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Nellie Melba. Dame Nellie Melba GBE (born Helen Porter Mitchell; 19 May 1861 – 23 February 1931) was an Australian operatic lyric coloratura soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early 20th century, and was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician.
19th-century American singers (4 C, 134 P) Pages in category "19th-century American musicians" The following 99 pages are in this category, out of 99 total.
Am Grabe, WAB 2. Ave Maria, WAB 6. Du bist wie eine Blume, WAB 64, dated December 5. Fugue in D minor, WAB 125, dated November 8. Antonín Dvořák – String Quintet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 1. Hermann Goetz – Piano Concerto in E-flat. Edvard Grieg – 4 Songs, Op.2. Arthur Sullivan – The Tempest, premiered April 6 in Leipzig.
Relatives. Cynthia Leonard (mother) Lillian Russell (born Helen Louise Leonard; December 4, 1860 or 1861 [1] – June 6, 1922) was an American actress and singer. She became one of the most famous actresses and singers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, praised for her beauty and style, as well as for her voice and stage presence.
A survey in October 1861 found that 75% of Union regiments had a band. [4] By December 1861 the Union army had 28,000 musicians in 618 bands; a ratio of one soldier out of 41 who served the army was a musician, and the Confederate army was believed to have a similar ratio. [5] Musicians were often given special privileges.
William F. Hooley (16 April 1861 – 12 October 1918) was a British-born American bass singer and pioneer recording artist who was popular as a solo singer, as a monologist, and as a member of several of the most successful vocal groups of the early twentieth century, including The Haydn Quartet and The American Quartet.
1950–1969. 1970–present. Music history of the United States. Colonial era – to the Civil War – During the Civil War – Late 19th century – 1900–1940 – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s. This timeline of music in the United States covers the period from 1850 to 1879. It encompasses the California Gold Rush, the Civil War and ...
March 3 – The Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11 by Johannes Brahms is given its first public performance in Hanover. April 9 – Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville records himself singing "Au Clair de la Lune" – the earliest known intelligible recording of the human voice. May 4 – Charles Bacon 's bronze statue of the late Felix Mendelssohn is ...