Overview of the events of 1870 in music
Events
Published popular music
Classical music Max Bruch – Symphony No. 2 in F minor, Op. 36 (premiered September 4)[ 1] Ignaz Brüll – Tarantella, Op.6Antonín Dvořák
Dramatic Overture Alfred ) (B. 16a)String Quartet no. 3 in D, B. 18
String Quartet no. 4 in E minor, B. 19 Charles Gounod – Messe des Orphéonistes Heinrich Lichner – 3 Sonatinen, Op.66Robert Planquette – Le régiment de Sambre et Meuse Joachim Raff
Piano Trio No.3, Op.155
2 Piano Pieces, Op.157
Piano Trio No.4, Op.158 Josef Rheinberger – Piano Trio No.1, Op.34Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – 6 Romances, Op.8Giovanni Sgambati – Marcia-Inno, arranged for 4-hand pianoPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Chorus of Flowers and Insects
Nature and Love
Romeo and Juliet overture To Forget So Soon
Valse-Scherzo, Op.7
Capriccio, Op.8
3 Pieces, Op.9 Valentin Zubiaurre – Symphony in E major
Opera
Musical theater
Births January 3 – Henry Eichheim , conductor, violinist and composer (d. 1942)January 20 – Guillaume Lekeu , composer (d. 1894)January 22 – Charles Tournemire , French composer and organist (d. 1939)January 30 – Rudolf Louis , critic, conductor and author (d. 1914)February 12 – Marie Lloyd , British music-hall singer (d. 1922)February 13 – Leopold Godowsky , Polish American pianist, composer, and teacher (d. 1938)March 6 – Oscar Straus , Viennese composer of operettas (d. 1954)[ 3] March 10 – George Evans , songwriter (died 1915)March 29 – Tom Lemoinier , composer and performer (died 1945)April 7 – Joseph Ryelandt , Belgian composer (d. 1965)April 9 – Colin McAlpin , English composer (died 1942)April 28 – Hermann Suter , Swiss composer and conductor (d. 1926)April 30 – Franz Lehár , composer of operettas and waltzes (d. 1948)May 3 – Edouard Gregory Hesselberg , pianist (died 1935)May 4 – Zygmunt Stojowski , Polish pianist and composer (d. 1946)June 16 – Mon Schjelderup , composer (died 1934)July 17 – Harry P. Guy , composer (died 1950)July 18 – Emil Młynarski , Polish conductor, violinist, composer, and pedagogue (d. 1935)July 27 – Hilaire Belloc , lyricist (died 1953)August 4 – Harry Lauder , Scottish singer, comedian and songwriter (d. 1950)August 12 – Arthur J. Lamb , lyricist and actor (d. 1928)September 28 – Florent Schmitt , French composer (d. 1958)October 7 – Uncle Dave Macon , banjo player, singer and songwriter (d.1952)October 8 – Louis Vierne , French organist and composer (d. 1937)October 24 – August Brunetti-Pisano , Austrian composer (d. 1943)November 30 – Cecil Forsyth , composer and musicologist (d. 1941)December 5 – Vítězslav Novák , Czech composer (d. 1949)December 16 – Alfred Hill , Australian composer (d. 1960)
Deaths January 26 – Cesare Pugni , ballet composerMarch 9 – Théodore Labarre , composer (born 1805)March 10 – Ignaz Moscheles , Bohemian composer (b. 1794)March 16 – Theodore Oesten , musician, composer and music teacher (b. 1813)April 8 – Charles de Bériot , violinist (b. 1802)April 19 – Camille-Marie Stamaty , French pianist and composer (b. 1811)July 22 – Josef Strauss , composer (b. 1827)August 14 – Manuel Saumell , composer (b. 1818)September 17 – Joseph David Jones , composer and schoolmaster (b. 1827)October 20 – Michael William Balfe , composer (b. 1808)October 31 – Mihály Mosonyi , composer (b. 1815)November 23 – Giuseppina Bozzachi , ballerina (b. 1853)December 5
December 7 – Mykhailo Verbytsky , composer (b. 1815)December 17 – Saverio Mercadante , composer (b. 1795)December 18 – Eugène Ketterer , French composer and pianist (b. 1831)December 28 – Alexei Lvov , Russian composer (b. 1799)
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