1892 in music
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Events in the year 1892 in music.
Specific locations
Events
- April 28 â Jean Sibelius conducts the world première of his Kullervo Symphony in Helsinki.[1]
- May 26 â A statue of Felix Mendelssohn, by Werner Stein, is dedicated at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig. Removed by the Nazis in the 1930s, it is re-dedicated in 2008.
- August 1 â Jef Denyn presents the world's first carillon concert at St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium.
- September 24 â Opening of the Theater Unter den Linden, Berlin with Adolf Ferron's operetta Daphne and Gaul and HaÃreiter's ballet Die Welt in Bild und Tanz.
- September 26 â AntonÃn DvoÅák arrives in the United States to take up his post as artistic director of the National Conservatory of Music.
- December 18
- Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor is premiered by the Vienna Philharmonic with Hans Richter conducting at the Stadttheater, Leipzig.
- December 6 O.S. â Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker and opera Iolanta are premiered in a double bill at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- "After the Ball" becomes the first sheet music to sell over 1 million copies (for a single publisher in a single year).
- Erik Satie composes his first pieces in his own compositional system.
- Sergei Diaghilev graduates from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
- Ferdinand Praeger's controversial biography Wagner As I Knew Him is published posthumously in London.
- Sudrophone patented by François Sudre in France.
Published popular music
- "After the Ball" w.m. Charles K. Harris
- "The Bowery" w. Charles H. Hoyt m. Percy Gaunt
- "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow" w.m. Joseph Tabrar
- "Daisy Bell" (aka "A Bicycle Built For Two") w.m. Harry Dacre
- "Flanagan" w.m. C. W. Murphy & William Letters
- "Future Mrs. 'Awkins" by Albert Chevalier
- "The Holy City" w. Frederic Edward Weatherly m. Stephen Adams
- "La Sultana Turkish March" m. Fred Linden
- "Liebestraum Nocturne" m. Virginia Field
- "Molly And I And The Baby" w.m. Harry Kennedy
- "My Old Dutch" w. Albert Chevalier m. Charles Ingle
- "My Sweetheart's The Man In The Moon" w.m. James Thornton
- "The Sweetest Story Ever Told" w.m. R. M. Stults
- "The Virginia Skedaddle" w.m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld
Recorded popular music
- "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-wow " â Dan W. Quinn
- "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-wow " â Silas Leachman
- "Esquimeau Dance" â William Tuson
- "Grover Cleveland March" â Gilmore's Band
- "Michael Casey At The Telephone" â Russell Hunting
- "Michael Casey Taking The Census" â Russell Hunting
- "Pat Brady as President" â Dan Kelly[2]
- "Parody of "We'll Never Turn His Picture Toward The Wall'" â Al Reeves[3]
- "Riding through the Glen" â Issler's Orchestra
- "Take Your Time Gentlemen" â Press Eldridge
- "The Blind Boy" â Richard Jose
- "The Bowery" â Dan W. Quinn
- "The Laughing Darkie" â George W. Johnson (singer)[4]
- "The Night Alarm" â Holding's Military Band
- "The Old Folks at Home" â Len Spencer[5]
- "Uncle Ned's Dream" â George W. Johnson (singer)[4]
Classical music
- Johannes Brahms â Intermezzos Opus number 117
- Edward Elgar â Serenade for Strings, Op. 20
- Alexander Glazunov â String Quintet in A major (Opus 39)
- Gustav Mahler â Das himmlische Leben (later incorporated into his fourth symphony)
- Miguel Marqués â El Centinelo
- Carl Nielsen â First Symphony
- Joseph Parry â Saul of Tarsus (oratorio)
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Prelude in C-sharp Minor
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1
- Max Reger
- Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 5
- Twelve Waltz-Caprices, Op. 9, four-hand piano
- 20 German Dances, Op. 10, four-hand piano
- Alexander Scriabin â Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, opus 6
- Jean Sibelius â Kullervo Symphony
- Josef Suk â Serenade for Strings in E-flat major
- Alexander von Zemlinsky â Symphony in D minor
Opera
- Herman Bemberg â Elaine
- Karel Bendl â Dite Tabora
- Alfredo Catalani â La Wally
- Gialdino Gialdini â I due soci premiered February 24 at the Teatro Brunetti, Bologna
- Umberto Giordano â Mala Vita
- Isidore de Lara â The Light of Asia
- Ruggiero Leoncavallo â I Pagliacci
- Jules Massenet â Werther (Composed 1887)
- Adolf Neuendorff â The Minstrel
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky â Iolanta
- The World's Fair Colored Opera Company, with featured singer, soprano Matilda Sissieretta Jones are the first African-American performers to appear at Carnegie Hall
Ballet
Musical theater
- Blue-Eyed Susan, libretto by George Robert Sims, on London stage
- "Maid Marian" (retitled version of "Robin Hood"); London production
- "Maid Marian" (sequel to "Robin Hood"); Broadway production
- The Wicklow Postman; initial production in Boston, Massachusetts
Top hits
- "Slide, Kelly, Slide" by George J. Gaskin
- "Sally in Our Alley" by Manhansett Quartette
Births
- January 1 â Artur RodziÅski, Polish conductor (d. 1958)
- January 31 â Eddie Cantor, born Isidore Itzkowitz, American singer and entertainer (d. 1964)
- February 4 â Yrjö Kilpinen, Finnish composer known most for his lieder (d. 1959)[6]
- February 15 â Ján ValaÅ¡Å¥an Dolinský, Slovak composer (d. 1965)
- March 10
- Arthur Honegger, composer (d. 1955)
- Eva Turner, operatic soprano (d. 1990)
- March 27 â Ferde Grofé, composer (d. 1972)
- April 1 â Renato Zanelli, Chilean baritone, later tenor (d. 1935)
- April 2 â Roy Palmer, jazz trombonist (d. 1962)
- April 10 â Victor de Sabata, conductor and composer (d. 1967)
- April 12 â Johnny Dodds, jazz clarinetist (d. 1940)
- April 15 â Manuel Quiroga, violinist (d. 1961)
- April 19 â Germaine Tailleferre, composer (d. 1983)[7]
- April 21 â Jaroslav Kvapil, composer (d. 1958)
- May 14 â Arthur Lourié, Russian-born expatriate composer (d. 1966)
- May 18 â Ezio Pinza, Italian bass singer and actor (d. 1957)
- May 19 â Pops Foster, jazz bass player (d. 1969)
- June 6 â Ted Lewis, singer and bandleader (d. 1971)
- June 18 â Eduard Steuermann, pianist (d. 1964)
- June 21 â Hilding Rosenberg, Swedish composer (d. 1985)[8]
- June 23 â MieczysÅaw Horszowski, Polish pianist (d. 1993)
- June 30 â László Lajtha, Hungarian symphonist (d. 1963)
- July 2 â Jack Hylton, British bandleader (d. 1965)
- July 8 â J. Russel Robinson, dixieland pianist-composer (d. 1963)
- July 10 â Ján Móry, Slovak composer (d. 1978)
- July 26 â Philipp Jarnach, composer of German-French origins (d. 1982)
- August 14 â Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, composer, music critic and pianist (d. 1988)
- August 15 â Knud Jeppesen, musicologist (d. 1974)
- September 4 â Darius Milhaud, composer (d. 1974)
- September 5 â Joseph Szigeti, violinist (d. 1973)
- September 17 â Hendrik Andriessen, Dutch composer and organist (d. 1981)
- September 26 â Georgios Poniridis, Greek composer and violinist[9] (d. 1982)[10]
- October 17 â Herbert Howells, church music composer (d. 1983)
- October 19 â Ilmari Hannikainen, composer (d. 1955)[11]
- October 25 â Janszieka (Jennie) Deutsch and Roszicka (Rosie) Deutsch, Hungarian-born dancers, actresses and singers, billed as the Dolly sisters (d. 1941 and 1970 respectively)
- November 11 â Isidor Achron, Polish-American pianist and composer (d. 1948)
- November 28 â Thomas Wood, English composer (d. 1950)
- December 9 â Beatrice Harrison, cellist (d. 1965)
- December 11 â Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, operatic tenor (d. 1979)
Deaths
- January 10 â Heinrich Dorn, German conductor, composer and journalist (born 1804)
- February 13 â Lambert Massart, violinist (born 1811)
- February 20 â Róza Csillag, opera singer (born 1832)
- March 11 â Caroline Reinagle, pianist, composer and writer (born 1818)
- March 20 â [[Arthur Thomas (composer)<Arthur Thomas]], composer (born 1850) (suicide)
- April 22 â Ãdouard Lalo, composer (born 1823)[12]
- May 2 â Wilhelm Rust, composer (born 1822)
- May 6 â Ernest Guiraud, composer (born 1837)
- June 5 â Robert Rees, Welsh tenor (born 1841)[13]
- August 18 â Jules Perrot, ballet dancer (born 1810)
- August 19 â FrantiÅ¡ek ZdenÄk Skuherský, composer, teacher and music theorist (born 1830)
- September 5 â Henry Christian Timm, pianist, conductor and composer (born 1811)
- September 24 â Patrick Gilmore, bandmaster and composer (born 1829)
- October 24 â Robert Franz, composer (born 1815)
- October 28 â Felix Otto Dessoff, conductor and composer (born 1835)
- November 4 â Hervé, organist and composer (born 1825)
- November 19 â Antonio Torres Jurado, guitar maker (born 1817)
- date unknown â Adolf Rzepko, Polish composer, oboist, choral and orchestral conductor and pianist (born 1825)