1857 in music

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See also: 1856 in music, other events of 1857, 1858 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

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Events

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
Bedrich Smetana - Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 (revised version - original finished 1855)
Julius Reubke - The 94th Psalm

January 17 - Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (d. 1941)
January 30 - Gustav Carl Helsted, Danish composer (d. 1924)
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 - Frantisek Ondrícek, 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)
December 7 - Nicola van Westerhout (also Niccolo), Italian composer (d. 1898)
December 30 - Sylvio Lazzari, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1944)
date unknown - Rosalind Ellicott, composer
date unknown - Joseph Tabrar, songwriter (d. 1931)

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