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

Stanislaw Moniuszko

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May 5, 1819: 04:00 Stanislaw Moniuszko is born in the manor house of Ubiel near Minsk, Russian Empire (Belarus), the son of Czeslaw Moniuszko, a poet and painter, and Elzbieta Madzarska, an amateur pianist.
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July 9, 1830: Stanislaw Moniuszko (11) receives a certificate attesting that, through private education, he has attained adequate progress up to the fourth form.
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August 26, 1840: Stanislaw Moniuszko (21) marries Aleksandra Müller in the Church of Jesus Our Lord in Wilno (Vilnius).
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November 18, 1843: Incidental music to Anicet, Bourgeois, and d’Ennery’s play Kaspar Hauser by Stanislaw Moniuszko (24) is performed for the first time, in Minsk.
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May 6, 1845: Incidental music to d’Ennery and Lemoine’s play Sabaudka by Stanislaw Moniuszko (26) is performed for the first time, in Vilnius.
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September 12, 1846: Loteria, an operetta by Stanislaw Moniuszko (27) to words of Milewski, is performed for the first time, in Warsaw.
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May 1, 1848: Stanislaw Moniuszko’s (28) Bajka overture is performed for the first time, in Vilnius.
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November 1, 1848: Halka, an opera by Stanislaw Moniuszko (29) to words of Wolski, is performed for the first time, in a concert setting in Vilnius. See 1 January 1858.
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December 18, 1848: Milda, a cantata by Stanislaw Moniuszko (29) after Kraszewski, is performed for the first time, in Vilnius.
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March 8, 1852: Stanislaw Moniuszko’s (32) cantata Nijola after Kraszewski is performed for the first time, in Vilnius.
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May 20, 1852: Two stage works by Stanislaw Moniuszko (33) are performed for the first time, in Vilnius: the comic opera Bettly to words of Scribe and Mélesville, and The Gypsies, an operetta to words of Kniaznin.
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February 18, 1854: Stanislaw Moniuszko’s (34) opera Halka to words of Wolski after Wojcicki, is staged for the first time, in Vilnius. See 1 November 1848.
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March 20, 1856: Stanislaw Moniuszko’s (36) Madonna for baritone, chorus, and orchestra to words of Petrarch is performed for the first time, in St. Petersburg.
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March 19, 1857: Military Overture by Stanislaw Moniuszko (37) is performed for the first time, in Vilnius.
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January 1, 1858: Halka, an opera by Stanislaw Moniuszko (29) to words of Wolski, is performed in Warsaw for the first time. The public response is wild enthusiasm. See 18 February 1854 and 1 November 1848.
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September 24, 1858: Flis, an opera by Stanislaw Moniuszko (39) to words of Boguslawski, is performed for the first time, in Warsaw.
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June 17, 1859: God, Our Father (The Lord’s Prayer) for chorus, orchestra, and organ by Stanislaw Moniuszko (40) is performed for the first time, in Warsaw.
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February 7, 1860: Hrabina, an opera by Stanislaw Moniuszko (40) to words of Wolski after Dierzowski, is performed for the first time, in Warsaw.
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December 16, 1860: Music from Stanislaw Moniuszko’s (41) incomplete opera Rokiczana is performed for the first time, in a concert setting in Warsaw.
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January 1, 1861: Verbum nobile, an opera by Stanislaw Moniuszko (41) to words of Checinski, is performed for the first time, in Warsaw.
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September 28, 1865: The Haunted Manor, an opera by Stanislaw Moniuszko (46) to words of Checinski after Wojcicki, is performed for the first time, in Warsaw.
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August 27, 1866: Monte Christo, a ballet by Stanislaw Moniuszko (47) to a story after Dumas, is performed for the first time, in Warsaw.
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February 16, 1868: Stanislaw Moniuszko’s (48) cantata Crimean Sonnets to words of Mickiewicz is performed for the first time, in Warsaw.
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September 6, 1868: In the Quarters, a ballet by Stanislaw Moniuszko (49), is performed for the first time, in Warsaw.
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December 8, 1869: Stanislaw Moniuszko’s (50) choral ballad Pani Twardowska to words of Mickiewicz is performed for the first time, in Warsaw.
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December 11, 1869: Paria, an opera by Stanislaw Moniuszko (50) to words of Checinski after Delavigne, is performed for the first time, in Warsaw.
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December 1, 1870: Figle szatana (The Devil’s Jokes), a ballet by Stanislaw Moniuszko (51) in collaboration with Münchheimer, is performed for the first time, in Warsaw.
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March 24, 1871: Incidental music to Shakespeare’s play Hamlet by Stanislaw Moniuszko (51) is performed for the first time, in Warsaw.
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February 2, 1872: Beata, an operetta by Stanislaw Moniuszko (52) to words of Checinski, is performed for the first time, in Warsaw.
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March 29, 1872: Oto drzewo krzyza (Ecce lignum crucis) for baritone, chorus, and organ by Stanislaw Moniuszko (52) is performed for the first time, in Warsaw.
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May 19, 1872: Mass in B flat “Piotrowinska” for solo voices, chorus, and organ by Stanislaw Moniuszko (53) is performed for the first time, in Warsaw.
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June 4, 1872: Stanislaw Moniuszko dies of a heart attack in Warsaw, Russian Empire, aged 53 years and 30 days. His mortal remains will be laid to rest in Powazki Cemetery, Wilno (Vilnius).