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Encyclopedia > 1839 in music

See also: 1838 in music, other events of 1839, 1840 in music and the list of 'years in music'. See also: 1837 in music, other events of 1838, 1839 in music and the list of years in music. Events None listed Popular music Annie Laurie, words (1688) William Douglas, music Lady John Scott (Alicia Ann Spottiswoode) Tis Home Whereer the Heart Is by Robert Dale Owen Opera Benvenuto... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1839 in music, other events of 1840, 1841 in music and the list of years in music. Events February 11 - Gaetano Donizettis opera La Fille du Regiment premieres in Paris Robert Schumanns year of song, in which he writes the two Liederkreis, Frauenliebe und -leben and... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy at the age of thirty Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, known generally as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847) was a German composer of the early Romantic period. ... Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828), was an Austrian composer, considered the last master of the Viennese Classical school and one of the earliest proponents of musical Romanticism. ...

Classical Music

  • Josef Lanner - Amazonen-Galopp; Malapou Galop
  • Robert Schumann:
  • Arabesque in C, Op. 18 1839
  • Blumenstück (Flower Piece) in Db, Op. 19 1839
  • Humoreske in Bb, Op. 20 1839
  • 4 Nachtstücke (Night Pieces), Op. 23 1839
  • Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 1839
  • 3 Romances, Op. 28 (bb, F#, B)
  • Louis Spohr - Concerto for Violin no 14 in A minor, Op. 110 "Sonst und Jetzt"

Josef Lanner (12 April 1801 – 14 April 1843) was an Austrian dance music composer who was best remembered as one of the earliest Viennese composers to reform the waltz from a simple peasant dance to one that even the highest society would dance to and actually enjoy the waltz music... Robert Schumann (June 8, 1810 – July 29, 1856) was a German composer and pianist. ... Self-portrait of Spohr as a young man. ...

Opera

  • Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky - Esmeralda
  • Giuseppe Verdi - Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio

Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome) Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) is to date the most influential composer of the 19th centurys Italian School of Opera. ...

Published popular music

Kathleen Mavourneen is a song, written in 1837, composed by Frederick Nicholls Crouch with lyrics by Marion Crawford. ... Frederick Nicholls Crouch (July 30, 1808 - August 18, 1896) was an English composer and cellist. ...

Births

January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... James Ryder Randall (born January 1, 1839 at Baltimore, Maryland, United States; died January 15, 1908 in Augusta, Georgia) was a journalist and poet. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... John Knowles Paine (January 9, 1839 - April 25, 1906), was the first American-born composer to achieve fame for his large-scale orchestral music. ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский) (March 9/21, 1839 – March 16/28, 1881; sometimes spelled Modeste Moussorgsky (and Russians often prefer to transliterate his name now as the phonetically correct Modest Petrovič Musorgskij), was an innovative Russian composer famed for his colourful, exotic, and lush orchestral pieces dedicated to various subjects...

Deaths


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Fernando Sor Fernando Sor (baptized February 14, 1778 – July 10, 1839) was a Spanish guitarist and composer, born in Barcelona.
The Bibliography of Swedish Music Literature, an annual bibliography and database of Swedish literature on music, is produced by the Documentation Centre at the Music Library of Sweden.
CAIRSS for Music (Institute for Music Research, University of Texas at San Antonio) is a bibliographic database of music research literature in music education, music psychology, music therapy, and music medicine.
UVa Music Library: Resources & Finding Aids (2875 words)
The International Library of African Music (Institute of Social and Economic Research at Rhodes University, Grahamstown) is devoted to the scientific study of African music and the oral arts in Africa.
California Folk Music (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress) is devoted to the WPA California Folk Music Project, one of the earliest ethnographic field projects to document European, Slavic, Middle Eastern, and English- and Spanish-language folk music in a single region of the United States.
Early American Secular Music and its European Sources, 1589-1839 (Colonial Music Institute) is an index to primary sources covering the 250 years of the initial exploration and settlement of the United States.
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