A CHRONOLOGICAL VIEW OF WESTERN MUSIC HISTORY IN THE CONTEXT OF WORLD EVENTS

Gustav Albert Lortzing

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October 23, 1801: Gustav Albert Lortzing is born at Breite Straße 12, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, second of two children born to Johann Gottlob Lortzing, a hide merchant, and Charlotte Sophie Seidel.
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November 14, 1818: Albert Lortzing (17) appears on stage for the first time in Schiller’s Wilhelm Tell in Aachen.
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January 30, 1824: Albert Lortzing (22) marries Rosina Regina Ahles, a singer and actress.
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February 1, 1828: Ali, Pascha von Janina, oder Die Franzosen in Albanien, an Oper by Albert Lortzing (26) to his own words, is performed for the first time, in Münster.
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March 24, 1828: Incidental music to the play Die Hochfeurer, oder Die Veteranen by Albert Lortzing (26) is performed for the first time, in Münster.
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March 29, 1829: Incidental music to Crabbe’s play Don Juan und Faust by Albert Lortzing (27) is performed for the first time, in Detmold.
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December 19, 1830: Die Jagd, a komische Oper by Albert Lortzing (29) to his own words after Hiller and Weisse, is performed for the first time, in Detmold Hoftheater.
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June 30, 1832: An overture to Hell’s (after Scribe) play Yelva, oder Die Stumme by Albert Lortzing (30) is performed for the first time, in Pyrmont.
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October 11, 1832: Der Pole und sein Kind, oder Der Feldwebel vom IV Regiment, a liederspiel by Albert Lortzing (30) to his own words, is performed for the first time, in Osnabrück.
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April 18, 1834: Szenen aus Mozarts Leben, a Singspiel by Albert Lortzing (32) to his own words, is performed for the first time, in Münster.
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February 20, 1837: Die beiden Schützen, a komische Oper by Albert Lortzing (35) to his own words after Patrat (tr. Cords), is performed for the first time, in Leipzig Stadttheater.
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September 20, 1839: Caramo, oder Das Fischerstechen, a grosse komische Oper by Albert Lortzing (37) to his own words after Vilain de Saint Hillaire and Duport, is performed for the first time, in Leipzig Stadttheater.
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June 23, 1840: Hans Sachs, a Fest-Oper mit Tanz by Albert Lortzing (38) to words of Reger after Deinhardstein, is performed for the first time, in Leipzig Stadttheater.
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December 31, 1841: Casanova, a komische Oper by Albert Lortzing (40) to his own words after Varin and Desvergers (tr.Lebrun), is performed for the first time, in Leipzig Stadttheater.
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August 29, 1842: Incidental music to Schmidt’s play Uranias Festmorgen by Albert Lortzing (40) is performed for the first time, in Berlin. The work celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Urania amateur theatrical company. Lortzing’s parents were founding members.
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December 31, 1842: Der Wildschütz, oder Die Stimme der Natur, a komische Oper by Albert Lortzing (41) to his own words after Kotzebue, is performed for the first time, in Leipzig Stadttheater. It is wildly successful.
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March 20, 1843: Albert Lortzing (41) becomes musical director of the Tunnel Society in Berlin, a working class group.
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August 10, 1844: Albert Lortzing (42) begins his conducting career with a production of Mozart’s (†52) Don Giovanni in Leipzig. He is the new Kapellmeister of the Leipziger Stadttheater.
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April 21, 1845: Undine, a romantische Zauberoper by Albert Lortzing (43) to his own words after de la Motte-Fouqué, is performed for the first time, in Magdeburg Stadttheater.
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May 30, 1846: Der Waffenschmied, a komische Oper by Albert Lortzing (44) to his own words, is performed for the first time, in the Theater an der Wien. It is because of the success of this opera that Lortzing will be appointed Kapellmeister at the Theater an der Wien.
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October 17, 1847: Incidental music to Elmar’s play Ein Held und seine Liebe by Albert Lortzing (45) is performed for the first time, in Theater an der Wien, Vienna.
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December 13, 1847: Zum Grossadmiral, a komische Oper by Albert Lortzing (46) to his own words after Duval (tr. Iffland), is performed for the first time, in Leipzig Stadttheater.
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September 1, 1848: The opera company at Theater an der Wien is dissolved. Its Kapellmeister, Albert Lortzing (46), is now unemployed.
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March 18, 1849: Incidental music to Böhm’s Vier Wochen in Ischl, oder Der Geldausleiher in Tausend Aengsten by Albert Lortzing (47), is performed for the first time, in Vienna.
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May 25, 1849: Rolands Knappen, oder Das ersehnte Glück, a komische-romantische Zauberoper by Albert Lortzing (47) to words of the composer and Düringer after Masäus, is performed for the first time, in Leipzig Stadttheater. It is a great success.
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May 1, 1850: Albert Lortzing (48) takes up duties as Kapellmeister at the Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtisches Theater, Berlin.
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May 17, 1850: The new Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtisches Theater opens in Berlin, under Kapellmeister Albert Lortzing (48).
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June 16, 1850: Incidental music to the play Eine Berliner Grisette by Albert Lortzing (48) is performed for the first time, in Berlin.
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November 20, 1850: Incidental music to Gottschall’s play Ferdinand Schill by Albert Lortzing (49) is performed for the first time, in Berlin.
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December 5, 1850: Incidental music to the farce Ein nachmittag in Moabit by Albert Lortzing (49) is performed for the first time, in Berlin.
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January 20, 1851: Die vornehmen Dilettanten, oder Die Opernprobe, a komische Oper by Albert Lortzing (49) to his own words after Poisson (tr.Jünger), is performed for the first time, in the Stadttheater, Frankfurt-am-Main.
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January 21, 1851: Gustav Albert Lortzing dies of a stroke at Luisenstraße 53 in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, aged 49 years, two months, and 29 days.
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February 20, 1851: Giacomo Meyerbeer (59) conducts at a concert to benefit the family of Albert Lortzing (†0) in Berlin. It is well attended.
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April 14, 1887: Andreas Hofer, a singspiel by Albert Lortzing (†36) to his own words, is performed for the first time, in Mainz, 54 years after it was composed, in an arrangement by von Reznicek.
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March 21, 1899: Regina, a revolutionary opera by Albert Lortzing (†48) to his own words, is performed for the first time, in Berlin.