Mark's Music Circus
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Music Events of

Births

22 January: JOHN J. BECKER = American composer and editor (of Ives' music) = [died: 1961]
25 January: WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER = German conductor = [died: 1954]
3 March: R. O. MORRIS = British composer, teacher of Michael Tippett among others = [died: 1948]
26 April: MA RAINEY = American blues singer = [died: 1939]
3 May: MARCEL DUPRÉ = French composer and organist = [died: 1971]
13 May: JOSEPH ACHRON = Lithuanian Jewish composer = [died: 1943]
24 May: PAUL PARAY = French conductor and composer = [died: 1979]
26 May: AL JOLSON = American singer, comedian, and actor of Jewish descent = [died: 1950]
28 May: NIKOLAI SOKOLOFF = Russian-American conductor and violinist = [died: 1965]
9 June: KOSAKU YAMADA = Japanese composer and conductor = [died: 1965]
12 June: E. RAY GOETZ = American songwriter = [died: 1954]
13 June: ART HICKMAN = American bandleader = [died: 1930]
29 June: FREDERICK BOYLE = American composer = [died: 1948]
4 July: HEINRICH KAMINSKI = German composer = [died: 1946]
5 August: CARLO GIORGIO GAROFALO = Italian composer and organist = [died: 1962]
8 August: PIETRO YON = Italian composer and organist, emigrated to America = [died: 1943]
19 August: ROBERT HEGER = German composer and conductor = [died: 1978]
27 August: ERIC COATES = English composer and conductor = [died: 1957]
31 August: L. WOLFE GILBERT = Russian-born American songwriter = [died: 1970]
1 September: OTHMAR SCHOECK = Swiss composer = [died: 1957]
11 September: LAUNY GRØNDAHL = Danish composer and conductor = [died: 1960]
25 September: JESÚS GURIDI = Spanish Basque composer = [died: 1961]
6 October: EDWIN FISCHER = Swiss pianist and conductor = [died: 1960]
6 November: GUS KAHN = German-born American lyric writer = [died: 1941]
25 December: KID ORY = American jazz musician = [died: 1973]

date unknown:

FRANK MERRICK = British pianist and composer = [died: 1981]

Timeline of Musical Events

21 March: ANTON BRUCKNER's Symphony No. 7 is performed for the first time publicly in Vienna, conducted by HANS RICHTER. This is his breakthrough work.

Undated:

Eight countries adopt the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, an historic international agreement on copyright protection. The new laws came into force on December 5 1887. Other countries follow suit.
The celesta is invented by AUGUSTE MUSTEL.

Published Popular Music

"The Gladiator" = music by JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
"Johnny Get Your Gun" = lyrics & music by MONROE H. ROSENFELD
"Semper Fidelis" = music by JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
"Somebody's Mother" (The Song of All Mother Songs) = by JAMES W. WHEELER
"Two Lovely Black Eyes, Oh, What a Surprise" = lyrics by CHARLES COBORN; music by EDMUND FORMAN

Classical Music

EUGEN D'ALBERT

Symphony op. 4 in F

ANTON ARENSKY

Margarite Gautier, Fantasia for Orchestra, op. 9

JOHANNES BRAHMS

An die Stolze ("Und gleichwohl kann ich anders nicht"), song for voice & piano, Op. 107/1
Auf dem Kirchhofe ("Der Tag ging regenschwer"), song for voice & piano, Op. 105/4
Auf dem See ("An dies Schifflein schmiege"), song for voice & piano, Op. 106/2
Das Mädchen spricht ("Schwalbe sag' mir an"), song for voice & piano, Op. 107/3
Ein Wanderer ("Hier wo sich die Strassen scheiden"), song for voice & piano, Op. 106/5
Es hing der Reif im Lindenbaum, song for voice & piano, Op. 106/3
Fest- und Gedenksprüche (3) for double chorus, Op. 109
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, song for voice & piano, Op. 105/2
Klage ("Feins Liebchen, trau du nicht"), song for voice & piano, Op. 105/3
Maienkätzchen ("Maienkätzen erster Gruss"), song for voice & piano, Op. 107/4
Meine Lieder ("Wenn mein Herz beginnt zu klingen"), song for voice & piano, Op. 106/4
Mädchenlied ("Auf die Nacht in der Spinnstub'n..."), song for voice & piano, Op. 107/5
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
Salamander ("Es sass ein Salamander"), song for voice & piano, Op. 107/2
Sonata for cello & piano No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in A major ("Thun"), Op. 100
Sonata for violin & piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 105
Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 106
Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 107
Ständchen ("Der Mond steht über dem Berge"), song for voice & piano, Op. 106/1
Unsere Väter hofften auf dich, for double chorus, Op. 109/1
Verrat ("Ich stand in einer lauen Nacht"), song for voice & piano, Op. 105/5
Wenn ein starker Gewappneter, for double chorus, Op. 109/2
Wie Melodien zeiht es mir leise durch den Sinn, song for voice & piano, Op. 105/1
Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk, for double chorus, Op. 109/3
Zigeunerlieder (8), for voice & piano (arranged from Op. 103)

CHARLES BORDES

Paysages Tristes (song cycle)

GEORGE WHITEFIELD CHADWICK

Symphony No. 2 op. 21 in B-flat (revision)

FELIX DRAESEKE

String Quartet No. 2 op. 35 in E minor
Piano Concerto op. 36 in E-flat
Symphony No. 3 in C major "Symphonia Tragica"

GABRIEL FAURÉ

Piano Quartet No. 2 op. 45 in G minor

ARTHUR FOOTE

In the Mountains (tone poem)

ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV

Five Novelettes for String Quartet, Op. 15
Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 (To the Memory of Liszt)

VINCENT d'INDY

Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français

HANS PFITZNER

String Quartet in D minor

JOSEF RHEINBERGER

String Quartet No. 2 op. 147 in F

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble
Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Organ"), Op. 78
The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements

CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD

Piano Quintet op. 25 in D minor

LUDWIG THUILLE

Symphony

EMIL WALDTEUFEL

Espana

CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR

Symphony No. 2, op. 54

Musical Theatre

Opening: 10 May 1886 @ the Casino Theatre, New York, NY

ERMINIE [Broadway production]
(Musical, Comedy, Opera)

Music by: Ed Jakobowski; Libretto by: Claxson Bellamy, Harry Paulton; Lyrics by: Harry Paulton

Closing: October 1888 Performance Count: 571

Opening: 31 May 1886 @ the Gaiety Theatre, London

ADONIS [London production]

Written by John Eller & Edward Rice

Closing: date unknown Performance Count: 110

Opening: 25 September 1886 @ the Gaiety Theatre, London, transferred to the Prince of Wales Theatre on 20 December, and to the Lyric Theatre on 17 December 1888

DOROTHY [London production]
(Opera)

Music by Alfred Cellier; Libretto by B. C. Stephenson

Closing: date unknown Performance Count: record setting 931

Opening: 1886 on Broadway

THE QUEEN OF HEARTS [Broadway production]
(Musical)

Music by: John Philip Sousa

Closing: date unknown

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Page created: 27th April 2011
Last edited: 13th November 2023