See also: 1833 in music, other events of 1834, 1835 in music, and the list of 'years in music'. See also: 1832 in music, other events of 1833, 1834 in music, and the list of years in music. Events Hector Berlioz marries Harriet Smithson Popular music Classical music Die erste Walpurgisnacht by Felix Mendelssohn Opera Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti Births May 7 - Johannes Brahms November 12 - Alexander Borodin... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1834 in music, other events of 1835, 1836 in music, and the list of years in music. Events Publication of Luigi Cherubinis Cours de contrepoint et de fugue Popular music Opera Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti Births March 16 - Eduard Strauss May 4 - Edmund Hart Turpin... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

Events

• Statue of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is erected in his birthplace of Geneva.

Jean Jacques Rousseau (June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778) was a Franco-Swiss philosopher, writer, political theorist, and self-taught composer of The Age of Enlightenment. ... Geneva (French: Genève) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland located where Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, but the Genevois are fond of calling it Lac de Genève) empties into the Rhône River. ...

Popular music

• "Alphabet song" (copyrighted by C. Bradlee)

The alphabet song is a popular method for speakers (especially children) to learn the Latin alphabet. ...

Classical music

• Hector Berlioz - Harold in Italy
• William Sterndale Bennett - Piano Concerto in C Minor

Portrait of Berlioz by Signol, 1832 Louis Hector Berlioz (December 11, 1803 – March 8, 1869) was a French Romantic composer best known for the Symphonie fantastique, first performed in 1830, and for his Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) of 1837, with its tremendous resources that include four antiphonal brass choirs. ... Sir William Sterndale Bennett (April 13, 1816 - February 1, 1875) was an English musical composer. ...

Opera

• Uggiero il danese - Saverio Mercadante

Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, Altamura (born near Bari, September 16, 1795 - died in Naples, December 17, 1870), was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. ...

Births

• January 14 - William Cleaver Francis Robinson
• August 17 - Peter Benoit
• August 31 - Amilcare Ponchielli, composer
• date unknown - Sabine Baring-Gould, hymn-writer

January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson (born January 14, 1834 – May 2, 1897) was a British colonial administrator and a musical composer, being the author of several well known songs. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ... Amilcare Ponchielli (August 31, 1834 _ January 17, 1886) was an Italian composer. ... The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (1834 – January 2, 1924) was an English Victorian hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. ...

Deaths

• October 8 - François-Adrien Boïeldieu, composer