1916 births and deaths, others

[eschiss1]

A bit late in the year but there are a few anniversaries this year (not just 100s, but will stick to those) - the most famous possibly being Max Reger and Enrique Granados (died 1916), Emil Gilels (born the same), maybe Erik Satie (born 1866)...
(now I'm guessing - or maybe projecting - that we're also possibly interested in people like Adolphe Biarent (also died 1916), Hamish MacCunn, George Butterworth, Eduard Napravnik, Frederick Kelly, Ernst Rudorff, Max Vogrich (ditto), etc.; Johannes Verhulst (born 1816); Vasily Kalinnikov, maybe* Ferruccio Busoni (born 1866); Jan Kalivoda (died 1866)...)

*Maybe too much of an ultra-ultra-modernist for us here... I don't mean "maybe born 1866", although that question can of course arise too, in some cases, so it does to clarify.

[adriano]

Satie ist just being "celebrated" by Warner, who issued a wonderful 10-CD box with his complete works, previously issued by EMI and Erato - all excellent and considered as "classic" interpretations, beginning with Ciccolini's unforgettable complete works for piano. The 32-page booklet is lovely presented and full of illustrations - a rare thing today!

[Delicious Manager]

My dad was born in 1916, but he didn't make any contribution to music other than getting his collection of 78rpm discs down from the loft/attic for me to explore when I was a boy.
Other anniversaries in 2016 that fit within the remit of this forum:

Furrucio Busoni (150th anniversary of birth)
George Butterworth (centenary of death in the trenches during WWI)
Vasily Kalinnikov (150th anniversary of birth)
Enrique Granados (died at sea after being torpedoed by a German U-Boat in 1916)
Max Reger (centenary of death)
Erik Satie (150th anniversary of birth)
William Sterndale Bennett (bicentenary of birth)

[Wheesht]

Not to forget Adolf Reichel, who was born in 1816 - and who has been discussed here at UC.

[MartinH]

One group I play with is honoring Kalinnikov - we're doing the 2nd symphony next month. Doubt that Reger will get the recognition he so much deserves.

[sdtom]

Kalinnikov is one composer that I enjoy although it has been awhile since I've spun a disk of his music

[Wheesht]

Thanks for inspiring me to listen to some Kalinnikov again, it has been far too long since the last time. The second symphony played by Järvi and the Scottish National Orchestra on Chandos was one of my first CDs and I enjoyed that recording a lot, and still do.

Another composer born in 1816 is Franz Krenn. He taught Mahler, Rott and Zemlinsky among others - and that alone makes me interested in his own works, especially the one symphony he wrote.

[giles.enders]

Louis Abbiate  Born 1866  -1833
John F Barnett  1837  died 1916
Bror Beckman  born 1866  - 1929
Adolph Biarent  1871  died 1916
Waldemar von Baussnern  born 1866  - 1931
Frank Osmond Carr  1858  died 1916
Francesco Cilea  birn 1866  - 1950
Antoine Louis C 1808  died 1866
George Clutsman  born 1866  - 1951
Johannes Dobber  born 1866  - 1921
Gustav Doret  born 1866  - 1943
F Learmont Drysdale  born 1866  - 1909
William Duncan  born 1866  - 1920
Clara Korn  born 1866  - 1940
Friedrich Gernsheim  1839  died  1916
William Wallace Gilchrist  1846  died 1916
Kurt Herold  born 1866  died 1916    double anniversary
Victor Hollander  born 1866  -1940
Amy Horrocks  1867  died 1916
Vasily Kanlinnikov  born 1866  -1900
Clarence Lucas  born 1866  - 1947
Hamish MacCunn  1868  died 1916
Charles Maclean  1843  died 1916
Friedrich Wilhelm Markull  born 1816  -1887
Arthur Meulmans  1884  died 1966
Margaret Elizabeth More  1903  died 1966
Eduard Napravnick  1839  died 1916
Ottokar Novacek  born 1866  - 1900
William Lovell Phillips  born 1816  - 1860
Prince Poniatowski  born 1816  - 1873
Felix von Rath  born 1866  - 1905
Vladimir Rebikof  born 1866  -1920
Max Reger  1873  died 1916
Roland-Manuel Levy  1891  died 1966
George Alfred Schumann  born 1866  - 1952
Percy Sherwood  born 1866  - 1939
Bernhard Scholz  1835  died 1916
Aloys Schmitt  1789  died 1866
Apolinary Szeluto  1884  died 1966
Johannes Verhulst  born 1816  - 1891
Leslie Stuart  born 1866  - 1928  (now remembered for the song'Soldiers of the Queen')
John Jesse White  1833  died 1916
Charles Wood  born 1866  -1926


From the Classical period:

Rudolphe Kreutzer  1766 - 1831
Giovanni Paisiello  1740 - 1816
Franz Sussmayer  1766 - 1803
Joseph Weigl  1766 - 1846
Samuel Wesley  1766 - 1837

[eschiss1]

Surprised I forgot Gernsheim and Novacek. (Didn't forget Biarent, Busoni, Granados, Kalinnikov, or Reger, though; and it's Napravnik even if one forgets the diacritics...)

[alberto]

I undestand that the magazine BBC Music has not a legion of friends in this forum. Personally I appreciate the recordings from the BBC archives (often very recent archives), which rather often prize some underrated or neglected composer.
So i have much appreciated the last issue, with a Cd remembering George Butterwoth and Hamish Mac Cunn: the former not so rare in recordings, the latter almost obscure, certainly so in an international perspective.

[Alan Howe]

I bought the magazine this month too! But only for the cover CD!

[sdtom]

My three Kalinnikov recordings are on the Naxos label.

[dwshadle]

My understanding is that Anton Eberl's dates are 1765-1807, not 1766-1801. This is important historically in that Beethoven's 4th, 5th, and 6th symphonies all premiered in 1807 and 1808, just around Eberl's death. Eberl was the "leading" symphonist in Vienna prior to his death. Once he was gone, Beethoven was able to swoop in with more market share, as it were.

[thalbergmad]

Astonishingly, nobody has mentioned Leopold de Meyer who was amongst the first of the European pianist/composers to tour the USA.

His once notorious March Marocaine is appalling salon music, but some of his display pieces have some merit.

A nice write up can be found in "From Paris to Peoria".

Thal

[Wheesht]

August Wilhelm Ambros (1816-1876) one opera, one symphony, chamber music, piano pieces and songs
François Bazin (1816-1878) nine comic operas, church music
William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868) cantatas, church songs
Vicente Cuyás (1816-1839) opera "La fattuchiera", Sinfonia
George Elvey (1816-1893) church music
Christoph Friedrich Leschen (1816-1899) operas, 13 symphonies, 20 overtures, church music
Friedrich Wilhelm Markull (1816-1887) several symphonies, two oratorios, piano and organ pieces, three operas
Antoine François Marmontel (1816-1898) salon etudes
François Hubert Prume (1816-1849) salon pieces
Siegfried Saloman (1816-1899) seven operas, overtures, violin pieces, songs
Edouard Wolff (1816-1880) 350 piano pieces, piano concerto, etudes, 40 duets for violin and piano