Béatrice et Bénédict, opera by Hector Berlioz, debuts in Baden-Baden (August 9)
Ludwig von Köchel publishes Chonologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amadé Mozarts (Catalogue of Mozart's Works or "The Köchel Catalog")
Examines the gensis of the musical from Hugo's novel, to the composition & staging of the final masterpiece.
Includes papers on The Hopi as Composer and Poet, Intervals and Rhythm in the Music of the Eskimos of East Greenland, Music of the Ainu, Aboriginal Songs of Groote Eylandt (Australia), The Religious Music of Tibet and Its Cultural Background etc. Music exs.
Includes articles on Music & Drama - Ildebrando Pizzetti, A Study in East Indian Rhythm - Winthrop Sargeant & Sarat Lahiri, The Musical Instruments in The Canterbury Tales - Franz Montgomery, Music of the American Indians at Public Gatherings - Frances Densmore, Paul Hindemith - Willi Reich etc. Paginated from 419 to 540..
Music in the baroque era, from Monteverdi to Bach.
Early keyboard music : a collection of pieces written for the virginal, spinet, harpsichord, and clavichord / edited by Louis Oesterle ; with an introduction by Richard Aldrich.