1878 in music explained
This article is about music-related events in 1878.
Events
Published popular music
Classical music
- Johannes Brahms
- Anton Bruckner
- Ferruccio Busoni – Piano Concerto in D, op. 17, for piano and string orchestra
- George Whitefield Chadwick – String Quartet No. 1
- Felix Otto Dessoff – String Quartet in F, Op. 7
- Antonín Dvořák
- Gabriel Fauré – Chanson Après un rêve (Op. 7 No. 1)
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- Věčnost (Eternity), Concert Melodrama for Narrator and Piano, Op.14
- Niels Gade – Capriccio for violin and orchestra in A minor
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- Improvisations on 2 Norwegian Folk Songs, Op.29
- Albumblad, EG 109
- Hans Huber – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 36
- Vincent d'Indy – La forêt enchantée
- Joseph Joachim – Elegiac Overture 'In Memoriam Heinrich von Kleist', Op.13
- Cyrill Kistler – 4 Lieder, Op.20 (including "Am Waldessaume")
- Giuseppe Martucci
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor
- Piano Quintet in C major, Op. 45
- Siegfried Ochs – 'S kommt ein Vogel geflogen
- Ole Olsen – Asgårdsreien, Op 10 (symphonic poems)
- Robert Radecke – Symphony in F major, Op.50
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- Symphony No. 9 Im Sommer, Op. 208
- Ouvertüre zu Schillers Demetrius, Op.110
- Organ Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 111
- Trio for Piano and Strings No. 2 in A, Op. 112
- Piano Quintet in C, Op. 114[2]
- Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov – 6 Variations on the Theme B-A-C-H, Op.10
- Pablo de Sarasate – Spanish Dances for violin and piano, Book I
- Bernhard Scholz – String Quintet Op. 47[3]
- Richard Strauss – Alphorn, TrV 64
- Sergei Taneyev – Symphony no 2 in B flat minor
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Anton Urspruch – Variationen über ein eigenes Thema, Op.10
Opera
Musical theater
Births
- January 4 – Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress and soprano (d. 1960)
- January 6 – Carl Sandburg, American poet and lyricist (died 1967)
- January 22 – Ben Deeley, American actor and lyricist (died 1924)
- January 23 – Rutland Boughton, English composer (d. 1960)
- January 26 – Rudolf Alexander Schröder, lyricist (died 1962)
- January 28 – Walter Kollo, Singspiele composer (died 1940)
- February 16 – Selim Palmgren, Finnish composer (d. 1951)[4]
- February 26 – Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano (d. 1930)
- February 28 – Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952)
- March 4 – Egbert Van Alstyne, American songwriter (d. 1951)
- March 23 – Franz Schreker, Austrian composer, conductor and teacher (d. 1934)
- March 29 – Albert Von Tilzer, American songwriter (d. 1956)
- May 24 – Louis Fleury, French flautist (d. 1926)
- May 25 – Bill Robinson, American tap dancer, singer, actor (d. 1949)
- July 3 – George M. Cohan, American songwriter, entertainer (d. 1942)
- July 5 – Joseph Holbrooke, English composer (d. 1958)
- July 9 – Eduard Sõrmus, Estonian violinist (d. 1940)
- July 22 – Ernest Ball, American singer-songwriter (d. 1927)
- July 25 – Heinrich Gebhard, German-born composer (d. 1963)
- August 18 – Fritz Brun, Swiss composer and conductor (d. 1959)
- August 22 – Edward Johnson, Canadian operatic tenor (d. 1959)
- August 28 – Laura de Turczynowicz (née Laura Christine Blackwell), Canadian-born opera singer (d. 1953)
- September 7 – Adolphe Piriou, French composer and musician (died 1964)
- September 17 – Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (d. 1950)
- October 18 – Blind Uncle Gaspard, American Cajun vocalist and guitarist (d. 1937)
- November 4 – Jean Schwartz, Hungarian-born songwriter (d. 1956)
- November 23 – André Caplet, French composer and conductor (d. 1925)
- December 23 – Wilfred Sanderson, composer (died 1935)
- Undated – Ustad Qasim, Afghan musician (d. 1957)
Deaths
- January 15 – Carlo Blasis, dancer and choreographer (b. 1797)
- February 2 – Josif Runjanin, composer (b. 1821)
- April 8 – Henriette "Jetty" Treffz, singer, first wife and business manager of Johann Strauss II (b. 1818)
- April 21 – Temistocle Solera, librettist and composer (b. 1815)
- May 6 – François Benoist, organist and composer (b. 1794)
- May 24 – Franz Espagne, musicologist (born 1828)
- July 2 – François Bazin, opera composer (b. 1816)
- August 23 – Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer (b. 1801)
- October 13-October 25 – Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, violinist, conductor and composer (b. 1789)
- November – Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, guitarist and composer (b. 1801)
- November 13 – Carl Heissler, violinist (b. 1826)
- December 18 – Heinrich Proch, composer (b. 1809)
- December 28 – José Bernardo Alcedo, composer of the Peruvian national anthem (b. 1788)
- date unknown – Robert Heller, pianist and magician (b. 1826)
Notes and References
- Web site: Huntley . William A. . loc.gov. When the birds have gone to sleep . F. W. Helmick . Cincinnati . 1878 .
- Rheinberger quintet op. 114 given date 1878 at Sheetmusicplus.com.
- Musgrave, Michael (1999). . Cambridge University Press. page 296. .
- Web site: FIMIC Link About Selim Palmgren. 2009-01-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20071026094553/http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainframe?readform&570E66C33E0DEC49C2256793002E08BD. October 26, 2007. dead.