1875 in music

1875 in music

Events

* March 3 - Georges Bizet's "Carmen" debuts in Paris.
* May 6 - Richard Wagner conducts portions of Götterdämmerung in concert in Vienna (the complete opera is premiered in 1876).
*Robert Volkmann becomes professor of harmony and counterpoint at the National Academy of Music in Budapest, under Franz Liszt.

Published popular music

* "Angels, Meet Me At the Cross Road" w.m. Will Hays
* "Carve Dat Possum" by Sam Lucas & Herbert Hershy
* "Dreaming Forever of Thee" w.m. John Hill Hewitt
* "My Grandfather's Clock" w.m. Henry C. Work
* "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" w.m. Thomas P. Westendorf
* "Nancy Lee" w. Frederick Edward Weatherly, m. Stephen Adams (pseudonym of Michael Maybrick)
* "The Witches Flight (Galop Caprice)" by Henry A. Russell

Classical music

* Alexander Borodin, String Quartet No. 1
* Johannes Brahms, Fifteen "Liebeslieder" for piano duet; String Quartet No. 3
* Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 5; Serenade for Strings; String Quintet (with double bass) (orig Op. 18); Piano Quartet in D; Piano Trio in Bb; Moravian duets (for voices and piano)
* Gabriel Fauré, "Allegro Symphonique" (for orchestra); "Suite for Orchestra"; "Les Djinns" (for chorus and orchestra)
* Edvard Grieg, incidental music to Ibsen's "Peer Gynt"
* Édouard Lalo, "Allegro Symphonique"
* Jules Massenet, oratorio "Eve"
* Modest Mussorgsky, "Pesni i plyaski smerti" ("Songs and Dances of Death"), song cycle for bass voice and piano
* Amilcare Ponchielli, cantata "A Gaetano Donizetti"
* Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, String Quartet No. 1
* Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 3; ballet "Swan Lake"; String Quartet
* Camille Saint-Saëns - "Allegro appassionato for Cello and Piano in B minor"
* "Má vlast" ("My Country") - Six symphonic poems by Bedřich Smetana

Opera

* "Carmen" first performed in Paris. Music by Georges Bizet and libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.
* "Die Königin von Saba", music by Karl Goldmark and libretto by Salomon Mosenthal.
* "Angelo", music by César Cui

Musical theater

*Gilbert & Sullivan - "Trial By Jury"
**London production opens at the Royalty Theatre on March 25
**Philadelphia production opens at the Arch Street Theatre on October 22
**New York production opens at the Eagle Theatre on November 15
* "The Zoo", Lyrics and Book: Bolton Rowe Music: Arthur Sullivan, London production opened at St. James Theatre on June 5

Births

* February 2 - Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist and composer
* February 26 - Richard Wetz, German composer
* March 7 - Maurice Ravel, French composer
* May - Paul Sarebresole
* July 17 - Donald Tovey, composer and musicologist
* August 9 - Albert Ketèlbey, composer
* August 18 - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, composer

Deaths

*January 25 - Leopold Jansa, violinist, composer and music teacher (b. 1795)
*February 1 - William Sterndale Bennett, composer (b. 1816)
*February 23 - Louise Michaëli, opera singer (b. 1830)
*March 3 - Adolf Reubke, organ builder (b. 1805)
*March 17 - Ferdinand Laub, violinist (b. 1832)
*March 19 - Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, violin maker (b. 1798)
*June 3 - Georges Bizet, composer (b. 1838) (heart attack)
*September 15 - Louise Farrenc, pianist and composer (b. 1804)
*September 24 - William Walker, songwriter (b. 1809)


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