1851 in music explained
This article is about music-related events in 1851.
Events
Published popular music
Classical music
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- String Quartet No.3, Op.15b
- Heimkehr (Homecoming) for voice and piano, Op. 7 No. 6
- Stephen Heller – Pensées fugitives, Op.30
- Johann Kaspar Mertz – Fantaisie über 'Don Juan', Op.28
- Jacques Offenbach – Concerto Rondo for cello and orchestra.
- George Onslow – Wind Quintet Op. 81
- Anton Rubinstein – Symphony No. 2 (Ocean) (first version)
- Robert Schumann
- Symphony No. 4 from 1841, revised
- Violin Sonata No. 1
- Violin Sonata No. 2
- Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, oratorio
- Mädchenlieder, Op. 103
- 7 Lieder, Op. 104
- 6 Gesänge, Op. 107
- Piano Trio No. 3, Op. 110
- 3 Gedichte, Op. 119
- Julius Cäsar Ouverture, Op. 128
- 3 Fantasiestücke, for piano
- Märchenbilder, for piano and viola
- 6 Caprices for Cello, Op.11
- Hugo Staehle – 6 Lieder, Op.2
Opera
Births
- January 25 – Jan Blockx, pianist, composer and music teacher (d. 1912)
- January 27 – Gaspar Villate, composer (d. 1891)
- February 12 – Anna Yesipova, pianist (d. 1914)
- March 27
- May 1 – Ludvig Hegner, composer (d. 1923)
- May 7 – Julius Buths, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1920)
- May 17 – Victor Bendix, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1926)
- June 3 – Theodore Baker, musicologist (died 1934)
- June 11 – Oscar Borg, composer (d. 1930)
- June 12 – Pol Plançon, operatic bass (d. 1914)
- August 8 – Walborg Lagerwall, Swedish violinist (d. 1940)
- October 11 – Josif Marinković, composer (d. 1931)
- October 16 – Viggo Bielefeldt, composer (d. 1909)
- November 5 – Émile Pierre Ratez, composer (d. 1934)
- November 16 – Minnie Hauk, operatic soprano (d. 1929)
- probable – Marie Heilbron, operatic soprano (d. 1886)
Deaths
- January 21 – Albert Lortzing, composer (b. 1801)
- January 24 – Gaspare Spontini, composer (b. 1774)
- February 20 – Josef Alois Ladurner, Austrian composer and pedagogue (b. 1769)
- March 6
- April 8 – John Parry (Bardd Alaw), harpist and composer (b. 1776)
- July 4 – Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer (b. 1784)
- July 17 – Béni Egressy, composer and librettist (b. 1814)
- August 8 – James Shudi Broadwood, piano-maker (b. 1772)
- October 8 – George Alexander Lee, singer, songwriter and opera producer (b. 1802)
- December 1 – Carl Dahlén, ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1770)
Notes and References
- Web site: Geoff. Kuenning. Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish. 1994. https://web.archive.org/web/20051218152145/http://www.lasr.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/prognotes/schumann/symphony3.html. 18 December 2005. dead.
- Book: Rosselli, John. The Life of Verdi. Musical Lives. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 2000. 978-0-52166-957-3. 86.