 June 1855 @ Niblo's Garden, New York, NY
• A QUEEN OF A DAY [Original production]
  (Musical, Comedy, Opera)
• Music by: Edward Fitzwilliam;  Libretto by: J.B. Buckstone
• Closing: 3 November 1855


• Opening: 2 June 1855 @ Niblo's Garden, New York, NY
• THE BOHEMIAN GIRL [Revival production]
  (Musical, Comedy, Opera)
• Music by: Michael Balfe;  Libretto by: Alfred Bunn
• Closing: 3 November 1855


• Opening: 18 June 1855 @ Niblo's Garden, New York, NY
• THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK [Original production]
  (Musical, Operetta)
• Music by: Michael Balfe;  Libretto by: Alfred Bunn
• Closing: 28 June 1855          Performance Count: 10


• Opening: 14 September 1855 @ Niblo's Garden, New York, NY
• THE BEGGAR'S OPERA [Revival production]
  (Musical, Drama, Opera)
• Music by: John Gay;  Book by: John Gay;  Lyrics by: John Gay
• Closing: 3 November 1855


• Opening: 27 September 1855 @ Niblo's Garden, New York, NY
• RIP VAN WINKLE [Original production]
  (Musical, Comedy, Opera)
• Music by: George F. Bristow;  Libretto by: J. Howard Wainwright
• Closing: 23 October 1855          Performance Count: 17


• Opening: 24 December 1855 @ Broadway Theatre, New York, NY
• KING CHARMING [Original production]
  (Musical, Comedy, Extravaganza)
• Music by: J. Cooke;  Written by: James Robinson Planche
• Closing: 16 February 1856          Performance Count: 34


• Opening: 24 December 1855 @ Wallack's Lyceum Theatre, New York, NY, transferring on 28 June 1856 to the Bowery Theatre, New York, NY
• PO-CA-HON-TAS [Original Broadway production] featuring John Brougham as John Smith
  (Musical)
• Music: James Gaspard Maeder;  Book and Lyrics: John Brougham
• Closing: 16 August 1856