1853 in music
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[edit] Events
- October - Louis Niedermeyer reorganizes and re-opens the school known as the École Choron, which becomes the École Niedermeyer.
- Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg sets up in business as a piano manufacturer in New York City, and the firm of Steinway and Sons is born.
- The piano manufacturer C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik is founded by Carl Bechstein in Berlin.
[edit] Published popular music
- "Farewell My Lilly Dear" by Stephen Foster
- "My Cottage Home" w.m. Alice Hawthorne
- "My Old Kentucky Home" by Stephen Foster
- "P'tit quinquin" (in Picard) by Alexandre Desrousseaux
[edit] Classical music
- Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor
[edit] Opera
- Victor Massé - Les noces de Jeannette
- Karel Miry - Anne Mie (opera in 1 act, premiered on October 9 in Antwerp)
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Il Trovatore (premiered on January 19 in Rome)
- La Traviata (premiered on March 6 in Venice)
[edit] Births
- July 24 - Alessandro Parisotti, composer and music editor (d. 1913)
- November 23 - Giuseppina Bozzachi, ballerina (d. 1870)
- December 22 - Teresa Carreño, pianist, singer, conductor and composer (d. 1917)
- December 30 - André Messager, composer (d. 1929)
- date unknown - Alfonso Rendano, pianist (d. 1931)
- Carolina Östberg, opera singer (d. 1929)
[edit] Deaths
- January 16 - Matteo Carcassi, guitarist and composer (b. 1792)
- March 15 - Giovanni Ricordi, violinist (b. 1785)
- October 3 - George Onslow, composer (b. 1784)
- October 29 - Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, pianist, composer and music teacher (b. 1785)
- October 30 - Pietro Raimondi, composer (b. 1786)
- December 5 - Johann Peter Heuschkel, oboist, organist and composer (b. 1773)
- December 5 - Jeanette Wässelius, operatic soprano
- date unknown - James Hill, folk musician (b. c. 1811)
