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Overview of the events of 1897 in music
Overview of the events of 1897 in music
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Events in the year 1897 in music .
Specific locations [ ] Events [ ] January 13 – At a memorial concert in Paris for composer Emmanuel Chabrier (died 1894), the first act of his uncompleted work, Briséïs March 27 – The première of Sergei Rachmaninoff 's First Symphony is a complete disaster, leaving many wondering whether Alexander Glazunov , the conductor for the event, was drunk or just disliked the music so much that he did not care about a good performance. It would be three years before Rachmaninoff would compose a major piece of music again.[1] September 8 – October 8 – Gustav Mahler becomes director of the Vienna Court Opera , and is obliged to convert from Judaism to Roman Catholicism.[2] The Cakewalk matures into Ragtime music.
John Philip Sousa 's band makes phonograph recordings of Cakewalks and early Ragtime.Early publications by Scott Joplin .[vague
André Messager becomes musical director of the Opéra-Comique .Ralph Vaughan Williams studies with Max Bruch in Berlin.Teatro Nuovo in Bergamo changes its name to Teatro Donizetti .
The pan-African anthem "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika " ("God Bless Africa") is composed as a Xhosa hymn by South African teacher Enoch Sontonga ; versions become the national anthem of 5 countries including Tanzania's "Mungu ibariki Afrika ".
Composer Alexander Scriabin marries pianist Vera Ivanovna. Publications [ ] Published popular music [ ] Recorded popular music [ ] Classical music [ ] Hugo Alfvén – Symphony No. 1Ferruccio Busoni – Violin ConcertoErnest Chausson
Chant funèbre , for four female voices (1897)Piano Quartet in A, Op. 30
Vêpres pour le commun des vierges , for organ, Op. 31String Quartet , Op. 35Piece for cello or viola, and piano , Op. 39Frederick Delius – Piano Concerto (Delius) Felix Draeseke – String Quintet in A "Stelzner"-QuintetPaul Dukas – The Sorcerer's Apprentice George Enescu –
Piano Suite No. 1 in G minor, "Dans le style ancien" Op. 3
Poème roumain , Op. 1Sonata no. 1 for violin and piano in D major, Op. 2
Trio in G minor for piano, violin, and cello August Enna – Concerto for violin and orchestra in D majorAsger Hamerik – Symphony no. 6 ("Spirituelle) for string orchestra Alexander Mackenzie – Piano ConcertoCarl Nielsen – Hymnus amoris Dora Pejačević – Berceuse , Op. 2, for solo pianoNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Symphony No. 2 "Antar" (final version)Arnold Schoenberg – String Quartet in D majorAlexander Scriabin – Piano Sonata No. 2 Richard Strauss – Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Alexander von Zemlinsky – Symphony No. 2Opera [ ] Musical theater [ ] The Belle of New York The Charlatan The Circus Girl The Yashmak Armenian operetta, Leblébidji Horhor , with music by Napoleon Lambelet and libretto by Cecil Raleigh and Seymour Hicks , runs from 31 March 1897 to 31 July 1897 (121 performances) at the Shaftesbury Theatre , London.Births [ ] January 2 – Jane Green , US singer (died 1931 )January 9 – Luis Gianneo , Argentine composer, pianist, and conductor (died 1968 )January 10 – Sam Chatmon , blues musician (died 1983 )January 22
February 12 – Břetislav Bakala , conductor and pianist (died 1958)February 27 – Marian Anderson , contralto (died 1993)March 3 – Sandy MacPherson , theatre organist (died 1975 )March 9 – Pedro Flores , composer (died 1979 )March 11 – Henry Cowell , composer (died 1965 )March 13 – Maria Nemeth , Hungarian operatic soprano (died 1967 )March 26 – David McCallum, Sr. , violinist and father of David McCallum (died 1972 )April 1 – Lucille Bogan , blues singer (died 1979 )April 8 – John Frederick Coots , US composer (died 1985)April 17 – Harald Sæverud , composer (died 1992 )April 19 – Vivienne Segal , US actress and singer (died 1992)April 23 – Pixinguinha , choro composer and woodwind player (died 1973 )May 14 – Sidney Bechet , jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer (died 1959 )May 29 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold , composer (died 1957)June 3
June 12 – Alexandre Tansman , pianist and composer (died 1986 )June 15 – Mary Ellis , actress and singer (died 2003 )June 22 – Bulbul , opera and folk singer (died 1961)July 11 – Blind Lemon Jefferson , blues musician (died 1929 )June 27 – Maceo Pinkard , composer, lyricist and music publisher (died 1962)August 4 – Abe Lyman , US bandleader, composer and drummer (died 1957 )August 29 – Helge Rosvaenge , operatic tenor (died 1972 )September 3 – Francisco Mignone , composer (died 1986 )September 8 – Jimmie Rodgers , country singer (died 1933 )September 18
October 11 – Leo Reisman , violinist and bandleader (died 1961 )October 26 – Tiana Lemnitz , operatic soprano (died 1994)November 2 – Dennis King , British singer and actor (died 1971)November 12 – Karl Marx , conductor and composer (died 1985)November 20 – Margaret Sutherland , composer (died 1984)November 25 – Willie 'The Lion' Smith , US jazz pianist (died 1973 )December 9 – Hermione Gingold , actress and singer (died 1987 )December 18 – Fletcher Henderson , jazz musician (died 1952 )December 26 — Wilhelmina Schmidt , singer and composer; stage name Willy Corsari (died 1998 )[3] December 30 – Alfredo Bracchi , Italian lyricist (died 1976 )date unknown – Aileen Stanley , singer (died 1982)Deaths [ ] January 24 – Sarah Edith Wynne , operatic soprano and concert singer, 54[4] February 10 – Antonio Bazzini , violinist, composer and music, 78February 23 – Woldemar Bargiel , composer and teacher, 68[5] February 25 – Cornélie Falcon , opera singer, 83[6] March 7 – Leonard Labatt , operatic tenor, 58April 3 – Johannes Brahms , composer, 63April 8 – George Garrett , composer, 62April 23 – Clement Harris , pianist and composer, 25 (killed in the Greco-Turkish war)May 21 – Carl Mikuli , pianist and composer, 77June 9
June 18 – Franz Krenn , composer and music teacher, 81August 1 – Gaetano Antoniazzi , violin-maker, 71September 16 – Edward Edwards , choirmaster and composer, 81September 20
October 11 – Léon Boëllmann , organist and composer, 35November 6 – Edouard Deldevez , conductor, composer and violinist, 80November 14 – Giuseppina Strepponi , operatic soprano, 82December – Slavka Atanasijević , Serbian pianist and composer, 47[7]
December 4 – Adolf Neuendorff , German-American composer, conductor, pianist and violinist, 54References [ ]
^ "Rachmaninov's First Symphony: From Despair to Posthumous Triumph" . The Listeners' Club . 2018-10-15. Retrieved 2021-06-30 .^ La Grange, Henry-Louis de (1995). Gustav Mahler Volume 2: Vienna: The Years of Challenge (1897–1904). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-315159-6 . p. 54
^ Vermij, Lucie Th (1993). De Verrukkelijke Kunst van het Verhaal: Leven en Werk van Willy Corsari [The Delectable Art of Story: The Life and Work of Willy Corsari ] (in Dutch). Amsterdam: VITA. p. 10. ISBN 978-9-05071-136-4 ^ Griffith, Robert David. "WYNNE, SARAH EDITH ('Eos Cymru'; 1842 - 1897), vocalist" . Dictionary of Welsh Biography . Retrieved 24 May 2020 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: url-status (link )^ Robert Schumann; Clara Schumann (1993). The Marriage Diaries of Robert & Clara Schumann: From Their Wedding Day Through the Russia Trip ISBN 978-1-55553-171-3 ^ Anne Commire; Deborah Klezmer (2000). Women in World History: Ead-Fur ISBN 978-0-7876-4064-4 ^ Ma. St. [Marijanović, Stanislav]. 1983. "Atanasijević, Slavka (Aloysia)". In Croatian biographical lexicon (Hrvatski biografski leksikon), Vol. 1, ed. Nikica Kolumbić. Zagreb: Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod, p. 261
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