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1847 in music
Summary
List of years in music
(
table
)
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Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Science
+...
Events
edit
February 28
–
Fire
breaks out during a performance and destroys the Großherzoglichen Hoftheater in
Baden
. Most of the audience perishes because the theatre doors cannot be opened from the inside.
March 3
–
I Lombardi alla prima crociata
is performed at
Palmo's Opera House
in New York City, the first presentation of a
Verdi
opera in the United States.
March 14
– Verdi's
Macbeth
is premiėred at the
Teatro della Pergola
in
Florence
, Italy.
Franz Liszt
gives up performing in public.
Vladimir Stasov
publishes a monograph on
Mikhail Glinka
's use of folk motifs in his music.
Popular music
edit
"Cantique de Noël" ("
O Holy Night
") w. (Fr)
Placide Cappeau
(Eng)
John Sullivan Dwight
m.
Adolphe Adam
"Dinah Dear" by
Philip Klitz
"Miss Ginger" by
Philip Klitz
"Roll On Silver Moon" by Joseph W. Turner
Classical music
edit
Franz Berwald
– A Rustic Wedding
Frederic Chopin
Waltz Opus 64 No.1 (Minute)
Waltz Op. 64. No. 2
August Freyer
– Concert Variations, Op.2
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Glanes de Woronince
Most of the
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
Felix Mendelssohn
–
String Quartet No. 6
Jacques Offenbach
–
Concerto Militaire
for cello and orchestra
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2
Piano Trio No. 1
Henryk Wieniawski
–
Grand Caprice Fantastique
Op. 1
Opera
edit
Francisco Asenjo Barbieri
–
Il Buontempone
Giovanni Bottesini
–
Cristoforo Colombo
Friedrich von Flotow
–
Martha
Ivar Hallstrom
–
Hvita frun på Drottningholm
(libretto by
Frans Hedberg
)
Karel Miry
–
Brigitta
(opera in 3 acts, libretto by
Hippoliet van Peene
, premiered on June 27 in Ghent)
Giuseppe Verdi
–
Macbeth
William Vincent Wallace
–
Matilda of Hungary
Births
edit
January 1
–
Rudolf Tillmetz
, flute virtuoso, music teacher and composer (d. 1915)
February 15
–
Robert Fuchs
, composer and music teacher (d. 1927)
March 2
–
Richard Temple
, singer, actor and theatre director (d. 1912)
March 9
–
Axel Grandjean
, conductor and composer (d. 1932)
June 28
–
Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson
, composer (d. 1927)
July 12
–
Karl Heinrich Barth
, pianist and music teacher (d. 1922)
July 21
–
Víctor Mirecki Larramat
, cellist and music teacher (d. 1921)
October 21
–
Giuseppe Giacosa
, librettist for some of Puccini's operas (d. 1906)
November 1
–
Emma Albani
, soprano (d. 1930)
November 30
–
August Klughardt
, conductor and composer (d. 1902)
December 1
–
Agathe Backer Grøndahl
, pianist and composer (d. 1907)
December 9
–
George Grossmith
, comic writer and performer (d. 1912)
December 18
–
Augusta Holmès
, composer (d. 1903)
December 28
–
James Frederick Swift
, organist and composer (d. 1931)
date unknown
–
Emma Fursch-Madi
, operatic soprano (d. 1894)
Deaths
edit
January 6
–
Tyagaraja
, Carnatic music composer (b. 1767)
April 23
–
Erik Gustaf Geijer
, writer and composer (b. 1783)
May 14
–
Fanny Mendelssohn
, pianist and composer (b. 1805; stroke)
June 11
–
Heinrich Bärmann
, clarinet virtuoso (b. 1784)
June 18
–
Lisette Stenberg
, actress and musician (b. 1770)
July 19
–
Johann Wilhelm Wilms
, composer (b. 1772)
September 4
–
František Vladislav Hek
, writer and composer (b. 1769)
September 25
–
Emma Albertazzi
, English contralto (b. 1814)
November 4
–
Felix Mendelssohn
, pianist, conductor and composer (b.
1809
)
November 20
–
Henry Francis Lyte
, hymnist (born 1793)
date unknown
–
Cyrill Demian
, piano and organ maker (b.
1772
)
date unknown
–
Francesco Molino
, guitarist and composer (b.
1775
)