1857 in music
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[edit] Events
- Georges Bizet wins the Prix de Rome.
[edit] Published popular songs
- "Does He Love Me?" w. Annie Chambers Bradford m. F. W. Smith
- "Lorena" w. Reverend Henry D. L. Webster m. Joseph Philbrick Webster
[edit] Christmas songs
- "Jingle Bells", by James Pierpont
[edit] Classical music
- Charles-Valentin Alkan - Sonate de Concert in E, Op. 47 for cello and piano
- Georges Bizet - Herminie (cantata)
- Franz Liszt - Dante symphony and Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat
- Modest Mussorgsky - Souvenir d'Enfance
- Bedřich Smetana - Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 (revised version - original finished 1855)
- Julius Reubke - The 94th Psalm
[edit] Opera
- Karel Miry - Karel V (opera in 5 acts, libretto by Hippoliet van Peene, premiered on January 29 in Ghent)
- Giuseppe Verdi - Simon Boccanegra
[edit] Births
- January 17 - Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (d. 1941)
- February 28 - Gustav Kerker, German-born composer.
- March 3 - Alfred Bruneau, French composer (d. 1934)
- March 4 - Henry W. Petrie, US songwriter
- March 8 - Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian opera composer (d. 1919)
- April 21 - Paul Dresser, US composer
- April 29 - František Ondříček, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1922)
- May 2 - Frederic Cliffe, English composer (d. 1931)
- May 9 - Luigi Illica, librettist for Puccini, Catalani, Giordano and others (d. 1919)
- May 12 - Lillian Nordica, opera singer
- June 2 - Edward Elgar, English composer (d. 1934)
- August 8 - Cécile Chaminade, French composer (d. 1944)
- November 5 - Joseph Tabrar, songwriter (d. 1931)
- November 14 - Rosalind Ellicott, composer (d. 1924)
- December 30 - Sylvio Lazzari, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1944)
[edit] Deaths
- February 14 - Johannes Bernardus van Bree, violinist, conductor and composer (b. 1801)
- February 15 - Mikhail Glinka, composer (b. 1804)
- July 15 - Carl Czerny, pianist and composer (b. 1791)
- July 16 - Pierre-Jean de Béranger, songwriter (b. 1780)
- August 1 - Emilie Zumsteeg, pianist and songwriter (b. 1796)
- October 21 - Ananias Davisson, singing teacher and printer of shape note books (b. 1780)
- December 11 - Castil-Blaze, music critic, musicologist and composer (b. 1784)
- date unknown - John Diamond, dancer (b. 1823)
