1837, from day to day
1837. With other artists, Gioachino Rossini, Robert Schumann and Gaetano Donizetti influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Johann Nepomuk Hummel. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Rienzi” de Richard Wagner, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1837 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 160 of these moments for 1837.
The year 1837 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
03
Death of Christina Rahm That year: 1837, Classical music, singer (born in 1763)
12
Birth of Adolf Jensen That year: 1837, Classical music, German pianist, composer and music teacher (dead in 1879)
Birth of Carlos Troyer That year: 1837, Classical music, American composer (1837-1920) (dead in 1920)
13
Birth of Edmund Abesser That year: 1837, Classical music, German musician, composer and pianist (dead in 1889)
16
Death of Ernest Krähmer That year: 1837, Classical music, Austrian musician and composer (1795-1837) (born in 1795)
19
Death of Jean Jousse That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1760)
23
Death of John Field That year: 1837, Classical music, Irish pianist, composer, and teacher (born in 1782)
27
Death of Joel Read That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1753)
February
01
Birth of Gustave Garcia That year: 1837, Classical music, Italian baritone opera singer (dead in 1925)
02
Birth of Max Zenger That year: 1837, Classical music, German composer (1837-1911) (dead in 1911)
04
Birth of Amélie Faivre That year: 1837, Classical music, French mezzo-soprano (1837–1897) (dead in 1897)
05
Death of James Cervetto That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1747)
07
Birth of Emilio Wilhelm Ramsøe That year: 1837, Classical music, Danish composer and conductor (dead in 1895)
10
Death of Christian Gottlob August Bergt That year: 1837, Classical music, German composer (born in 1771)
12
Birth of Alexander Dodonov That year: 1837, Classical music, Russian singer (1837-1914) (dead in 1914)
14
Birth of Valentin María de Zubiaurre That year: 1837, Classical music, Spanish composer (1837-1914) (dead in 1914)
27
Birth of Eugène Diaz That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1901)
28
Death of Luigi Zamboni That year: 1837, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1767)
March
01
Birth of Edward de Jong That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1920)
06
Birth of Georg Unger That year: 1837, Classical music, German opera singer (1837-1887) (dead in 1887)
Birth of George Shinn That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
12
Birth of Alexandre Guilmant That year: 1837, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1911)
20
Birth of Rafael Aceves y Lozano That year: 1837, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1876)
24
Birth of Louis Adolphe Mayeur That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1894)
26
Death of Joseph Linke That year: 1837, Classical music, Viennese cellist, friend of Beethoven (born in 1783)
Death of Charles Nicholson That year: 1837, Classical music, British musician (born in 1795)
27
Birth of Geneviève Ward That year: 1837, Classical music, American-born British actress and opera singer (1837-1922) (dead in 1922)
April
04
Birth of Smith Newell Penfield That year: 1837, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1920)
13
Birth of Julius Weissenborn That year: 1837, Classical music, German bassoonist and composer (dead in 1888)
17
Birth of Joseph Huber That year: 1837, Classical music, German composer (1837-1886) (dead in 1886)
23
Birth of Heinrich Fidelis Müller That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1905)
30
Birth of Alfred Gaul That year: 1837, Classical music, British composer and conductor (dead in 1913)
May
05
Death of Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli That year: 1837, Classical music, Italian composer (1752–1837) (born in 1752)
Birth of Charles Alard That year: 1837, Classical music, cellist (dead in 1878)
07
Birth of Daubray That year: 1837, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1892)
11
Birth of Lorentz Skougaard-Severini That year: 1837, Classical music, Norwegian tenor (dead in 1885)
18
Birth of James A. Butterfield That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1891)
19
Death of Antonio Rolla That year: 1837, Classical music, Italian composer (1798–1837) (born in 1798)
23
Birth of Józef Wieniawski That year: 1837, Classical music, Polish musician (1837-1912) (dead in 1912)
25
Death of Johann Evangelist Brandl That year: 1837, Classical music, German composer (born in 1760)
29
Birth of Luca Fumagalli That year: 1837, Classical music, Italian pianist, composer and music educator (dead in 1908)
30
Birth of Marie Battu That year: 1837, Classical music, French soprano (dead in 1919)
31
Birth of František Josef Mach That year: 1837, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (1837-1914) (dead in 1914)
June
01
Birth of Ferdinand Quentin Dulcken That year: 1837, Classical music, English composer and pianist (dead in 1901)
03
Birth of Marie-Clotilde-Elisabeth Louise de Riquet, comtesse de Mercy-Argenteau That year: 1837, Classical music, Belgian noble (1837-1890) (dead in 1890)
07
Birth of Charles-Alexis Chauvet That year: 1837, Classical music, French organist and composer (1837-1871) (dead in 1871)
08
Birth of Jan Kleczyński That year: 1837, Classical music, Polish musician and chess player (dead in 1895)
11
Birth of Edward Vine Hall That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1909)
13
Birth of Wilhelm Zizold That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1908)
16
Death of Valentino Fioravanti That year: 1837, Classical music, Italian composer (1764-1837) (born in 1764)
Birth of Adolf Průcha That year: 1837, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (1837-1885) (dead in 1885)
17
Birth of Frank B. Converse That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1903)
20
Death of Giovanni Furno That year: 1837, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1748)
23
Birth of Ernest Guiraud That year: 1837, Classical music, French composer and music teacher (dead in 1892)
27
Birth of Adalbert Überlée That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1897)
July
06
Birth of Władysław Żeleński That year: 1837, Classical music, Polish neoromantic composer, pianist and organist (dead in 1921)
11
Birth of Paul Lacombe That year: 1837, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1927)
19
Birth of William Shakespeare Hays That year: 1837, Classical music, American writer (1837-1907) (dead in 1907)
20
Birth of Hans Sommer That year: 1837, Classical music, German composer (1837–1922) (dead in 1922)
21
Birth of Bernhard Rollfuss That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1904)
22
Birth of Franz Behr That year: 1837, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1898)
28
Death of Joseph Schubert That year: 1837, Classical music, German composer (born in 1754)
Birth of Christian Barnekow That year: 1837, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1913)
30
Birth of Signe Hebbe That year: 1837, Classical music, singer (1837-1925) (dead in 1925)
August
01
Birth of Alice Nevin That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
Death of Stephen Francis Rimbault That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1773)
02
Birth of José Pinilla That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1902)
11
Birth of Gustave Tritant That year: 1837, Classical music, organist (dead in 1907)
24
Birth of Théodore Dubois That year: 1837, Classical music, French composer and Organist (1837-1924) (dead in 1924)
Birth of Agnes Jacobsson That year: 1837, Classical music, Swedish actress (dead in 1913)
27
Birth of Heinrich Urban That year: 1837, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1901)
Death of Manuel Robles Gutiérrez That year: 1837, Classical music, Chilean composer (born in 1780)
September
07
Birth of Wenzel Ludwig That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1915)
08
Death of Therese Rosenbaum That year: 1837, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (1774-1837) (born in 1774)
10
Birth of Louis-Édouard Desjardins That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)
17
Birth of Gustav Siehr That year: 1837, Classical music, German opera singer (1837-1896) (dead in 1896)
19
Birth of Adolph Sonnenfeld That year: 1837, Classical music, Polish conductor, violinist and composer, probably of German descent (dead in 1914)
20
Birth of Louis Baron That year: 1837, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1920)
21
Premiere of Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Felix Mendelssohn
23
Death of Richard John Samuel Stevens That year: 1837, Classical music, English composer and organist (born in 1757)
24
Birth of Sebastian Bensen Schlesinger That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917)
25
Birth of famille de Pourtalès That year: 1837, Classical music, family (dead in 1906)
29
Birth of Charles Grisart That year: 1837, Classical music, French operatic composer (1837-1904) (dead in 1904)
October
05
Death of Hortense de Beauharnais That year: 1837, Classical music, queen consort of the Netherlands (born in 1783)
06
Death of Jean-François Le Sueur That year: 1837, Classical music, French composer (born in 1760)
08
Birth of Otto Winter Hjelm That year: 1837, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1931)
Birth of Wilhelmina Gelhaar That year: 1837, Classical music, Swedish actress (dead in 1923)
09
Birth of John Piersol McCaskey That year: 1837, Classical music, American politician (dead in 1937)
11
Death of Samuel Wesley That year: 1837, Classical music, English organist and composer (born in 1766)
13
Birth of Boyton Smith That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1911)
16
Birth of John Francis Barnett That year: 1837, Classical music, British music composer and teacher (dead in 1916)
17
Death of Johann Nepomuk Hummel That year: 1837, Classical music, Austrian composer and pianist (born in 1778)
27
Death of Jean-Blaise Martin That year: 1837, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1768)
November
08
Birth of Ernst Herman Görner That year: 1837, Classical music, composer
09
Birth of Alfred Holmes That year: 1837, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1876)
11
Birth of Jules Pillevestre That year: 1837, Classical music, French composer and conductor (dead in 1903)
December
05
Birth of Théophile Lalliet That year: 1837, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1892)
09
Birth of Émile Waldteufel That year: 1837, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1915)
12
Birth of Hynek Palla That year: 1837, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and choirmaster (dead in 1896)
Birth of Louis Fischer-Achten That year: 1837, Classical music, German opera singer (1837-1891) (dead in 1891)
20
Birth of Anton Foerster That year: 1837, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1926)
24
Birth of Cosima Wagner That year: 1837, Classical music, daughter of the Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt and wife of Hans von Bülow and Richard Wagner (1837-1930) (dead in 1930)
Birth of Émile Girard That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1899)
28
Death of Mikhail Vysotsky That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1791)
29
Publishing of Sonata for piano 4 hands in C major, Op. 140, “Grand Duo” That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Franz Schubert
30
Birth of Ida Marie Lipsius That year: 1837, Classical music, German writer and music historian (dead in 1927)
This was also in 1837
Birth of Jules Berleur That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1883) . Birth of E. Clarke Ilsley That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1866) . Birth of Jules Legendre That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1890) . Birth of Isolina Porcell i Mas That year: 1837, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 1865) . Death of Marie-Thérèse Laruette That year: 1837, Classical music, French opera singer (1744-1837) (born in 1744) . Death of Giuseppe Giorgis That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1777) . Birth of Fabius Nunn Sheath That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916) . Birth of Karl Attenhofer That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914) . Inauguration: Gran Teatre del Liceu That year: 1837, Classical music (El Raval, Spain). Birth of Karl Adolf Lorenz That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1923) . Birth of Tigran Chukhajian That year: 1837, Classical music, Ottoman Armenian composer, conductor, and writer (dead in 1898) . Birth of Melchor Vidal y Prats That year: 1837, Classical music, Spanish author (dead in 1911) . Birth of Adriano Pantaleoni That year: 1837, Classical music, opera singer, teacher (dead in 1903) . Death of Inga Åberg That year: 1837, Classical music, actress, opera singer (born in 1773) . Birth of Charles Loret That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1870) . Death of Clemente Salviani That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1815) . Death of Luigi Pacini That year: 1837, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1767) . Birth of Marceli Jasiński That year: 1837, Classical music, Polish composer (d. 1867) (dead in 1867) . Death of Karol Scholl That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1778) . Birth of Joseph Winner That year: 1837, Classical music, American composer, music publisher (dead in 1918) . Birth of Adolphus Frederick Godfrey That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1882) . Inauguration: Théâtre de La Chaux-de-Fonds That year: 1837, Classical music (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland). Birth of Melchiorre Vidal That year: 1837, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 1911) . Death of Karl Wilhelm Greulich That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1796) . Birth of Nikolay Derviz That year: 1837, Classical music, composer, opera singer (dead in 1880) . Birth of James Lynam Molloy That year: 1837, Classical music, Irish composer, poet, and author (dead in 1909) . Birth of Charles N. Allen That year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1903) . Death of Adela Crescini That year: 1837, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1799) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Luigi Cherubini (age 77)
- String Quartet No. 6 in A minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quintet in E minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Gioachino Rossini (age 45)
- Trois marches militaires pour le mariage du duc d'Orléans (Work for orchestra)
- Hector Berlioz (age 34)
- Johann Strauss I (age 33)
- Brüssler Spitzen, Op. 95 (Work for orchestra)
- Ball-Racketen. Walzer, Op. 96 (Work for orchestra)
- Felix Mendelssohn (age 28)
- Songs without words, Book 3, Opp. 38 That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Perpetuum mobile in C major, Op. 119 That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- 6 Preludes and Fugues, Opp. 35 (Work for soloist)
- 3 Preludes and Fugues, Opp. 37 (Work for soloist)
- String Quartet, Opp. 44 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Album Leaf in E minor, Op. 117 (Work for soloist)
- Capriccio in E major, Op. 118 (Work for soloist)
- 4 Lieder, Opp. 120 (Work for choir)
- Robert Schumann (age 27)
- Carnaval, Op. 9 That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1834
- Fantasy pieces, Op. 12 That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Frédéric Chopin (age 27)
- Nocturne, Opp. 32 That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 29 That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- 4 Mazurkas, Opp. 30 That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Nocturne in C minor That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Franz Liszt (age 26)
- Douze Grandes Études That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1852
- Fantasy from “Ruinen von Athen” (Beethoven) (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Grand duo concertant sur la Romance de M.Lafont Le Marin (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Richard Wagner (age 24)
- Rienzi That year: 1837, Classical music (Opera)
- Overture (Work for orchestra)
- Folk hymn Nicolay (Work for choir)
- Giuseppe Verdi (age 24)
- Messa di Gloria (Work for choir)
- Anton Bruckner (age 13)
- Prelude in E-flat major (Work for soloist)