Year 1875 in Music History

Events in Music

Music Premiere

Mar 3 Georges Bizet's last and greatest opera "Carmen" premieres in Paris

Composer Georges Bizet — Composer
Georges Bizet

Music Premiere

Oct 25 The first performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is given in Boston, Massachusetts with Hans von Bülow as soloist

Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Birthdays in Music

Jan 11 Reinhold Glière, Russian-Soviet composer, born in Kiev, Ukraine (d. 1956)
Jan 28 Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo, composer
Feb 2 Friedrich-Max "Fritz" Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1962)
Feb 4 Raymond Moulaert, Belgian pianist and composer, born in Brussels, Belgian (d. 1962)
Feb 7 Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer (Juhlamarssi; Summer Symphony; Fantasia Apocaliptica), born in Käkisalmi, Grand Duchy of Finland (d. 1937)
Feb 7 Walter Courvoisier, composer
Feb 9 Sydney Hugo Nicholson, British choir director, organist, composer, and founder of the Royal School of Church Music, born in London (d. 1947)
Feb 11 Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer
Feb 26 Richard Wetz, German composer (Requiem, Op. 50 in B minor), born in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia (now Gliwice, Poland) (d. 1935)
Feb 28 Viliam Figus-Bystry, Slovakian composer, born in Banská Bystrica (d. 1937)

Maurice Ravel

Mar 7 Maurice Ravel, French composer, pianist and conductor (Daphnis et Chloé; Boléro), born in Ciboure, France (d. 1937)

Mar 9 Martin Shaw, English composer, born in London (d. 1958)
Mar 10 Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, Russian pianist & composer (Contrapuntal Sketches), born in Kishinev, Russia (d. 1961)
Mar 12 Julio Garreta, composer
Mar 14 Norman O'Neill, English composer, born in Kensington, London (d. 1934)
Mar 29 Paul Rubens, English musical comedy composer (Miss Hook of Holland), born in London (d. 1917)
Apr 4 Jozef Szulc, Polish composer, born in Warsaw (d. 1956)
Apr 4 Pierre Monteux, French-American conductor (Boston Symph Orch 1919-24), born in Paris, France (d. 1964)
Apr 24 Jeno Huszka, Hungarian composer, born in Szeged, Hungary (d. 1960)
May 18 Guido Alberto Fano, Italian composer and pianist, born in Padua (d. 1961)
May 31 Italo Montemezzi, Italian composer (L'amore dei tre re), born in Vigasio, Italy (d. 1952)
Jun 13 Max d'Ollone, French composer and writer (Le Ménestrel), born in Besançon, France (d. 1959)
Jun 23 (Sidney Edward) "Eddie" Pola [Pollacsek], American radio and TV producer, and lyricist ("The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year"; "I Love The Way You Say Goodnight"), born in New York City (d. 1995)
Jun 26 Camille Zeckwer, American composer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1924)
Jul 17 Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer
Jul 30 James W. Tate, English composer, born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (d. 1922)
Aug 6 Marcel Labey, French conductor and composer, born in Vésinet, France (d. 1968)
Aug 9 Albert William Ketèlbey, British pianist and composer (In A Monastery Garden), born in Aston, Birmingham (d. 1959)
Aug 9 Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French singer, composer, conductor, and music critic, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1947)
Aug 12 Ettore Panizza, composer
Aug 12 Mezio Agostini, Italian composer, born in Fano, Italy (d. 1944)
Aug 15 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, African-British composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast), born in London, England (d. 1912)
Sep 10 Paul Scheinpflug, German composer, born in Loschwitz, Germany (d. 1937)
Sep 17 Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin, composer (d. 1925)
Sep 22 Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, composer
Oct 2 Henry Février, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1957)
Oct 5 Cyril Rootham, English organist, composer, and educator born in Redland, Bristol (d. 1938)
Nov 3 Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, born in Jaunpiebalga, Russian Empire (d. 1910)
Nov 13 Rogelio del Villar, Spanish composer, born in Leon, Spain (d. 1937)
Dec 14 Dobri Khristov, Bulgarian composer, born in Varna, Bulgaria (d. 1941)
Dec 15 Friedrich Niggli, Swiss composer, born in Aarburg, Switzerland (d. 1959)
Dec 22 Antoine Mariotte, French composer, born in Avignon (d. 1944)

Deaths in Music

Jan 18 Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55
Jan 25 Leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79
Feb 1 William Sterndale Bennett, English composer, dies at 58
Feb 19 Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76
Mar 10 Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul, French composer, dies at 84
Mar 18 Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43
Mar 30 Marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63
Apr 24 Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58
May 23 Johann Wilhelm Mangold, German composer, dies at 78

Georges Bizet

Jun 3 Georges Bizet, French composer (Carmen), dies of a heart attack at 36

Jun 15 Johan Peter Cronhamm, Swedish composer, dies at 72
Jul 17 Gábor Mátray, Hungarian composer and musicologist, dies at 77
Sep 15 Louise Farrenc, French pianist, composer and only female professor at the Paris Conservatory during the 19th century, dies at 71
Sep 24 William Walker, American composer (The Southern Harmony), dies at 66
Oct 28 William Howard Glover, English composer, dies at 56
Dec 22 Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75