1855 in music
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[edit] Events
- Franz Liszt gives the first performance of his Piano Concerto No. 1, conducted by Hector Berlioz.
- Jacques Offenbach becomes director of his own opera house, Les Bouffes-Parisiennes
- Richard Wagner conducts a series of concerts in London.
[edit] Popular music
- "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming" by Stephen Foster
[edit] Classical music
- Georges Bizet - Symphony in C major
- Franz Berwald - Piano Concerto in D
- Eduard Franck - String Quartet in F minor op. 49 ([1])
- Charles Gounod - Symphony No. 1 in D
- Franz Liszt - Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H
- Anton Rubinstein - Quintet for Piano and Winds op. 55 (probably from this year)
- Camille Saint-Saëns - Quintet for Piano and Strings op. 14
[edit] Opera
- George Frederick Bristow - Rip van Winkle
- Jacques-François-Fromental-Elie Halévy - L'inconsolable
- Giuseppe Verdi - Les Vêpres Siciliennes
[edit] Musical theatre
- Po-Ca-Hon-Tas (Music: James Gaspard Maeder, Book and Lyrics: John Brougham) Broadway production opened Wallack's Lyceum Theatre on December 24 and transferred to the Bowery Theatre on June 28, 1856. Featuring John Brougham as John Smith.
[edit] Births
- January 20 - Ernest Chausson
- February 18 - Vera Timanova, Russian pianist
- May 9 - Julius Röntgen
- May 11 - Anatoly Lyadov, sometimes transliterated Liadov
- July 9 - Paul Zilcher, Dutch composer. (died 1943)
[edit] Deaths
- February 1 - Claus Harms, researcher of Lutheran hymns
- April 12 - Pedro Albéniz
- September 27 - August Lanner, conductor and composer
