Year 1869 in Music History

Events in Music

Music Premiere

Feb 26 Franz Schubert's Symphony number 4, "The Tragic", premieres

Composer Franz Schubert — Composer
Franz Schubert

Music Premiere

Sep 22 Richard Wagner's opera "Rhine Gold" premieres in Munich

Composer Richard Wagner — Composer
Richard Wagner

Event of Interest

Oct 6 Johannes Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer" premieres

Composer and Conductor Johannes Brahms — Composer and Conductor
Johannes Brahms

Birthdays in Music

Jan 3 Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer
Jan 23 Felice Boghen, Italian composer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1945)
Jan 27 Will Marion Cook, composer
Jan 29 Andrey Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer
Feb 10 Vasily Kalafati, Russian composer (Cygany), born in Yevpatoria, Crimea (d. 1942)
Mar 3 Henry Wood, British conductor associated with London's promenade "Proms" concerts (Gentle Art of Singing), born in London, England (d. 1944)
Apr 5 Albert Roussel, French composer (Rapsodie Flamende), born in Tourcoing, France (d. 1937)
Apr 25 Karl Prohaska, Austrian composer, born in Mödling, Austria (d. 1927)
Apr 27 William Victor Harris, American composer, born in New York (d. 1943)
May 5 Hans Pfitzner, German composer (Palestrina), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1949)
May 11 Francisco Lacerda, composer
Jun 6 Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer and conductor, born in Tribschen, Lucerne, Switzerland (d. 1930)
Jun 13 Ede Poldini, Hungarian composer (La poupée valsante), born in Pest (d. 1957)
Aug 14 Armas Järnefelt, Finnish conductor and composer (Berceuse), born in Vyborg, Russian Empire (d. 1958)
Sep 6 Walford Davies, English composer, born in Oswestry, Shropshire, England (d. 1941)
Sep 10 Caro Roma [Carrie Northey], American composer and singer, born in California (d. 1937)
Sep 20 George Robey, English musical theatre actor and comedian, born in South London, England (d. 1954)
Sep 21 Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor, born in Marcelin, Poland (d. 1928)
Sep 26 Komitas [Soghomon Soghomonian], Armenian priest and composer, born in Kütahya, Ottoman Empire (d. 1935)
Oct 9 Harry Lawrence Freeman, African-American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1954)
Oct 11 Frederic Norton, English composer (Chu Chin Chow), born in Broughton-in-Salford (d. 1946)
Oct 23 Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch cabaret singer, born in Kralingen, Holland (d. 1945)
Oct 26 August Halm, German composer, born in Vellberg, Germany (d. 1929)
Dec 16 Alfred Hill, Australian-New Zealand composer and conductor (Hinemoa), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1960)
Dec 17 Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer
Dec 26 Harry Redman, American composer, writer, and artist, born in Illinois (d. 1958)

Weddings in Music

Wedding of Interest

Jun 3 Composer Georges Bizet (30) weds Genevieve Halevy (20)

Deaths in Music

Jan 17 Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer, dies at 55
Jan 28 Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, French composer, dies at 72

Hector Berlioz

Mar 8 Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65

Mar 23 Charles Lucas, English composer and Principle of the Royal Academy of Music, dies at 60
Apr 20 Carl Loewe, German composer, dies at 72
Apr 20 Piotr Studzinski, Polish conductor and composer, dies at 42
May 10 Wilhelm Bernhard Molique, German composer and violonist, dies at 66
Jun 15 Albert Grisar, composer, dies at 60
Oct 23 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian-French composer, dies at 72
Dec 18 Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer, dies at 40