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Premiere of Beethoven's 5th
Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Austria -
Schubert composed "Erlkönig"
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Rossini premiered "Il Barbiere di Siviglia"
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Publication of Paganini's first work, "24 Caprices for Violin, Op. 1"
began in 1805 -
Berlioz composed "Symphonie fantastique"
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Period: to
Chopin composed "Mazurkas, Op. 7"
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Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel composed "Das Jahr"
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Period: to
Louis Moreau Gottschalk composed "Souvenir de Porto Rico"
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Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition"
original piano version -
Bizet premiered "Carmen"
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Wagner premiered complete "Der Ring des Nibelungen"
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Premiere of Brahms 4
October 25th in Germany -
Premiere of Mahler 1
second, more successful premiere in 1893 -
Debussy composed “Voiles” from "Préludes Book 1"
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Schönberg composed "Pierrot lunaire," op. 21
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Stravinsky premiered "The Rite of Spring"
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De Falla composed "Homenaje" for solo guitar
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Gershwin's composed "I Got Rhythm"
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Margaret Bonds composed “The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
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Shostakovich premiered "Symphony No. 5"
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Ellington composed "Cotton Tail"
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Copland premiered "Appalachian Spring"
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Cage published "Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano"
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Miles Davis released "Kind of Blue"
recorded on March 2 and April 22 of that year -
Crumb composed "Ancient Voices of Children"
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Adams premiered "Short Ride in a Fast Machine"