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1881 in music
Summary
This article is about
music-related events in
1881
.
List of years in music
(
table
)
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Archaeology
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+...
Specific locations
edit
1881 in Norwegian music
Events
edit
Ilya Repin
's celebrated portrait of
Mussorgsky
, painted 2–5 March 1881, only a few days before the composer's death.
March 23
– A fire caused by a gas explosion destroys the
Opéra de Nice
in the south of France with fatalities.
February 10
–
Offenbach
's
Tales of Hoffmann
debuts in
Paris
June 11
– The
National Theatre (Prague)
receives a royal opening with the premiere of
Smetana
's opera
Libuše
(written 1871–72); however, a subsequent fire delays public opening for a further 2 years, when the same work reinaugurates the theatre
September 3
–
Anton Bruckner
completes his
6th Symphony
November 9
–
Johannes Brahms
'
Piano Concerto No. 2
is given its public premiere in
Budapest
December 4
–
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
's
Violin Concerto
is premiered in
Vienna
Bands formed
edit
Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band
Published popular music
edit
"Good Bye!" by
Francesco Paolo Tosti
"
My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean
"
"Slowly and Sadly" (President
Garfield
Memorial Tribute)" by Arabella M. Root
Classical music
edit
Victor Bendix
– Symphony No. 1 in C op. 16
Mountain Climbing
Alexander Borodin
–
String Quartet No. 2 in D
Johannes Brahms
Tragic Overture
op. 81 revised;
Nänie
op. 82
Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 83
Max Bruch
–
Kol Nidre
for cello and orchestra finished
Anton Bruckner
–
Symphony No. 6 (Bruckner)
Emmanuel Chabrier
–
Pièces pittoresques
for piano
Ernest Chausson
– Piano Trio in G minor, op. 3
Gabriel Fauré
&
André Messager
–
Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville
César Franck
–
Rébecca
(
oratorio
)
Robert Fuchs
– Cello Sonata No.1, Op.29
Franz Liszt
–
Nuages Gris
Giuseppe Martucci
– Fantasia for piano op. 51
Camille Saint-Saëns
–
Hymne à Victor Hugo
Eduard Strauss
Glockensignale, Op.198
Schleier und Krone, Op.200
Richard Strauss
String Quartet in A major, Op.2
5 Klavierstücke, Op.3
Cello Sonata, Op.6
Charles-Marie Widor
– First Sonata for Piano and Violin op. 50 ([1])
Bernard Zweers
– Symphony No. 1 in D major
Władysław Żeleński
– 2 Mazurkas, Op.31
Opera
edit
Johann Strauss Jr.
–
Der lustige Krieg
, premiered November 24 in
Vienna
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
–
The Maid of Orleans
Giuseppe Verdi
–
Simon Boccanegra
, revised version of the 21st Verdi opera premieres at
La Scala
in Milan
Musical theater
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The Tales of Hoffmann
(
Les contes d'Hoffmann
;
Jacques Offenbach
) – Paris production opened at the
Opéra-Comique
on February 10
The Mascot
(translation of
Edmond Audran
's
La Mascotte
) – Broadway production opened at the
Bijou Theatre (Manhattan)
on May 5
Patience
(
Gilbert and Sullivan
) – London production opened at the
Opera Comique
on April 23 and transferred to the new
Savoy Theatre
on October 10 for a total run of 578 performances
Births
edit
January 4
–
Nikolai Roslavets
,
Ukrainian
composer (d. 1944)
February 6
–
Karl Weigl
,
Austrian
composer (d. 1949)
February 12
–
Anna Pavlova
, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1931)
[1]
February 21
–
Kenneth J. Alford
,
English
band composer (d. 1945)
March 10
–
Frank Mullings
, English tenor (d. 1953)
March 16
–
Fannie Charles Dillon
,
American
composer (d. 1947)
[2]
March 18
–
Paul Le Flem
,
French
composer (d. 1984)
March 23
–
Egon Petri
,
Dutch
-born pianist (d. 1962)
March 25
–
Béla Bartók
,
Hungarian
composer (d. 1945)
April 15
–
David Thomas
,
Welsh
composer (d. 1928)
April 17
–
Anton Wildgans
, lyricist and playwright (died 1942)
April 20
–
Nikolai Myaskovsky
,
Polish
-born Russian composer and teacher (d. 1950)
May 11
–
Jan van Gilse
, Dutch composer (d. 1944)
May 29
–
Frederick Septimus Kelly
, Australian-born musician (k. 1916)
July 6
–
Nancy Dalberg
,
Danish
composer (d. 1949)
August 15
–
Ted Snyder
, American composer and music publisher (d. 1965)
August 18
–
Hermann Zilcher
, German composer (died 1948)
August 19
–
George Enescu
,
Romanian
composer (d. 1955)
August 29
–
Edvin Kallstenius
,
Swedish
composer (d. 1967)
November 22
– Ethel Levey, American singer, dancer and actress (d. 1955)
November 28
–
Stefan Zweig
,
Austrian
librettist of
Richard Strauss
's
Die schweigsame Frau
(suicide 1942)
December 3
–
Henry Fillmore
, American band composer (d. 1956)
December 24
–
Charles Wakefield Cadman
, American composer and songwriter (d. 1946)
Deaths
edit
January 30
–
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens
,
Belgian
, organist and composer, 58
March 13
–
Sophie Daguin
, ballerina and choreographer, 79
March 23
–
Nikolai Rubinstein
, pianist and composer, 45
March 28
–
Modest Mussorgsky
, composer, 42 (alcohol-related)
June 5
–
Franjo Krežma
, violinist and composer,19 (tuberculosis)
June 6
–
Henri Vieuxtemps
, composer, 61
June 7
–
Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard
, music teacher and composer, 66
July 3
–
Achille De Bassini
, operatic baritone, 62
September 7
–
Sidney Lanier
, poet and flautist, 39 (tuberculosis)
October 9
–
Richard Wüerst
, composer and music teacher, 57
November 25
–
Theobald Boehm
, inventor of the modern flute, 87
December 17
–
Giulio Briccialdi
, composer, 63
December 30
–
Corrado Miraglia
, opera singer, 60
date unknown
–
Francisco de Sá Noronha
, violinist and composer (b. 1820)
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References
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^
Magill, Frank N. (1990).
Great Lives from History: Mas-Ror
. Pasadena: Salem Press. p. 1814.
ISBN
978-0-89356-569-5
.
^
Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1996).
The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers
. London: Macmillan. p. 143.
ISBN
978-0-33351-598-3
.