1855, from day to day
1855. With other artists, Jacques Offenbach, Robert Schumann and Richard Wagner influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Ernest Chausson, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “The Sicilian Vespers” 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 1855 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 230 of these moments for 1855.
The year 1855 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
02
Birth of Jacob Henry Hall That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1941)
04
Birth of Arthur Cobalet That year: 1855, Classical music, French singer (1855-1901) (dead in 1901)
06
Birth of Sebastian Hofmüller That year: 1855, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1923)
08
Birth of Samuel Swain Stewart That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1898)
09
Death of Louis Pape That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1799)
20
Birth of Ernest Chausson That year: 1855, Classical music, French composer (1855–1899) (dead in 1899)
22
Birth of Ernst Kullak That year: 1855, Classical music, German composer and pianist (dead in 1914)
26
Birth of Hilmar Mückenberger That year: 1855, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1937)
28
Birth of Bertha Schwarz That year: 1855, Classical music, German/Austrian operatic soprano (dead in 1947)
February
12
Birth of José Mauri Esteve That year: 1855, Classical music, violinist (dead in 1939)
15
Birth of Gustav Hollaender That year: 1855, Classical music, German violinist, conductor and composer (dead in 1915)
17
Birth of Antonio Magini-Coletti That year: 1855, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1912)
20
Birth of Nicolaj Hansen That year: 1855, Classical music, Danish musician (dead in 1932)
21
Birth of Vincenzo Valente That year: 1855, Classical music, Italian composer and writer (1855-1921) (dead in 1921)
22
Death of François-Louis Henry That year: 1855, Classical music, French opera singer (1786-1855) (born in 1786)
25
Death of Daniel Hale Mansfield That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1810)
27
Death of Louis Lambillotte That year: 1855, Classical music, Belgian composer, Jesuit and palaeographer (1797-1855) (born in 1797)
March
02
Birth of Andrei Arends That year: 1855, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1924)
04
Birth of Franz von Milde That year: 1855, Classical music, German tenor (dead in 1929)
08
Birth of Florence St. John That year: 1855, Classical music, British singer and actress (1855–1912) (dead in 1912)
10
Death of Gerardus Craeyvanger That year: 1855, Classical music, violinist, singer (born in 1775)
11
Birth of Georges Fragerolle That year: 1855, Classical music, French musician and composer (dead in 1920)
Birth of Josef Přibík That year: 1855, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (dead in 1937)
12
Birth of Eduard Birnbaum That year: 1855, Classical music, musicologist (dead in 1920)
13
Birth of Anton Rückauf That year: 1855, Classical music, Austrian composer, pianist and music educator (dead in 1903)
15
Death of Johann Jakob Wehrli That year: 1855, Classical music, Swiss educationist (1790-1855) (born in 1790)
Birth of Fritz Schrödter That year: 1855, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1924)
17
Death of Ramón Carnicer That year: 1855, Classical music, Spanish musician (1789-1855) (born in 1789)
18
Birth of Elena Verni That year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer
23
Birth of Amy Sherwin That year: 1855, Classical music, Australian soprano singer (1855–1935) (dead in 1935)
24
Birth of Josef Jiránek That year: 1855, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and pianist (dead in 1940)
28
Birth of Rocco Pagliara That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914)
30
Death of José Guelbenzu That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1785)
April
04
Birth of Božena Petzoldová-Rubešová That year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1910)
06
Death of Lorenz Schneider That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1766)
07
Birth of Jørgen Ditleff Bondesen That year: 1855, Classical music, Danish composer, music theorist (1855-1939) (dead in 1939)
Birth of Emma Baumann That year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher (dead in 1925)
09
Birth of Joseph Hellmesberger That year: 1855, Classical music, Austrian musician (dead in 1907)
12
Death of Pedro Albéniz That year: 1855, Classical music, Spanish musician (1795-1855) (born in 1795)
16
Death of Cécile Camoin That year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1812)
17
Birth of Maria Sadovska-Barilotti That year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (dead in 1891)
Birth of Gertrude Holman Andrews That year: 1855, Classical music, composer
18
Birth of Josef Gruber That year: 1855, Classical music, Austrian organist and composer (1855-1933) (dead in 1933)
24
Death of Walenty Kratzer That year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer, composer (born in 1780)
26
Birth of Alexandra Svyatlovskaya That year: 1855, Classical music, Russian singer, opera singer and music educator (dead in 1923)
29
Birth of Edmund S J van der Straeten That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1934)
30
Death of Henry Bishop That year: 1855, Classical music, British composer (born in 1787)
May
02
Birth of Theodore Moses Tobani That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (1855-1933) (dead in 1933)
04
Death of Camille Pleyel That year: 1855, Classical music, French musician (born in 1788)
09
Birth of Julius Röntgen That year: 1855, Classical music, German-Dutch composer (dead in 1932)
Birth of Max Brauer That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1918)
11
Birth of Anatoly Lyadov That year: 1855, Classical music, Russian composer, teacher and conductor (1855-1914) (dead in 1914)
12
Birth of Marguerite Vaillant-Couturier That year: 1855, Classical music, French soprano (1855-1930) (dead in 1930)
Birth of Jan Nepomuk Wünsch That year: 1855, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1950)
13
Death of Teresa Belloc-Giorgi That year: 1855, Classical music, Italian alto singer (1784-1855) (born in 1784)
14
Death of Thomas Kelly That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1769)
June
02
Birth of Karel Förster That year: 1855, Classical music, Czech violinist, organist and composer (dead in 1921)
03
Birth of Pavel Švanda ze Semčic That year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1923)
04
Birth of Josephine de Reszke That year: 1855, Classical music, Polish opera singer (dead in 1891)
05
Death of Rosine Lebrun That year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer and actress (born in 1783)
06
Death of Giovanni Agostino Perotti That year: 1855, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1769)
09
Birth of Felicjan Feliński That year: 1855, Classical music, actor (dead in 1914)
13
Premiere of The Sicilian Vespers That year: 1855, Classical music (Opera), Giuseppe Verdi
15
Birth of Alwin Schroeder That year: 1855, Classical music, German and American cellist (1855-1928) (dead in 1928)
17
Birth of Fritz Steinbach That year: 1855, Classical music, German conductor (dead in 1916)
Birth of Fritz Kauffmann That year: 1855, Classical music, conductor (dead in 1934)
Birth of Hermann Blattmacher That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1913)
21
Birth of Therese Malten That year: 1855, Classical music, German dramatic soprano, 1855-1930 (dead in 1930)
23
Birth of Maude Valerie White That year: 1855, Classical music, French-born English composer (dead in 1937)
27
Birth of Etelka Gerster That year: 1855, Classical music, Hungarian soprano and voice teacher (dead in 1920)
Birth of Urbà Fando i Rais That year: 1855, Classical music, Spanish businessperson and composer (1855-1911) (dead in 1911)
July
02
Birth of Robert Settekorn That year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1924)
04
Birth of Naëmi Ingman-Starck That year: 1855, Classical music, Finnish musician (dead in 1932)
05
Premiere of Les deux aveugles That year: 1855, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
09
Birth of Paul Zilcher That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1943)
19
Birth of Emil Paur That year: 1855, Classical music, Austrian conductor (1855-1932) (dead in 1932)
Death of Karl Keller That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1784)
22
Death of Johann David Baldenecker That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1810)
25
Birth of Edward Solomon That year: 1855, Classical music, English composer, conductor, orchestrator and pianist (dead in 1895)
26
Birth of Wilhelm Kloed That year: 1855, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer, voice teacher and singer (dead in 1929)
31
Birth of Piotr Maszyński That year: 1855, Classical music, Polish composer, conductor and educator (dead in 1934)
August
02
Birth of Cornélie van Zanten That year: 1855, Classical music, Dutch opera singer (dead in 1946)
04
Birth of William Rogers Chapman That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)
Birth of Edward Smith Hall That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 2019)
05
Birth of Max Jentsch That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1918)
13
Birth of Eugen Miroslav Rutte That year: 1855, Classical music, Czech composer and singer (dead in 1903)
17
Death of John Cole That year: 1855, Classical music, American music publisher, born 1774 (born in 1774)
23
Birth of Marie-Louise Caussinus That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1904)
24
Birth of Constant Pierre That year: 1855, Classical music, French musicologist (dead in 1918)
25
Birth of Georg Thouret That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1924)
27
Birth of Domenico Salvatori That year: 1855, Classical music, Italian actor (dead in 1909)
31
Premiere of Le violoneux That year: 1855, Classical music (Incidental music), Jacques Offenbach
Birth of Stefan Surzyński That year: 1855, Classical music, conductor, composer, organist, music teacher (dead in 1919)
September
03
Death of Max Johann Seidel That year: 1855, Classical music, (1790-1855) (born in 1790)
06
Birth of Ferdinand Hummel That year: 1855, Classical music, German harpist, pianist, conductor and composer (1855-1928) (dead in 1928)
Birth of Rudolf Winkler That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1920)
07
Birth of Anton Hekking That year: 1855, Classical music, Dutch musician (1855-1935) (dead in 1935)
09
Birth of Edmund Parlow That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1944)
15
Birth of Adam Geibel That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
17
Birth of Richard Sahla That year: 1855, Classical music, German concert violinist (dead in 1931)
19
Birth of Katharina Klafsky That year: 1855, Classical music, singer (1855-1896) (dead in 1896)
Birth of Gaston Lemaire That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928)
26
Birth of Juliette Maria Angélique Bilbaut-Vauchelet That year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1925)
28
Birth of Fanny Moran That year: 1855, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1905)
29
Birth of Michele Esposito That year: 1855, Classical music, Italian-born musical composer and pianist; active in Ireland (1855-1929) (dead in 1929)
Birth of Théophile Hirlemann That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1927)
October
02
Death of Johann Heinrich Walch That year: 1855, Classical music, German conductor and composer (1775-1855) (born in 1775)
05
Birth of Max Filke That year: 1855, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1911)
Birth of Augusta Lütken That year: 1855, Classical music, Danish operatic soprano (dead in 1910)
10
Birth of Luigi Mapelli That year: 1855, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (dead in 1913)
12
Birth of Arthur Nikisch That year: 1855, Classical music, Hungarian conductor (1855-1922) (dead in 1922)
13
Death of Gottfried Rieger That year: 1855, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1764)
15
Death of Désiré-Alexandre Batton That year: 1855, Classical music, French composer (1798-1855) (born in 1798)
16
Birth of William Barclay Squire That year: 1855, Classical music, British musicologist, librarian and librettist (1855-1927) (dead in 1927)
Birth of Joseph Henry Dean That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1947)
18
Premiere of Symphonic Poem No. 5, “Prometheus” That year: 1855, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Franz Liszt
25
Birth of Iosif Kotek That year: 1855, Classical music, Russian composer and musician (dead in 1885)
30
Birth of Károly Aggházy That year: 1855, Classical music, Pianist, composer (dead in 1918)
Birth of Felix Ehrl That year: 1855, Classical music, singer, opera singer, stage actor, director, actor, engineer (dead in 1929)
November
01
Birth of Guido Adler That year: 1855, Classical music, Austrian musicologist, writer (dead in 1941)
Birth of Ludwig Strakosch That year: 1855, Classical music, Austrian baritone (1855-1919) (dead in 1919)
Death of Louis-Alexis Raoux That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1811)
02
Birth of Julius Polzer That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1930)
06
Birth of Paul Kalisch That year: 1855, Classical music, German singer (dead in 1946)
07
Death of Henri Louis Martin De Villers That year: 1855, Classical music, French politician (1780-1855) (born in 1780)
09
Death of Domenico Cosselli That year: 1855, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1801)
12
Birth of Anna Slach That year: 1855, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1900-1903) (dead in 1903)
15
Birth of Frank Kidson That year: 1855, Classical music, British folksong collector and musicologist (1855-1926) (dead in 1926)
17
Birth of Giuseppe Campanari That year: 1855, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1927)
19
Death of Ambros Rieder That year: 1855, Classical music, (1771-1855) (born in 1771)
Birth of Frédéric Deslandes That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1880)
21
Birth of John Franklin Botume That year: 1855, Classical music, American writer (1855-1917) (dead in 1917)
23
Birth of Mariska Kordin That year: 1855, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (1855-1915) (dead in 1915)
25
Death of Thomas Commuck That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1804)
29
Birth of Moritz Köhler That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1901)
December
02
Death of Frédéric Bérat That year: 1855, Classical music, French composer and songwriter (born in 1801)
05
Birth of Joseph Anton Mayer That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1936)
06
Birth of Fernando Valero That year: 1855, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 1914)
07
Birth of José Manuel Jiménez Berroa That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917)
08
Birth of Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss of Köstritz That year: 1855, Classical music, German composer (1855-1910) (dead in 1910)
11
Birth of Julian Edwards That year: 1855, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1910)
Birth of David Ffrangcon-Davies That year: 1855, Classical music, Welsh operatic baritone (dead in 1918)
Birth of Ernesto Elorduy That year: 1855, Classical music, Mexican composer and pianist (1853-1913) (dead in 1913)
13
Birth of Henning von Koss That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1913)
15
Birth of Josef Klička That year: 1855, Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist, music educator, composer and organist (1855-1937) (dead in 1937)
17
Death of Josef August Heller That year: 1855, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1800)
23
Birth of Alan Gray That year: 1855, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1935)
24
Birth of Henry Trotere That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912)
25
Death of Gatien Marcailhou That year: 1855, Classical music, French pianist (1807-1855) (born in 1807)
26
Birth of Arnold Mendelssohn That year: 1855, Classical music, German composer and music teacher (dead in 1933)
Death of Marietta Marcolini That year: 1855, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1780)
Birth of Francesco Navarrini That year: 1855, Classical music, Italian basso (1855-1923) (dead in 1923)
29
Premiere of Ba-ta-clan That year: 1855, Classical music (Incidental music), Jacques Offenbach
This was also in 1855
Death of James Sanford That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1814) . Birth of Henry Marcellus Higgs That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929) . Birth of Gertrude Griswold That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912) . Birth of Edward Baxter Perry That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1924) . Birth of Władysław Pachulski That year: 1855, Classical music, Violinist and pianist (dead in 1919) . Birth of Paul de Cernay That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928) . Death of Robert Lindley That year: 1855, Classical music, English cellist (1776-1855) (born in 1776) . Death of Antonio Tosoroni That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1787) . Inauguration: Cork Opera House That year: 1855, Classical music (Cork, Republic of Ireland). Birth of Josep Maria Benaiges Pujol That year: 1855, Classical music, Spanish composer (1855-1938) (dead in 1938) . Birth of Helena Hermanówna That year: 1855, Classical music, dancer, opera singer (dead in 1916) . Death of Adolfo Bassi That year: 1855, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1775) . Birth of Johanna Abler That year: 1855, Classical music, German opera singer . Death of Ivan Laskovsky That year: 1855, Classical music, composer, pianist (born in 1799) . Death of João Bartolomeu Klier That year: 1855, Classical music, composer . Death of Louis Chancourtois That year: 1855, Classical music, French composer (born in 1785) . Death of J. J. Fast That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1850) . Death of Antonio Sapienza That year: 1855, Classical music, Italian conductor and composer (born in 1794) . Birth of Alfred Redhead That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1937) . Birth of Ada Adini That year: 1855, Classical music, Operatic soprano (dead in 1924) . Birth of Enrico Imperiali That year: 1855, Classical music, composer . Birth of George Broderick That year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1905) . Birth of Jean Pietrapertosa That year: 1855, Classical music, musician and composer (dead in 1940) . Birth of Antônio Carlos dos Reis Rayol That year: 1855, Classical music, Brazilian opera singer (dead in 1905) . Birth of Kate Vannah That year: 1855, Classical music, American organist, pianist, composer, and writer (dead in 1933) . Death of Agustín Azcona That year: 1855, Classical music, Spanish playwright, writer and composer . Inception: Auckland Choral Society That year: 1855, Classical music. Birth of Charles Arthur Rawlings That year: 1855, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1919) . Birth of August William Juncker That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1942) . Birth of Carl Kiefert That year: 1855, Classical music, composer and conductor (dead in 1937) . Death of Joseph Barbiere That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1810) . Death of Luis Baca Elorreaga That year: 1855, Classical music, Mexican composer (born in 1826) . Birth of Angelo Mascheroni That year: 1855, Classical music, Italian musician (1855-1905) (dead in 1905) . Birth of Arthur Hervey That year: 1855, Classical music, Irish composer, music critic; (1855-1922) (dead in 1922) . Birth of Vittorio Baravalle That year: 1855, Classical music, Italian composer (1855-1942) (dead in 1942) . Birth of Rudolf Johann Pichler That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925) . Birth of William H. Gerrish That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1924) . Death of Luigi Petrali That year: 1855, Classical music, Italian composer (1815-1855) (born in 1815) . Inception: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg That year: 1855, Classical music. Birth of Georges Debat-Ponsan That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933) . Birth of A. Aimès That year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1870) . Birth of Oscar Ferdinand Telgmann That year: 1855, Classical music, Canadian composer (dead in 1946) . Birth of Robert Biberti That year: 1855, Classical music, German opera singer (1855-1925) (dead in 1925) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Robert Schumann (age 45)
- Songs of Youth, Op. 133 That year: 1855, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1853
- Franz Liszt (age 44)
- Années de Pèlerinage. Première Année; Suisse That year: 1855, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Psalm XIII (13), “Herr, wie lange” (Work for choir)
- Missa solennis zur Einweihung der Basilika in Gran, Gran Mass (Work for choir)
- Charles Gounod (age 37)
- Symphony No. 2 in E-flat major (Work for orchestra)
- Jacques Offenbach (age 36)
- Le décaméron, ou La grotte d'azur (Incidental music)
- Entrez, messieurs, mesdames (Incidental music)
- Une nuit blanche (Opera)
- Le rêve d'une nuit d'été (Incidental music)
- Oyayaye, ou La reine des îles (Incidental music)
- Madame Papillon (Opera)
- Paimpol et Périnette (Incidental music)
- Trafalgar – Sur un volcan (Opera)
- Anton Bruckner (age 31)
- St. Jodok, Spross aus edlem Stamm (Work for choir)
- Cantata, “Auf Brüder, auf, and die Saiten zur Hand” (Work for choir)
- Des Dankes Wort sie mir gegönnt (Work for choir)
- 3 Short Children's Pieces (Work for soloist)
- Bedřich Smetana (age 31)
- Piano Trio for piano, violin and cello, Op. 15 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Forest Impressions and Emotions: Nocturne (Work for soloist)
- Andante in E-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Johann Strauss II (age 30)
- You Only Live Once!, Op. 167 That year: 1855, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Moths, Op. 157 That year: 1855, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Marginal Notes, Op. 163 (Work for orchestra)
- Alexander Borodin (age 22)
- String Trio (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (age 20)
- 6 Bagatelles, Opp. 3 (Work for soloist)
- Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 14 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Georges Bizet (age 17)
- Symphony in C major That year: 1855, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- La maison du docteur That year: 1855, Classical music (Opera) Premiere
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (age 15)
- Mon génie, mon ange, mon ami (Song, lied)
- Emmanuel Chabrier (age 14)
- Rêverie (Work for soloist)
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (age 11)
- Butterfly (Song, lied)