1840, from day to day
1840. With other artists, Gaetano Donizetti, Frédéric Chopin and Gioachino Rossini influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Un giorno di regno, o Il finto Stanislao” de Giuseppe Verdi, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1840 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 210 of these moments for 1840.
The year 1840 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
01
Birth of Giovanni Rinaldi That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1895)
07
Death of Blas Parera That year: 1840, Classical music, Spanish musician (born in 1776)
Birth of Georges Douay That year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (1840-1919) (dead in 1919)
08
Birth of Antonietta Fricci That year: 1840, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (1840-1912) (dead in 1912)
13
Birth of Louis van Waefelghem That year: 1840, Classical music, Belgian musician (dead in 1908)
Birth of Michael Haller That year: 1840, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1915)
14
Birth of Emilio Bozzano That year: 1840, Classical music, Italian composer and organist (dead in 1918)
15
Birth of Alois Francis Lejeal That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1920)
18
Birth of Ernst Rudorff That year: 1840, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1916)
22
Birth of Adolphe Deslandres That year: 1840, Classical music, French composer and organist (1840-1911) (dead in 1911)
25
Birth of Hamilton Clarke That year: 1840, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1912)
February
02
Birth of Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray That year: 1840, Classical music, French Breton composer (dead in 1910)
09
Birth of Bronisława Dowiakowska That year: 1840, Classical music, Polish opera singer (1840-1910) (dead in 1910)
Birth of Adolph Kölling That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1913)
10
Death of Joseph Schütz That year: 1840, Classical music, German actor, singer, librettist and theater director (born in 1790)
11
Birth of Léon Reuchsel That year: 1840, Classical music, French organist (dead in 1915)
12
Birth of Emanuel Storch That year: 1840, Classical music, musician, double-bassist, composer, music teacher (dead in 1876)
18
Birth of Max Wolff That year: 1840, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1886)
22
Birth of Samuel de Lange That year: 1840, Classical music, Dutch musician (1840-1911) (dead in 1911)
25
Birth of Alexis Hollaender That year: 1840, Classical music, German pianist and music teacher (dead in 1924)
27
Birth of Josef Navrátil – Ratili That year: 1840, Classical music, opera singer, choir director (dead in 1912)
March
07
Death of Carl Oestreich That year: 1840, Classical music, German composer and hornist (born in 1800)
08
Birth of Franco Faccio That year: 1840, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (1840-1891) (dead in 1891)
Death of Maximilian von Friedrich Droste-Hülshoff That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (1764-1840) (born in 1764)
10
Birth of Guido Tacchinardi That year: 1840, Classical music, Italian composer and music educator (1840-1917) (dead in 1917)
18
Birth of Paul Ehrke That year: 1840, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1893)
21
Birth of Wilma Neruda That year: 1840, Classical music, Moravian violinist (1838–1911) (dead in 1911)
24
Birth of Wilhelm Eyle That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1904)
26
Birth of Carli Zoeller That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1889)
27
Birth of Otto Dornewaß That year: 1840, Classical music, stage actor, opera singer (dead in 1905)
April
05
Birth of Théodore Ritter That year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (1840-1886) (dead in 1886)
10
Death of Gottlob Bachmann That year: 1840, Classical music, German composer (born in 1763)
12
Birth of Edmond Audran That year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1901)
Birth of Franz Xaver Haberl That year: 1840, Classical music, German priest and musicologist (dead in 1910)
18
Birth of Theodor Tomášek That year: 1840, Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist, composer and choirmaster (dead in 1922)
25
Birth of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky That year: 1840, Classical music, Russian composer (1840–1893) (dead in 1893)
29
Birth of John Henry Dohrmann That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)
30
Birth of Oskar Wermann That year: 1840, Classical music, German musician, organist and choir director (dead in 1906)
May
01
Death of Giuditta Grisi That year: 1840, Classical music, singer (1805-1840) (born in 1805)
Death of Victor Lefebvre That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1811)
05
Death of Gottlob Benedict Bierey That year: 1840, Classical music, German composer and music director (born in 1772)
06
Birth of Charles Austin Palmer That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1880)
10
Death of Catterino Cavos That year: 1840, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1775)
Death of Jean-Baptiste-Sauveur Gavaudan That year: 1840, Classical music, French lyric singer (born in 1772)
11
Birth of Filippo Capocci That year: 1840, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1911)
21
Death of Jean-Baptiste Cartier That year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (1765-1840) (born in 1765)
23
Birth of George Marston That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1901)
25
Death of Nikolai Lavrov That year: 1840, Classical music, Russian singer (born in 1802)
27
Death of Niccolò Paganini That year: 1840, Classical music, Italian violinist and composer (1782–1840) (born in 1782)
June
05
Death of William Dance That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1775)
06
Birth of John Stainer That year: 1840, Classical music, British composer (1840-1901) (dead in 1901)
14
Birth of Frédéric Bentayoux That year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1918)
16
Death of Joseph Kreutzer That year: 1840, Classical music, German musician (1790-1840) (born in 1790)
19
Death of Margherita Barezzi That year: 1840, Classical music, Giuseppe Verdi's first wife (born in 1814)
24
Birth of Walfrid Bäckström That year: 1840, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (1840-1901) (dead in 1901)
25
Premiere of Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52, “Lobgesang” That year: 1840, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Felix Mendelssohn
July
04
Birth of James McGranahan That year: 1840, Classical music, American hymnwriter (dead in 1907)
22
Death of Józef Javurek That year: 1840, Classical music, Czech pianist and educator (1756-1840) (born in 1756)
23
Birth of William Candidus That year: 1840, Classical music, American opera singer (1840-1910) (dead in 1910)
Death of František Max Kníže That year: 1840, Classical music, Czech composer and musician (born in 1784)
28
Composition of Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op. 15 That year: 1840, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Hector Berlioz
Birth of Carl J. Latann That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1888)
30
Birth of Emil Krause That year: 1840, Classical music, German pianist, organist and composer (1840-1916) (dead in 1916)
31
Birth of Michael Watson That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1889)
August
01
Birth of Franz Simandl That year: 1840, Classical music, Classical double-bassist (dead in 1912)
Birth of Aldine Silliman Kieffer That year: 1840, Classical music, American music publisher (dead in 1904)
07
Birth of Bernhard Hopffer That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1877)
Birth of Samuel Lucas That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916)
16
Death of Vincenzo Negrini That year: 1840, Classical music, opera singer (1804-1840) (born in 1804)
24
Birth of Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf That year: 1840, Classical music, Swedish musician (dead in 1913)
27
Death of Johann Friedrich Samuel Döring That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1776)
September
03
Birth of Jacob Christian Fabricius That year: 1840, Classical music, Danish councilor, musician, composer and music organizer (dead in 1919)
04
Birth of Arno Kleffel That year: 1840, Classical music, German composer (1840-1913) (dead in 1913)
05
Premiere of Un giorno di regno, o Il finto Stanislao That year: 1840, Classical music (Opera), Giuseppe Verdi
08
Birth of Napoleone Carozzi That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1913)
13
Death of Vincent Houška That year: 1840, Classical music, Czech composer, violist and violoncellist (born in 1766)
14
Birth of George Whiting That year: 1840, Classical music, American composer of classical music (dead in 1923)
15
Death of Franz Pecháček That year: 1840, Classical music, Violinist and Composer (born in 1793)
17
Birth of Auguste Larriu That year: 1840, Classical music, French organist and composer (dead in 1925)
27
Death of Maximilian Josef Leidesdorf That year: 1840, Classical music, Austrian publisher (born in 1787)
30
Birth of Johan Svendsen That year: 1840, Classical music, Norwegian composer and conductor (dead in 1911)
October
01
Death of Friedrich Glück That year: 1840, Classical music, German priest (1792-1840) (born in 1792)
04
Birth of Charles Lenepveu That year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1910)
07
Birth of Albrecht Hänlein That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1909)
18
Birth of Roberto Stagno That year: 1840, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1897)
25
Birth of Minna Wagner That year: 1840, Classical music, 19th c. German opera singer (dead in 1910)
26
Birth of Auguste Péron That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1897)
November
01
Death of Louis Jansen That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1774)
03
Birth of Fritz Kirchner That year: 1840, Classical music, German composer (1840-1907) (dead in 1907)
16
Birth of Jules Danbé That year: 1840, Classical music, French conductor (dead in 1905)
Birth of Frederick Scotson Clark That year: 1840, Classical music, English organist (1840-1883) (dead in 1883)
19
Death of Johann Michael Vogl That year: 1840, Classical music, Austrian singer (born in 1768)
22
Birth of Karel Vraný That year: 1840, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (dead in 1874)
Birth of John Harrison Tenney That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1918)
24
Death of Thomas Lindsay Willman That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1784)
Also in November
Birth of Célestine Galli-Marié That year: 1840, Classical music, French mezzo-soprano (1837–1905) (dead in 1905) .
December
05
Birth of Eugène Damaré That year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1919)
07
Birth of Hermann Goetz That year: 1840, Classical music, German classical music composer (1840-1876) (dead in 1876)
11
Birth of Auguste Coédès That year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1884)
Birth of Isaac Barrett Poznanski That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1896)
12
Death of Friedrich Westenholz That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1778)
15
Birth of Louis-César Desormes That year: 1840, Classical music, French composer and conductor (dead in 1898)
17
Birth of Christian Frederik Emil Horneman That year: 1840, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1906)
18
Birth of Josep Coll i Britapaja That year: 1840, Classical music, Spanish composer (1840-1904) (dead in 1904)
19
Birth of Giulio Ricordi That year: 1840, Classical music, Italian musician (1840-1912) (dead in 1912)
Birth of Ernest de Demunck That year: 1840, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 1915)
Birth of Marie Marimon That year: 1840, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1923)
Birth of Stephen Samuel Stratton That year: 1840, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1906)
22
Birth of Izydor Lotto That year: 1840, Classical music, Polish violinist and composer (dead in 1927)
23
Birth of Isidor Seiss That year: 1840, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1905)
This was also in 1840
Birth of Sourindro Mohun Tagore That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914) . Death of Johanna Constanzia Goßmann That year: 1840, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1807) . Death of Ferdinand Gasse That year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (born in 1780) . Birth of John M. Loretz That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912) . Birth of Oscar Weil That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921) . Birth of Carlo Emery Coen That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1880) . Birth of Leoncio Zaragozano That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1887) . Death of Richard Garbett That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1789) . Birth of Julius Cyriax That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1892) . Death of Elizabeth Pym Cumberland That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1779) . Death of Archibald Duff That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1769) . Death of Camillo Barni That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1762) . Birth of Richard Gutzschbach That year: 1840, Classical music, German operatic baritone (dead in 1921) . Death of François-Joseph Dizi That year: 1840, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1780) . Birth of Heinrich Jäger That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1882) . Birth of Oskar Rieding That year: 1840, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1918) . Birth of Giselle Galos That year: 1840, Classical music, mysterious 19th-century salon composer, probably French or Italian (dead in 1900) . Inauguration: Landestheater Coburg That year: 1840, Classical music (Coburg, Germany). Birth of Otto Johann Führer That year: 1840, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1906) . Birth of Robert Jackson That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914) . Death of Virtue Millard That year: 1840, Classical music, composer . Birth of Henri Chollet That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914) . Birth of Klara Ungar That year: 1840, Classical music, (1840-1916) (dead in 1916) . Inauguration: Royal Opera That year: 1840, Classical music (Ghent, Belgium). Birth of Julie Dumont-Suvanny That year: 1840, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1872) . Birth of Marcus Hast That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1911) . Inception: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic That year: 1840, Classical music (United Kingdom). Birth of Wincenty Kruziński That year: 1840, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 1928) . Birth of François Borne That year: 1840, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1920) . Birth of August Reiser That year: 1840, Classical music, journalist, composer, music teacher (dead in 1904) . Death of Cecilia Maria Barthélemon That year: 1840, Classical music, English singer, composer, pianist and organist (1767-1859) (born in 1769) . Birth of Jean Baptiste Maillochaud That year: 1840, Classical music, French composer and organist (dead in 1928) . Birth of Gustave Louchet That year: 1840, Classical music, composer . Birth of Janina Jełowicka That year: 1840, Classical music, Polish singer and composer (1840–1865) (dead in 1865) . Birth of Joseph Glück That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1901) . Birth of Ricardo Ferreira de Carvalho That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1892) . Birth of Samuel Ashmead That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 2019) . Birth of F. L. da Silveira That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1890) . Birth of Giovacchino Mussatti That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1850) . Death of W. J. White That year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1810) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Carl Czerny (age 49)
- Douze rondeaux amusants et instructifs sur des thèmes les plus favoris des opéras français et italiens, Opp. 583 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sonata No. 6 in D minor, Op. 124 (Work for soloist)
- Hector Berlioz (age 37)
- Les Nuits d'été, Opp. 7 That year: 1840, Classical music (Song, lied), published in 1841
- Johann Strauss I (age 36)
- Wiener Gemüths-Walzer, Op. 116 (Work for orchestra)
- Felix Mendelssohn (age 31)
- 6 Lieder, Opp. 50 (Work for choir)
- Robert Schumann (age 30)
- 12 Poems, Opp. 35 That year: 1840, Classical music (Song, lied)
- A Woman's Love and Life, Op. 42 That year: 1840, Classical music (Song, lied)
- Dichterliebe, sixteen songs from 's Buch der Lieder, Op. 48 That year: 1840, Classical music (Song, lied)
- Liederkreis, Op. 39 That year: 1840, Classical music (Song, lied), published in 1842
- Liederkreis, Op. 24 (Song, lied)
- Myrthen, Op. 25 (Song, lied)
- Lieder and Songs, Volume 1, Op. 27 (Song, lied)
- 3 Poems, Opp. 29 (Song, lied)
- 3 Poems, Opp. 30 (Song, lied)
- 3 Songs, Opp. 31 (Song, lied)
- 4 Lieder for 4 male voices, Opp. 33 (Song, lied)
- 2 Duets, Opp. 34 (Song, lied)
- 6 Poems, Opp. 36 (Song, lied)
- Gedichte aus "Liebesfrühling", Op. 37 (Song, lied)
- 5 Lieder, Opp. 40 (Song, lied)
- 3 Duets for voice and piano, Opp. 43 (Song, lied)
- Romances and Ballads, Volume 1, Op. 45 (Song, lied)
- Romances and Ballads, Volume 2, Op. 49 (Song, lied)
- Romances and Ballads, Volume 3, Op. 53 (Song, lied)
- Belsatzar, Op. 57 (Song, lied)
- Frédéric Chopin (age 30)
- Nocturne, Opp. 37 That year: 1840, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp major, Op. 36 That year: 1840, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1839
- 4 Mazurkas, Opp. 41 (Work for soloist), composed in 1838
- 2 Mazurkas (Work for soloist)
- Franz Liszt (age 29)
- Venezia e Napoli That year: 1840, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Mazeppa That year: 1840, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1854
- Morceau de Salon, Étude de perfectionnement (Work for soloist)
- Album Leaf in E major (Work for soloist)
- Album Leaf No. 1 (Work for soloist)
- Album Leaf in E major (Work for soloist)
- Album Leaf in E-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Album Leaf in E major (Work for soloist)
- Prière de l'enfant à son reveil (Work for soloist)
- 5 Choruses, “sur des textes français” (Work for choir)
- Waltz in E-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Valse mélancolique (Work for soloist)
- Mariotte. Valse pour Marie (Work for soloist)
- Galop de Bal (Work for soloist)
- Heroischer Marsch in ungarischem Stil (Work for soloist)
- Hussitenlied (Work for soloist)
- Magyar tempo (Work for soloist)
- Rákóczi-Marsch (Work for soloist)
- Il m'aimait tant (Song, lied)
- Richard Wagner (age 27)
- Faustsymphonie, first movement (1) That year: 1840, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Les deux grenadiers (Song, lied)
- Adieux de Marie Stuart (Song, lied)
- Albumblatt für Ernst Benedikt Kietz: Lied ohne Worte (Work for soloist)
- Bedřich Smetana (age 16)
- Galopp di bravoura (Work for soloist)
- Louisina Polka (Work for soloist)
- Georgina Polka (Work for soloist)
- Edward Elgar (age -17)
- A Child Asleep (Song, lied), composed in 1910