| Year |
Events concerning
Lortzing's life |
Other significant
musical events |
Concurrent events in political
and cultural history |
| 1775 |
12-05: * Johann
Gottlob Lortzing, father of Albert in Berlin |
|
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| 1779 |
06-04: * Charlotte
Sophie Seidel, mother of Albert in Berlin |
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| 1789 |
|
J. Haydn: Quartets Opp.54
and 55. |
14-07: French Revolution.
(till 1794)
(A): Goethe: Torquato Tasso |
| 1790 |
|
W.A. Mozart: Cosi fan
tutte; J. Haydn in London. |
(H): I. Kant: Kritik
der Urteilskraft (Critique of Judgment) |
| 1791 |
|
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, Requiem,
Haydn: London symphonies.
05-12: + W.A. Mozart |
(H): Am. Bill of Rights. |
| 1800 |
18-04: * Bertha
Elise Lortzing, sister of Albert |
|
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| 1801 |
23-10:
* Gustav Albert Lortzing born in Berlin; Breite
Straße 12. |
11-01: + Domenico Cimarosa
03-11: * Vincenzo Bellini |
01-12: * Christian
Dietrich Grabbe
07-12: * Johann
Nepomuk Nestroy |
| 1803 |
|
24-07: * Adolphe Adam |
|
| 1804 |
|
16-06: +Johann Adam Hiller |
20-05: Napoleon emperor
of France |
| 1805 |
|
20-11: Beethoven's "Fidelio",
first performed in Vienna. |
09-05: + Friedrich Schiller
(A): Publ. of "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
by Ludwig Arnim (1781 - 1831 ) and Clemens Brentano (1778 - 1842) |
| 1806 |
|
Beethoven: 4th symphony,
violin concerto, Sonata Op. 57. |
01-08: Abdication Franz
II; formal dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire (962 - 1806)
14-10: Defeat of Prussia at the
twin battles of Jena and Auerstadt. By the winter of 1806/1807 only Britain
and Russia could still stand up to France.
(H): Lewis and Clark reach Pacific. |
| 1807 |
|
Beethoven: 5th symphony,
Coriolanus overture. |
(H): First commercial
steamboat (Fulton); Streets in London lighted by gas.
(H): Hegel: Phänomenologie
des Geistes (Phenomenology of the Spirit).
10-11: * Robert
Blum |
| 1808 |
|
|
(A): Goethe "Faust", part I
(H): Between 1808 - 1812: publication
of anti-Napoleon periodicals "Die Biene" and (since 1811) "Die Grille"
by August von Kotzebue. |
| 1809 |
12-03:
+ Bertha Elise Lortzing, sister of Albert. |
03-02: * F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy
31-05: + J. Haydn |
Beginnings of revolt
against Napoleonic domination (Andreas Hofer, Ferdinand Schill) |
| 1810 |
|
08-06: * R. Schumann
09-06: * O. Nicolai |
27-03: * Adolf
Glaßbrenner
(A); Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832):
"The Lady of the Lake". |
| 1811 |
|
22-10: * Fr. Liszt
Fr. Schubert: first Lieder |
(H): The Luddite movement
is formed in Nottingham by laborers concerned about the loss of jobs due
to automation.
(A): Goethe: "Dichtung und Wahrheit". |
| 1812 |
Johann
Gottlieb Lortzing, father of Albert, gave up his tannery and made his debut
(on January, 4th) as an actor in Breslau. Now Johann Gottlieb (and
his wife) made their living as actors until July, 9th 1812. |
27-04: *Fr. von Flotow
Beethoven 7th & 8th symphonies |
(H) Napoleon retreats
from Moscow
Jacob (1785 - 1863) and Wilhelm
(1786 - 1859) Grimm: "Kinder- und Hausmärchen".
George Byron (1788 - 1824): "Childe
Harold's Pilgrimage" |
| 1813 |
Albert
and his parents until September in Coburg (director: Hain [Hellwig ] );
where he lives Gerberstraße 6. Then from 24 sept. 1813 until June
1814 in Bamberg with director Carl August Freiherr von Lichtenstein. |
22-05: *R. Wagner
24-09: +A.E.M. Grétry
10-10: *G. Verdi |
16-19 - Oct: Prussia
and Russia conquer the French army at Leipzig.
Abdication of Napoleon.
(A): Jane Austen (1775 - 1817):
"Pride and Prejudice". |
| 1814 |
Albert
and his parents in Strasbourg, where Lichtenstein fails to manage his ensemble
successfull. Albert becomes acquainted with the Music student Carl
Gollmick.
Probably this
year (or 1815) the Lortzing family step over to the ensemble "Schäffer,
Koch und Nuth", directed by Dengler in Freiburg (Breisgau). |
F. Schubert: Gretchen
am Spinnrad. |
Napoleon to Elba.
22-09: Congress of Vienna.
(A): Sir Walter Scott: "Waverley"
01-12: *August
Röckel |
| 1815 |
|
Invention of the metronome.
Schubert: Erlkönig; 3rd symphony. |
Battle of Waterloo
26-09: Holy Alliance between Russia,
Austria and Prussia |
| 1816 |
Lortzing-family
in Baden-Baden, where the company ("Schäffer, Koch und Nuth") performed
during the summer. They live at he house of the tanner Ignaz Kah, house
nr. 132.
LoWV 3: Chor
und Tanz zu August von Kotzebue "Der Schutzgeist". |
03-08: E.T.A. Hoffmann: "Undine",
first performed in Berlin.
01-09: Ludwig Spohr: "Faust" first
performed in Prague.
G. Rossini: The Barber of Seville,
Otello
Schubert: 4th & 5th symphonies. |
|
| 1817 |
From
the 1st of September the Lortzing family has a contract with Josef Derossi,
who directed the ABC - Theater in Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf
and Elberfeld. |
18-10: +Etienne-Nicolas
Méhul.
Muzio Clementi (1752 - 1832): Gradus
ad Parnassum. |
18 & 19 Oct: "Wartburgfest"
by the "Deutschen Burschenschaften" in Eisenach.
(A): Byron: Manfred. |
| 1818 |
14-11:
Lortzing's first appearance as village constable Stüßi in Schiller's
"Wilhelm Tell" at the theatre in Aachen. Lortzing's parents also have roles
in this play, and so has Rosina Ahles. |
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| 1819 |
From
now on Albert Lortzing appeared on the stage as "Jugendlicher Liebhaber"
in comic plays and as Tenor and Baritone in opera's. |
20-06: *Jacques Offenbach.
Schubert: "Forellen" Quintett |
23-03: Karl Ludwig Sand,
a student in theology, murdered August
Kotzebue.
(H): First steamship crosses Atlantic.
(A); Scott: "Ivanhoe" |
| 1820 |
09-10:
LoWV 4: Thema mit Variationen; Cor and Orch. |
|
(A): Shelley: "Prometheus
unbound"
(A): Blake: "Jerusalem"
(A): A. Lamartine: "Méditations
poétiques" |
| 1821 |
|
C.M. von Weber (1786
- 1826): Der Freischütz (f.p. 18-06 in Berlin).
Beethoven: Sonates opp 110, 111. |
War of independence of
Greece against Turkish domination (1821 - 1827).
(H) Faraday's electric motor and
generator. |
| 1822 |
June:
LoWV 5: Hymne "Dich preist, Allmächtiger".
13-07: LoWV
6: Air for Ferdinand Fränzl's opera Carlo Fioras "Es ist ein gar wunderlich
seltsames Ding".
July: LoWV
7: "Cupido nahm sich einstens für"; song for Bass and Orch.
LoWV 8 "Ein
Hirtenmädchen schön zum malen"; song for one voice and guitar. |
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Schubert: Unfinished symphony |
|
| 1823 |
|
28-07: L. Spohr "Jessonda"
in Kassel
25-10: C.M.v.Weber: "Euryanthe"
in Vienna.
Beethoven 9th symphony
Schubert: "Die schöne Müllerin".
Diabelli: Variations |
(H): Monroe Doctrine |
| 1824 |
30-01:
Marriage Albert Lortzing with Rosina Regina Ahles (b 10-12-1800, d. 14-06-1854)
LoWV 9: Singspiel
"Ali Pascha von Janina".
04-12: *Bertha
("Puppeschen") Lortzing, A's first child.
The Lortzing
family, Albert, his parents and Rosina contracted by Ringelhardt,
whose company performed in Cologne, Aachen and Bonn. |
24-12: *Peter Cornelius |
(H): Charles X of France
crowned |
| 1825 |
Albert,
Rosina and his parents appear together on stage in the first performance
of the translation by Schlegel of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. |
03-05: D.F.E. Auber:
Le Macon in Paris (german "Maurer und Schlosser")
10-12: Boieldieu: La Dame Blanche
in Paris
Beethoven: Quartetts opp 127, 132.
Felix Mendelssohn: String octet |
(H): Erie Canal opened.
(H): Ludwig I of Bavaria crowned
(A): A. Pushkin (1799 - 1837): "Boris
Godunov". |
| 1826 |
Jan:
LoWV 10: "Ein Mädchen hold den Sänger liebt", additional song
to the play: "Viola, oder die Vorschau" by Freiherr von Auffenberg.
18-02: *Charlotte
Albertina (Bertha/Berthelchen) Rosina Lortzing; A's second child.
24-02: LoWV
11: Additional song to Auber's "Der Schnee". |
12-04: C.M. von Weber:
Oberon (London).
05-06: + C.M. von Weber
Beethoven: Quartetts opp. 130, 135;
Fr. Schubert: "Die Winterreise"; Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream Overture. |
(A): James F. Cooper
(1789-1851): "The last of the Mohicans". |
| |
01-11:
Albert and his wife were engaged for the Detmold Hoftheater directed by
A. Pichler, which also played in Münster, Osnabrück and Bad Pyrmont
(in summer), until 31-10-1833 (Rosina until 31-07-1833).
07-11: Rosina's
first appearance on stage in "Drei Wahrzeichen" by Clauren.
09-11: Albert's
first appearance in "Johanna von Montfaucon" by August von Kotzebue. After
this Albert performs also as a Tenor and a Baritone in Operas. |
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| 1827 |
09-03:
* Caroline Rosalie, A's third child.
20-09: + Caroline
Rosalie. |
Beethoven: Quartett op.
131.
26-03: + L.v. Beethoven |
Founding of the Mormon
Church
(A): Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856):
Buch der Lieder. |
| 1828 |
01-02:
First performance "Ali Pascha von Jenina" (LoWV 9, composed in 1823/24)
in Münster (Hoftheatergesellschaft Detmold).
08-03: *Caroline
(Lina) Elisabeth Henriette Charlotte Lortzing, A's fourth child.
24-03: First
performance of Dr Sachs' lyrical play "Die Hochfeuer oder die Veteranen"
in Münster by the Hoftheatergesellschaft Detmold, with additional
music by Lortzing (LoWV 12).
24-03: LoWV
13: Jubelouverture
24-03: LoWV
14: Song zu Friedrich Schiller's "Wallensteins Lager".
15-11: First
performance of "Die Himmelfahrt Jesu Christi" (LoWV 15) in Münster,
City Theatre. |
29-02: D.F.E. Auber:
"La muette de Portici" (Paris).
29-03: H. Marschner: "Der Vampyr"
(Leipzig).
19-11: + Franz Schubert |
|
| 1829 |
29-04:
"Don Juan und Faust", a tragedy by Christian
Dietrich Grabbe, with additional music by Lortzing (LoWV 16), first
performed in Detmold.
April: LoWV:
"Acht Lieder" (Eight Songs), written for the the Lodge "Zum goldenen Rade"
in Osnabrück.
25-09: *Julie
Eleonore Charlotte Luise Lortzing, Albert's fifth child. |
16-02: + Fr.J. Gossec
03-08: First performance Guillaume
Tell (G. Rossini) in Paris.
22-12: Heinrich Marschner: "Der
Templer und die Jüdin" (Leipzig). |
29-08: First performance
of Johann Wolfgang Goethe's "Faust" in Weimar. Caroline Lortzing, Albert's
cousin, played Gretchen.
(H); Independence of Greece.
(H): Typewriter invented by William
Austin Burt.
(A) James Mill: Analysis of the
Mind. |
| 1830 |
19-12:
First performance of "Die Jagd" (LoWV20), after J.A. Hiller in Detmold. |
28-01: D.F.E. Auber:
"Fra Diavolo" (Paris).
Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte |
26/27-07: July Revolution
in France. Fall of Charles X; founding of the constituional monarchy with
Louis Philipp von Orléans.
First railroad, Liverpool to Manchester.
From August to January 1831: revolts
in several German States.
29-11: Poland in revolt against
Russian oppression.
(A): V. Hugo: Hernani.
(A): Stendhal: Le Rouge et le Noir. |
| 1831 |
February:
Choral "Auf ihr Brüder! Senkt ihn nieder!", (LoWV 21) written for
Franz Grillparzer's tragedy: "Die Ahnfrau".
27-03: *Carl
Theodor Lortzing and his twin brother Johann Heinrich Lortzing, numbers
six and seven of Albert's children.
April: LoWV
22: music for the romantic play "Der Löwe von Kurdistan" by Josef
Freiherr von Auffenberg.
June: LoWV
23: Pot-pourri for Horn and Orchestra. |
06-03: V. Bellini (1801
- 1835): La Sonnambula in Milan.
21-11: G. Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable
in Paris.
26-12: V. Bellini: Norma in Milan. |
08-09: Suppressing of
Polish revolution and fall of Warsaw.
(H): William Lloyd Garrison founds
"The Liberator"; beginning of anti-slavery movement.
(A): V. Hugo: Notre Dame de Paris. |
| 1832 |
09-05:
"Yelva, oder: Die Stumme", play by Theodor Hell, with additional music
(LoWV 24) by Lortzing, first performed at the theatre in Pyrmont.
Performance
of four Singspiels, written and assembled from other composer's music by
Lortzing: "Der Pole und sein Kind" (LoWV 25; f.p. 11-10-1832, Osnabrück),
Der Weihnachtsabend, with three of Lortzing's children in the cast (LoWV
26; f.p. 21-12-1832 in Münster), "Szenen aus Mozarts Leben" (LoWV
28; with only music by Mozart; f.p. 18-04-1834) and "Andreas Hofer" (LoWV
27). The last work was forbidden by censorship and not performed until
14-04-1887 (in an adapted edition by Nikolaus von Reznicek) in Mainz.
27-11: + Johann
Heinrich Lortzing, A's 7th child. |
Fr. Chopin: Etudes op.
10; Mazurkas op. 6.
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Rossini: Stabat Mater.
G. Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore. |
22-03: + J.W. von Goethe
12-05 "Hambacher Fest" in Neustadt
(Pfalz). Mass-demonstration for civil freedom and unity.
05-07: The German Federal Diet decides
"Massregeln zur Aufrechterhaltung der gesetzlichen Ordnung und Ruhe im
Deutschen Bund", which means: to tighten up censorship and prohibition
of political associations. |
| 1833 |
27-03:
+Julie Eleonore Charlotte Luise Lortzing, A's fifth child. (*.25-09-1829)
24-09: * Twin-sisters
Anna Charlotte Henriette (+23-02-1900) and Therese Franziska (Fränzchen)
(+ 22-01-1881).
01-11: Lortzing
and his wife with Friedrich
Ringelhardt in Leipzig.
03-11: Lortzing
played the leading role in "Der Schachmaschine", with R. Wagner's sister
Rosalie.
08-11: Rosina
makes her debut in Leipzig, playing Camilla in the tragedy "Das Bild" by
Christoph Ernst Houwald.
11-11: Lortzing
applies for membership of the "Tunnel-Gesellschaft" ("Tunnel über
der Pleiße"), a lower-middle-class society, where he met Heinrich
Laube and Karl Herloßsohn.
For his friends of the "Tunnel" he wrote a "Tunnellied": "Die Frauen und
Mädchen, wie Rosen so rein" for Tenor solo, Male choir and orchestra. |
R. Wagner: "Die Feen". |
(H): Slavery outlawed
in the British Empire. |
| 1834 |
Lortzing
became a member of the lodge: "Balduin zur Linde", where he made friends
with
Philipp Reger and with Philipp
Düringer, who became his first biographer.
January: LoWV
29: Song "Süsse Erinnerung" for Nestroy's "Lumpaci-Vagabundus".
Sept: Lortzing
plays star-part as actor at the Court Theatre in Weimar. Here he met J.N.
Hummel, conductor of the theatre. (Letter VN:59, 09-02-1835).
28-11: Johann
Strauß performed in Leipzig; Lortzing attended the concert and was
impressed. |
13-01: "Das Nachtlager
von Granada" (C. Kreutzer) in Vienna.
08-10: + F.A. Boieldieu.
H. Berlioz: "Harold in Italy".
Neue Zeitschrift für Musik
founded by Robert Schumann |
(H) 01-01: Constitution
of German tariff union under Prussian hegemony.
McCormick patents mechanical reaper. |
| 1835 |
June:
Composition of LoWV Quodlibet "Als ich noch einer Knabe".
20-06 until
01-07: Lortzing plays several star-parts in Berlin, amongst others Karl
v. Ruf in "Der Schachmaschine".
14-07: First
performance of "Der reisende Student" by Louis Schneider in Leipzig, Stadttheater.
Lortzing played one of his famous roles
(Mauser) and his mother played Margarete. Lortzing wrote a duett for this
play, "Komm folg er mir, ich räume ihm", LoWV 32, for the second act. |
G. Donizetti: "Lucia
di Lammermoor".
V. Bellini: "I Puritani". |
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| 1836 |
Composition
of "Die Schatzkammer des Ynka", LoWV 36. |
19-02: G. Meyerbeer:
"Les Huguenots", in Paris.
29-03: R. Wagner: "Das Liebesverbot",
in Magdeburg.
13-10: A. Adam: "Le Postillon de
Lonjumeau" in Paris.
09-12: M. Glinka: "Iwan Sussanin
- A Life for the Tsar", in Petersburg.
Fr. Chopin: Ballades Op. 23. |
(H) Independence of Texas.
(A): Houses of Parliament in London
designed by Sir Charles Barry
(A): Charles Dickens: "The Pickwick
Papers".
(A): 12-09: + Chr.D.
Grabbe. |
| 1837 |
20
February: First performance of "Die beiden Schützen", LoWV35, in Leipzig.
The success of this work made Lortzing famous as a composer.
22 December:
First performance of "Zar und Zimmermann", LoWV38. |
H. Berlioz: "Requiem".
Fr. Liszt: "Années de Pélerinage". |
(H): Telegraph patented
by Samuel F.B. Morse.
(H): Queen Victoria crowned.
(H): 24-04: Trial run for the rail
road from Leipzig to Athens. |
| 1838 |
February:
Composition of "Warme-weeche-Bretzel- Walzer", LoWV 39, for orchestra,
intended for a performance at the Tunnel Society. |
R. Schumann: "Kinderszenen",
Kreisleriana".
02-03: J. Offenbach: "Pascal et
Chambord" (Vaudeville) in Paris.
10-10: H. Berlioz: "Benvenuto Cellini"
in Paris. |
(H): Louis-Jacques Daguerre
(1789 - 1851) invents a process of making photographs, known as daguerreotypes.
A dagguerreotype of Lorzting with his friend
Philipp Reger is made in 1844.
(A): F. Delacroix: "The Capture
of Constantinopel". |
| 1839 |
20-09:
First performance of "Caramo oder das Fischerstechen", LoWV 41, in Leipzig,
Stadttheater. |
F. Chopin: "Préludes
Op. 28".
H. Berlioz: "Romeo and Juliet".
R. Schumann: "Nachtstücke". |
(A): Edgar Allen Poe
(1809 - 1849): "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque". |
| 1840 |
23-06:
First performance of "Hans Sachs", LoWV 43, in Leipzig. |
11-02: G. Donizetti:
"The Daughter of the Regiment".
05-09: G. Verdi: "Un Giorno di Regno
in Milan. |
(H): First incandescent
lightbulb.
(H): 24-06 to 26-06: celebration
of 400 anniversary of the invention of the art of printing by Gutenberg
in Leipzig |
| 1841 |
23-02:
* Marie Lortzing, A's tenth child.
02-12: Johann
Gottlieb, Lortzing's father, died.
31-12: First
performance of "Casanova", LoWV 50, in Leipzig, Stadttheater. |
R. Schumann: Symphony
1 & 4. |
Invention of the saxophone
by Adolphe Sax. |
| 1842 |
01-04:
+Marie Lortzing (A's tenth child, b. 23-02-1841)
28/29-08:
50th anniversary of the amateur theatrical company "Urania" in Berlin.
Lortzing's parents were members of this company since its founding in 1792.
Lortzing composed the music for Heinrich Schmidt's occasional play "Urania's
Festmorgen" (LoWV55), first performance 29-08-1842.
11-11: First
performance of the "Schiller-Kantate" LoWV57 at the third Schiller-festival
in Leipzig.
31-12: Der
Wildschütz, LoWV 58, in Leipzig, Stadttheater. |
09-03: G. Verdi: "Nabucco"in
Milan.
15-03: + L. Cherubini
20-10: R. Wagner: "Rienzi" in Dresden.
09-12: M. Glinka: "Russlan and Ludmilla"
in Petersburg |
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| 1843 |
20-03:
Lortzing succeeds Christian August Pohlenz (who died on 10-03) as musical
director of the Tunnel Society. |
02-01: R. Wagner's "Der
fliegende Holländer" in Dresden.
03-01: G. Donizetti's "Don Pasquale"
in Paris. |
23-01: + Friedrich de
la Motte Fouqué. |
| 1844 |
12-05:
Sebald
Ringelhardt retired from the Leipziger Stadttheater. The new director,
Dr.
Carl Christian Schmidt appointed Lortzing to "Kapellmeister". He began
his new career as a conductor with a performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni
on 10 August. |
30-12: Friedrich von
Flotow's "Alessandro Stradella" in Hamburg. |
04/05-06: Revolt of the
Weaver of Silesia at Peterswaldau and Langenbielau. |
| 1845 |
15-03:
*Philipp Viktor Ferdinand Johannes (Hans), Lortzing's 11th child. (+27-11-1907)
21-04: first
performance of "Undine", LoWV 64, in Magdeburg, 25 April: first performance
in Hamburg, under Lortzing's direction. |
15-02: G. Verdi: Giovanna
d'Arco in Milan.
19-10: R. Wagner's Tannhäuser
in Dresden. |
12-08: Bartolomäusnacht
in Leipzig. |
| 1846 |
Back
in Leipzig, Lortzing was dismissed from his post. Franz Pokorny invited
him to the "Theater an der Wien", where he became Kapellmeister, together
with Franz von Suppé.
30-05: Der
Waffenschmied, LoWV 66, in Vienna, Theater an der Wien.
8 December:
Charlotte Sophie, Lortzing's mother, died. |
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| 1847 |
13-12:
Zum Großadmiral, LoWV 74, in Leipzig, Stadttheater. |
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| 1848 |
Lortzing
wrote his Revolutionary opera, Regina, LoWV 83. It was never produced in
his lifetime, due to the liberal subject. |
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| 1849 |
25-05:
Rolands Knappen, LoWV 85, in Leipzig, Stadttheater. |
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| 1850 |
April:
Kapellmeister at the Berlin Friedrich-Wilhelmstadt Theater. However, this
engagement would terminate on 1 February 1851. |
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| 1851 |
20-01:
"Die Opernprobe", LoWV91, Lortzings last opera, performed in Frankfurt
am Main. Lortzing lay ill in bed, unable to pay his doctor's fees.
21-01: Lortzing
died in Berlin.
21-01: Performance
of the play "Müller und Schulze oder: Die Einquartierung" by Rudolf
Genée at the Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtischen Theater in Berlin.
Lortzing composed "Das Lied vom 9. Regiment", LoWV 103, as an additional
song for this performance, according to Schirmag Lorzting's last composition.
16-02: Benefit-performance
at the National-Theater an der Wien in Vienna dedicated to the widow and
orphans of Lortzing. |
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| 1852 |
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| 1853 |
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| 1854 |
13-06:
Death of Rosina Regina, Albert's wife. |
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