1877 in music explained
This article is about music-related events in 1877.
Events
Published popular music
Classical music
- Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2, Op. 73 in D
- Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 3 in D minor (Novak edition)
- Felix Draeseke – Fata Morgana, Op. 13
- Antonín Dvořák – String Quartet No. 9, Op. 34 in D minor
- Robert Fuchs – Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 20 in F minor
- Karl Goldmark – Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 28 in A minor
- Theodor Kirchner – 4 Notturnos, Op.28
- Ignaz Lachner – 3 Charakterstücke, Op.83
- Franz Liszt – Les Jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este for piano.
- Giuseppe Martucci – Piano Quintet, Op.45
- Jules Massenet – Aubade
- Leon Minkus – La Bayadère (ballet)
- Joachim Raff – Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 206 in A minor
- Josef Rheinberger – Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 105 in E minor
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- La Jeunesse d'Hercule, Op.50
- Six Études for piano (including 'En forme de valse')
- Vogue, vogue la galère
- Across the Danube, Op.36
- Richard Strauss – Piano Sonata No.1 in E major
- Sergey Taneyev – Venice at Night
- Francis Thomé – Simple aveu, Op.25
- Anton Urspruch – Deutsche Tänze, Op.7
- Charles-Marie Widor – 6 Mélodies, Op.22
Opera
Musical theater
Births
- January 12 – Maude Nugent, songwriter (d. 1958)
- February 16 – Sergei Bortkiewicz, Russian composer and pianist (d. 1952)
- March 4 – Aleksandr Gedike, composer (died 1957)
- April 9 – Hughie Cannon, songwriter (died 1912)
- May 25 – Billy Murray, singer (d. 1954)
- June 3 – Theodor Szántó, composer (died 1934)
- June 8 – Thorvald Aagaard, Danish composer (d. 1937)
- June 11 – Renée Vivien, lyricist (died 1901)
- July 14 – Agnes Nicholls, operatic soprano (d. 1959)
- July 17 – Edward Madden, American lyricist (d. 1952)
- July 24 – Percy Scholes, English musicologist (d. 1958)
- July 27 – Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian composer, conductor and pianist (d. 1960)
- August 22 – Lucien Garban, French composer (died 1959)
- September 6 – Buddy Bolden, ragtime musician (d. 1931)
- September 7 – Petar Stojanović, violinist and composer (d. 1957))
- September 15 – Daisy Wood, music hall singer (d. 1961)
- September 20 – Kato van der Hoeven, Dutch cellist (d. 1959)
- September 26 – Alfred Cortot, Franco-Swiss pianist (d. 1962)
- October 15 – Helen Ware, stage actress (died 1939)
- October 24 – Ernst Mielck, Finnish composer (d. 1899)
- November 21 – Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer (d. 1933)
- December 27 – Otto Gauß, organist (died 1970)
Deaths
- January 1 – Julie Berwald, opera singer, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
- January 18 – George Tolhurst, composer (b. 1827)
- March 23 – Caroline Unger, operatic contralto (b. 1803)
- March 30 – Charles Neate, British pianist (born 1784)
- April 7 – Errico Petrella, opera composer (b. 1813)
- April 26 – Louise Bertin, composer and poet (b. 1805)
- June 3 – Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, cataloguer of the works of Mozart (b. 1800)
- June 13 – Cesare Ciardi, flautist and composer (b. 1818)
- June 24 – Emilie Edie von Kalchberg, lyricist (born 1796)
- June 29 – Clorinda Corradi, operatic contralto (b. 1804)
- August 5 – Luigi Legnani, guitarist and composer (b. 1790)
- September 12 – Julius Rietz, German cellist, composer and teacher, editor of an edition of Mendelssohn's complete works (b. 1812)
- October 3 – Thérèse Tietjens, operatic soprano (b. 1831)
- October 16 – Théodore Barrière, librettist (born 1823)
Notes and References
- Rosen. Gary. Swan Lake: An Historical Appreciation. Swan Lake Programme. Cape Town City Ballet. Cape Town. 1998.
- Book: Linder, Greg. Thomas Edison. 1999. Capstone Press. Mankato, Minnesota. 073680207X. 5.
