1862 in music
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Overview of the events of 1862 in music
Overview of the events of 1862 in music
March 17 – Anton Rubinstein is named first director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia, which opens in September. Tchaikovsky is in the first incoming class. March 24 – Fromental Halévy 's funeral, in Paris, is attended by an estimated 15,000 people.[1] April 24 – A letter from Giuseppe Verdi is published in The Times of London complaining about the rejection of a work commissioned from him for the Great Exhibition .[1] May 17 – Teatro Comunale Florence inaugurated as an open-air amphitheatre, the Politeama Fiorentino Vittorio Emanuele , with a production of Donizetti 's Lucia di Lammermoor . May 21 – Edvard Grieg gives his first concert in his home town of Bergen, Norway .[1] August 4 – Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray wins the Prix de Rome in the Musical Composition category. Jules Massenet is one of the runners-up.[1] August 9 – The première of Hector Berlioz 's opera Béatrice et Bénédict inaugurates the new Theater Baden-Baden . November 2 – The Ride of the Valkyries and the overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are publicly performed in Leipzig , conducted by the composer. November 10 (November 22 N.S.) – Giuseppe Verdi 's opera La forza del destino is first performed, in the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre of Saint Petersburg , Russia. November 18 – Antonín Dvořák is a member of the orchestra at the opening of the Provisional Theater in Prague.[1] date unknown Published popular music [ edit ] Sheet music cover Classical music [ edit ] Alexander Borodin – Piano Quintet in C minor Johannes Brahms - First two movements of the Cello Sonata No. 1 Emanuel Chabrier – Souvenirs de Brunehaut Felix Draeseke – Fantasiestücke in Walzerform, opus 3: Nr. 1 in B; Nr. 2 in A-flat Louis Moreau Gottschalk Union, Op.48 Home Sweet Home, Op.51 Le Papillon Asger Hamerik – Quintet Ferdinand Laub – Concert-Polonaise, Op.8 Karol Józef Lipiński – 2 Impromptus, Op.34 (published posthumously ) Franz Liszt – Phantasiestück über Motive aus 'Rienzi', S.439 Henry Charles Litolff – Scherzo, Op.115 Giacomo Meyerbeer – Fest-Ouvertüre im Marschstyl Cesare Pugni – The Pharaoh's Daughter , ballet Joachim Raff – Piano Quintet, Op. 107 in A minor Napoleon Henri Reber – Piano Trio No.4 'Sérénade', Op.25 Camille Saint-Saëns – Mazurka No. 1 for piano in G minor, Opus 21 Henri Vieuxtemps – Violin Concerto No.5, Op.37 Henri Wieniawski Etudes-Caprices, Op.18 Fantaisie orientale, Op.24 January 29 – Frederick Delius , composer (d. 1934) January 30 – Walter Damrosch , conductor (d. 1950) February 13 – Karel Weis , composer (d. 1944) February 17 – Edward German , composer (d. 1936) March 21 – Elmer Samuel Hosmer , composer (d. 1945) April 5 – Louis Ganne , conductor (died 1923) May 2 – Maurice Emmanuel , composer (d. 1938) June 3 – Joseph Humfrey Anger , composer (died 1913) June 27 – May Irwin , actress and singer (d. 1938) August 10 – Ernest Richard Kroeger , composer (died 1934) August 11 – Carrie Jacobs-Bond , US songwriter (d. 1946) August 22 – Claude Debussy , composer (d. 1918) August 29 – Maurice Maeterlinck , lyricist (died 1949) September 25 – Léon Boëllmann , composer and organist (d. 1897) October 10 – Arthur De Greef , composer and pianist (d. 1940) October 15 – Conrad Ansorge , composer (died 1930) November 1 – Johan Wagenaar , organist and composer (d. 1941) December 9 – Karel Kovařovic , composer (died 1920) December 18 – Moriz Rosenthal , pianist (d. 1946) December 23 – Hans Wessely , composer (died 1926) date unknown – Marcelle Lender , French singer-dancer and entertainer (d. 1926) February 5 – Ignaz Franz Castelli , dramatist and songwriter (b. 1780) February 7 – František Škroup , composer (b. 1801) February 16 – Leopold Schefer , composer and poet (b. 1784) March 17 – Fromental Halévy , composer (b. 1799) April 7 – Sydney Nelson , composer and arranger (born 1800) May 21 – Edwin Pearce Christy , founder of Christy's Minstrels (b. 1815) (suicide) May 23 – Friedrich Ruthardt , oboist and composer (b. 1800) May 25 – Johann Nestroy , singer and actor (b. 1801) July 2 – Charles Mayer , pianist and composer (b. 1799) August 31 – Ignaz Assmayer , composer (b. 1790) November 1 – Eleonora Zrza , Danish opera soprano (b. 1797) December 2 – Marius Gueit , French organist, cellist and composer (b. 1808) December 24 – Joseph Funk , composer and music teacher (b. 1778) date unknown References [ edit ]