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1838 In Music
This article is about music-related events in 1838. Events *March 7 – Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale", debuts at the Royal Swedish Opera * November 8 – The ailing Polish-born composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin begins an uncomfortable (but compositionally productive) winter living with his lover, French novelist George Sand, on the Mediterranean island of Majorca in the abandoned Carthusian monastery of Valldemossa. Here he writes his 24 Preludes (Op. 28). *Giovanni Ricordi buys Giuseppe Verdi's copyrights. Popular music * " Annie Laurie", words (1688) William Douglas, music Lady John Scott (Alicia Ann Spottiswoode) * "'Tis Home Where'er the Heart Is" – words by Robert Dale Owen, music by John Hill Hewitt * " A Life on the Ocean Wave" - words by Epes Sargent, music by Henry Russell Classical music * William Sterndale Bennett – Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 19 *Johanna Kinkel – Das Schloss Boncort, Op.9 (published under J. Mathieux) * Franz Lachner – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1838
Events January–March * January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London. * January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration of Morse's new invention, the telegraph. * January 11 - A 7.5 earthquake strikes the Romanian district of Vrancea causing damage in Moldavia and Wallachia, killing 73 people. * January 21 – The first known report about the lowest temperature on Earth is made, indicating in Yakutsk. * February 6 – Boer explorer Piet Retief and 60 of his men are massacred by King Dingane kaSenzangakhona of the Zulu people, after Retief accepts an invitation to celebrate the signing of a treaty, and his men willingly disarm as a show of good faith. * February 17 – Weenen massacre: Zulu impis massacre about 532 Voortrekkers, Khoikhoi and Basuto around the site of Weenen in South Africa. * February 24 – U.S. Representatives William J. Graves of Kentu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Douglas (poet)
William Douglas may refer to: Earls of Douglas *William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (c. 1327–1384), Scottish magnate *William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas (c. 1424–1440), Scottish nobleman *William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas (1425–1452), Scottish nobleman of Angus *William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus (c. 1398–1437), Scottish nobleman and soldier *William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus (died 1591), Scottish nobleman and supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots *William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus (1552–1611), Scottish nobleman *William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas and 11th Earl of Angus (1589–1660), Scottish nobleman of Morton *William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton (c. 1540–1606), Scottish nobleman *William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton (1582–1648), Scottish nobleman Lords of Douglas *William I, Lord of Douglas (died c. 1214), medieval nobleman of Flemish origin *William Longleg, Lord of Douglas (c. 1220–c. 1274), Scoto-Norman nobleman *William the Hardy, Lord of Dougla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Galop Chromatique
Grand galop chromatique in E-flat major, S.219 is a bravura piece by Franz Liszt, composed in 1838. This galop was one of Liszt's favorite encores which he considered a "rouser". The ''galop chromatique'' was published as a piano solo and also in a version for piano duet ( S.616). Among 20th century pianists, György Cziffra notably attained enormous audience success with this piece. The galop features various technical difficulties, one of the most significant being the sixteenth-note jumps played by the right hand in bars 85 through 92, 157 through 164, and 173 through 180. Similar to the jumps studied in Liszt's étude "''La campanella''" but typically played far more rapidly, these jumps reach intervals of thirteen steps (two and a half octaves) at their largest. Other technical difficulties include rapid chromatic scale The chromatic scale (or twelve-tone scale) is a set of twelve pitches (more completely, pitch classes) used in tonal music, with notes separated by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Études D'exécution Transcendante D'après Paganini
Études is French for "studies". It is used as a name for several music or dance works, including: * ''Études'' (Chopin), three sets of studies for the piano by Frédéric Chopin, composed between 1829 and 1839 * ''Études'' (Debussy), a set of 12 piano études composed in 1915 by Claude Debussy * ''Études'' (ballet), a 1948 ballet by Harald Lander * ''Études'' (Ligeti), 18 piano studies composed between 1985 and 2001 by György Ligeti * Alexander Scriabin: twenty-six études (Opp. 2, 8, 42, 49, 56 and 65) * Etudes (Charlie Haden album) * Etudes (Ron Carter album) A number of musical works include the word Études in their title: * '' Trois Nouvelles Études'' for piano written by Frédéric Chopin in 1839 * '' Trois Études de concert'', a set of three piano études by Franz Liszt, composed between 1845 and 1849 * '' Grandes Études de Paganini'', a series of six études for the piano by Franz Liszt, in 1851 * ''Études d'exécution transcendante'', a series of twelve comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simply "c" in all words except surnames; this has led to Liszt's given name being rendered in modern Hungarian usage as "Ferenc". From 1859 to 1867 he was officially Franz Ritter von Liszt; he was created a ''Ritter'' (knight) by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, Francis Joseph I in 1859, but never used this title of nobility in public. The title was necessary to marry the Princess Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein without her losing her privileges, but after the marriage fell through, Liszt transferred the title to his uncle Eduard in 1867. Eduard's son was Franz von Liszt., group=n (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Lachner
Franz Paul Lachner (2 April 1803 – 20 January 1890) was a German composer and conductor. Biography Lachner was born in Rain am Lech to a musical family (his brothers Ignaz, Theodor and Vinzenz also became musicians). He studied music with Simon Sechter and Maximilian, the Abbé Stadler. He conducted at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna. In 1834, he became '' Kapellmeister'' at Mannheim. As a result of composers' aesthetic comparisons of Beethoven's symphonic output with efforts afterwards, in 1835, there was a competition in Vienna for the best new symphony sponsored by Tobias Haslinger of the music publishing firm with no fewer than 57 entries. Lachner received first prize with his 5th Symphony ''Sinfonia passionata, or Preis-Symphonie'' and became royal ''Kapellmeister'' at Munich, becoming a major figure in its musical life, conducting at the opera and various concerts and festivals. His career there came to a sudden end in 1864 after Richard Wagner's disciple Hans von ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Kinkel
Johanna Kinkel (8 July 1810 – 15 November 1858), born Maria Johanna Mockel, was a German composer, writer, pedagogue, and revolutionary. Biography Kinkel was born in Bonn to Catholic parents Marianna and Peter Joseph Mockel, a school teacher at the ''Bonner Lycée''. She composed her first musical work, "The Bird Cantata" (''"Die Vogelkantate"''), op. 1, in 1829 for her musical society in Bonn and the work was published in 1838 by Trautwein. She spent a few years living and composing in Berlin, where she attended salons and formed friendships with women such as Bettina von Arnim and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel. She maintained a career as a published composer and writer as well as a music pedagogue throughout her life. In 1832, Johanna Mockel married the 29 year old music and bookseller Johann Paul Matthieux. The marriage quickly turned restrictive and abusive as Matthieux forbade his young wife from any activity beyond her domestic duties and tyrannized her to her psychological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Musical Times
''The Musical Times'' is an academic journal of classical music edited and produced in the United Kingdom and currently the oldest such journal still being published in the country. It was originally created by Joseph Mainzer in 1842 as ''Mainzer's Musical Times and Singing Circular'', but in 1844 he sold it to Joseph Alfred Novello (who also founded ''The Musical World'' in 1836), and it was published monthly by the Novello and Co. (also owned by Alfred Novello at the time).. It first appeared as ''The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular'', a name which was retained until 1903. From the very beginning, every issue - initially just eight pages - contained a simple piece of choral music (alternating secular and sacred), which choral society members subscribed to collectively for the sake of the music. Its title was shortened to its present name from January 1904. Even during World War II it continued to be published regularly, making it the world's oldest continuously publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sterndale Bennett
Sir William Sterndale Bennett (13 April 18161 February 1875) was an English composer, pianist, conductor and music educator. At the age of ten Bennett was admitted to the London Royal Academy of Music (RAM), where he remained for ten years. By the age of twenty, he had begun to make a reputation as a concert pianist, and his compositions received high praise. Among those impressed by Bennett was the German composer Felix Mendelssohn, who invited him to Leipzig. There Bennett became friendly with Robert Schumann, who shared Mendelssohn's admiration for his compositions. Bennett spent three winters composing and performing in Leipzig. In 1837 Bennett began to teach at the RAM, with which he was associated for most of the rest of his life. For twenty years he taught there, later also teaching at Queen's College, London. Amongst his pupils during this period were Arthur Sullivan, Hubert Parry, and Tobias Matthay. Throughout the 1840s and 1850s he composed little, although he perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Russell (musician)
Henry Russell (24 December 1812 or 1813 – 8 December 1900) was an English pianist, baritone singer and composer, born into a distinguished Jewish family. Biography Russell's career began in 1836, when at the age of 22 he traveled to the US and, in three seasons, earned no less a sum than £10,000. He subsequently lost this by investing in the United States Bank, which collapsed. Russell wrote the song "A Life on the Ocean Wave" and the tune to George Pope Morris's poe''Woodman, Spare that Tree''while living in the US from 1836 to 1841, before settling in London to produce musical extravaganzas until he retired in 1857. Many of his songs championed social causes like abolition, temperance, and reform of mental asylums. Russell was born in Sheerness, Kent, a great-nephew of the British Chief Rabbi Solomon Hirschel. He began his career as a child singer in Elliston's Children's Opera company. While playing the organ at the Presbyterian church in Rochester, New York he disco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epes Sargent (poet)
Epes Sargent (September 27, 1813– December 30, 1880) was an American editor, poet and playwright. Early life Epes Sargent was the son of Epes Sargent (1784–1853) and Hannah Dane Coffin (1787–1819), and was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on September 27, 1813, where his father was a ship master. In 1818 the family moved to Roxbury, Massachusetts. From 1823 to 1829 he attended the Boston Latin School, but his education was put on hold while he traveled for six months to Saint Petersburg, Russia with his father. Upon his return he helped start the school's first literary journal, where he wrote about his travels to Russia. He then attended Harvard University where he contributed to the ''Harvard Collegian'', a college literary journal which was started by his older brother, John Osborn Sargent (1811–1891), who became a successful politician and journalist. Career By 1831 he was working as an editor for the ''Boston Daily Advertiser''. He then went to work editing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Life On The Ocean Wave
"A Life on the Ocean Wave" is a poem-turned-song by Epes Sargent published in 1838 and set to music by Henry Russell. It is the iconic Regimental March of His Majesty's Royal Marines. Origin of the poem and song One day Sargent was walking on The Battery in New York City watching the ships enter the harbour. This scene inspired Sargent to write a poem, which Russell later put to music. The song soon became popular in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Lyrics History of cultural uses of the song At an 1851 celebration in Salem, Massachusetts, the Boston Cadet Band gave the new clipper ship '' Witch of the Wave'' a lively sendoff by striking up "A Life on the Ocean Wave" as the SS ''R. B. Forbes'' towed the new clipper out to set sail for Boston. The tune, slightly altered, provides the music for the Latter-day Saint hymn "Who's On The Lord's Side?" [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
