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==Events== * January 14 – Hans von Bülow interrupts a performance of Franz Liszt's ''Die Ideale'' at the Berlin Singakademie to ask for hostile elements in the audience to be silent.〔(MusicAndHistory.com : 1859 ) Accessed 10 March 2013〕 *January 22 - The First Piano Concerto of Johannes Brahms is given its first public performance in Hanover. * February 8 – Count Michael Wielhorsky invites musical associates to his home in an attempt to revive the Symphonic Society; this indirectly results in the formation of the Russian Musical Society, under the patronage of Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna and her protégé, Anton Rubinstein.〔 * March 4 – Charter of the French Opera House, New Orleans, which opens on December 1 of the same year with a gala performance of Rossini's ''William Tell''. * March 11 – Giuseppe Verdi announces his retirement to friends at a dinner party.〔 *March 12 - The Prelude to Act 1 of Tristan und Isolde receives its first public performance at the Sophieninselsaal in Prague, in a charity concert in aid of poor medical students, conducted by Hans von Bülow, who provided his own concert ending for the occasion. * April 3 – Richard Wagner takes up residence in Lucerne, Switzerland.〔 * April 4 – Bryants Minstrels give the first performance of "Dixie" at Mechanics' Hall, New York City. * April 4 - Tannhäuser is performed at the Stadt Theater in New York City under the musical direction of Carl Bergmann. It is the first performance of a Wagner opera in the United States. * May 6 – At the first concert of the Victoria Philharmonic Society, its future conductor John Bayley is a soloist on both clarinet and violin.〔Review, ''Victoria Gazette'', 10 May 1859〕 * July 1 – A monument to George Frideric Handel (by Hermann Heidel) is unveiled in his birthplace, Halle; Franz Liszt is among those present. * October 23 – Richard Wagner and an ailing Hector Berlioz meet in Paris and make up their differences.〔 * December 19 – César Franck inaugurates the new organ at the basilia of Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, an instrument built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll.〔 *Alexander Borodin begins a period of chemical research at Heidelberg, working on benzene derivatives. *Alberto Mazzucato becomes musical director of La Scala opera house. *Richard Wagner finishes his opera Tristan und Isolde. The Prelude to Act 1 receives its first public performance on March 2. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1859 in music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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