When I Was 25, It Was A Very Good Year...
When Francois Adrien Boieldieu & Bernhard Crusell were 25: (1800-01)
World Events: Napoleon names himself First Consul of French Republic; Washington, DC becomes permanent US capitol; Thomas Jefferson becomes 3rd President.
Music: Beethoven - Piano Concerto #3; Cherubini - Les Deux Journees; Boieldieu - The Caliph of Bagdad
When ETA Hoffmann was 25: (1801-02)
World Events: Robert Fulton builds first submarine; Danish fleet defeated by Admiral Nelson.
Music: Haydn - The Seasons; Boieldieu - Harp Concerto in C; Beethoven - Violin Sonata in F, Piano Sonata #14-17, Symphony #2
Births: Vincenzo Bellini, Josef Lanner, Albert Lortzing
When Johann Nepomuk Hummel & Fernando Sor were 25: (1803-04)
World Events: Louisiana Purchase; Napoleon makes himself Emperor.
Music: Hummel - Trumpet Concerto in E Flat; Beethyoven - Symphony #3, Piano Sonata #21, Violin Sonata #9, Triple Concerto
Births: Adolphe Adam, Hector Berlioz, Mikhail Glinka
Deaths: Franz Xaver Sussmayer
When Daniel Francois Auber & Nicolo Paganini were 25: (1807-08)
World Events: US Congress outlaws slave importation from Africa; Napoleon suppresses Tribune.
Music: Beethoven - Leonore Overture #3, Piano Trio in D, Choral Fantasy, Symphonies #5 and #6
When Louis Spohr was 25: (1809-10)
World Events: James Madison becomes 4th US President; invention of Braille reading system; Napoleon annexes Papal States.
Music: Rossini - The Marriage Contract; Beethoven - Piano Concerto #5, Piano Sonata #26, Egmont Overture, Fur Elise
Births: Felix Mendelssohn, Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner
Deaths: Franz Josef Haydn
When Carl Maria von Weber was 25: (1811-12)
World Events: Battle of Tippecanoe; Napoleon meets his Waterloo; War of 1812.
Music: Weber - Clarinet Concerti #1 & #2; Beethoven - Piano Trio in B Flat, Symphony #7.
Births: Franz Liszt, Friedrich von Flotow
When Giacomo Meyerbeer & Karl Czerny were 25: (1816-17)
World Events: Invention of stethoscope; British economic crisis spurs massive immigration to North America; First German Constitution.
Music: Rossini - The Barber of Seville; Schubert - Sympony #5 in B Flat; Cherubini - Requiem in C Minor; Spohr - Violin Concerto #8; Hummel - Piano Concerto in A Minor
When Gioacchino Rossini was 25: (1817-18)
World Events: James Monroe becomes 5th US President; Venezuela & Chile declare independence; US/Canadian border is drawn at 49th parallel.
Music: Rossini - Cinderella, The Thieving Magpie & Moses in Egypt; Beethoven - Piano Sonata #29; Mohr & Huber - Silent Night
Birth: Charles Gounod
When Saverio Mercadante was 25: (1820-21)
World Events: Revolution in Spain; Missouri Compromise (regarding slavery).
Music: Beethoven - Piano Sonata #30 (by this time, he was profoundly deaf).
Births: Henri Vieuxtemps
When Franz Berwald was 25: (1821-22)
World Events: Discovery of thermoelectricity; death of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Music: Weber - Der Freischutz
When Franz Schubert & Gaetano Donizetti were 25: (1822-23)
World Events: Turkey invades Greece; first iron railroad bridge built in Massachusetts
Music: Rossini - Semiramide; Weber - Euryanthe; Spohr - Jessonda; Schubert - Wanderer Fantasy, Symphony #8, Rosamunde Incidental Music; Beethoven - Missa Solemnis
Births: Cesar Franck
When Mikhail Glinka was 25: (1829-30)
World Events: Detroit's William Burt granted first patent for typewriter; Chopin makes public debut as pianist.
Music: Rossini - William Tell (Rossini's last opera); Mendelssohn revives Bach's St. Matthew Passion for Bach Festival in Leipzig.
Births: Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Anton Rubinstein (Beethoven died in 1827, Schubert died in 1828)
When Fanny Mendelssohn was 25: (1830-31)
World Events: Joseph Smith founds Mormon religion; Cholera outbreak across Asia & Europe; France occupies Algeria; Charles Darwin sails the HMS Beagle.
Music: Auber - Fra Diavolo; Bellini - Norma; Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique; Chopin - Piano Concertos #1 & #2; Mendelssohn - Piano Concerto #1; Schumann - Papillons.
Births: Karl Goldmark, Joseph Joachim, Eduard Remenyi
Deaths: Ignaz Pleyel
When Felix Mendelssohn was 25: (1834-35)
World Events: Cyrus McCormick patents a reaping machine; Spanish Inquisition officially ends.
Music: Berlioz - Harold in Italy; Adam - Le Chalet
Births: Alexander Borodin
Deaths: Francois Adrien Boieldieu
When Frederic Chopin, Richard Wagner, Felix Mendelssohn & Robert Schumann were 25: (1835-36)
World Events: Halley's comet reappears after a 76-year absence; Texas secedes from Mexico.
Music: Schumann - Carnaval; Chopin - Impromptu in C Sharp Minor; Bellini - I Puritani di Scozia; Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor
Births: Cesar Cui, Camille Saint-Saens, Henryk Wieniawski
Deaths: Vincenzo Bellini
When Franz Liszt & Ambroise Thomas were 25: (1836-37)
World Events: Battle of the Alamo
Music: Berlioz - Requiem; Chopin - Etudes, Op. 25; Glinka - A Life for the Tsar
Births: Leo Delibes, Mily Balakirev, Emile Waldteufel
Deaths: Johann Nepomuk Hummel, John Field
When Charles Valentin Alkan, Friedrich von Flotow & Giuseppe Verdi were 25: (1838-39)
World Events: First trans-Atlantic voyage by steamship; Charles Goodyear discovers vulcanization of rubber; Doubleday devises rules of baseball.
Music: Adam - O Holy Night (Cantique Noel); Chopin - Military Polonaise, Preludes, Op. 28; Berlioz - Romeo & Juliet, Benvenuto Cellini; Liszt - Paganini Etudes; Schumann - Scenes from Childhood, Kreisleriana, Arabeske
Births: Georges Bizet, Max Bruch (Tchaikovsky will die in 1840)
When Niels Gade was 25: (1842-43)
World Events: China cedes Hong Kong to Britain; Ether is first used as anesthetic.
Music: Chopin - Heroic Polonaise; Glinka - Ruslan und Ludmilla; Verdi - Nabucco
Births: Jules Massenet, Arthur Sullivan
Deaths: Luigi Cherubini
When Charles Gounod & Henri-Charles Litollf were 25: (1843-44)
World Events: Isabella II crowned Queen of Spain.
Music: Donizetti - Don Pasquale; Balfe - The Bohemian Girl; Wagner - The Flying Dutchman; Verdi - I Lombardi; Mendelssohn - Incidental music to Midsummer Night's Dream.
Births: Edvard Grieg
When Clara Schumann & Franz von Suppe were 25: (1844-45)
World Events: First systematic use of paper produced from wood pulp.
Music: Chopin - Piano Sonata in B Minor; Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E Minor; Verdi - Ernani
Births: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Pablo de Sarasate
When Henri Vieuxtemps was 25: (1845-46)
World Events: James K. Polk becomes 11th US President; invention of sewing machine; potato famine in Ireland.
Music: Berlioz - Damnation of Faust; Chopin - Barcarolle in F Sharp; Clara Schumann - Piano Trio in G Minor; Mendelssohn - Elijah; Schumann - Piano Concerto in A Minor; Wagner - Tannhauser
Births: Charles Marie Widor, Gabriel Faure
When Cesar Franck & Joachim Raff were 25: (1847-48)
World Events: In Mexican-American war, US forces capture Mexico City; gold discovered in California territory, prompting first Gold Rush.
Music: Fanny Mendelssohn - Piano Trio in D Minor; Chopin - "Minute" Waltz; Flotow - Martha; Verdi - Macbeth; Johann Strauss, Sr. - Radetzky March; Liszt - Les Preludes.
Births: Hubert Parry
Deaths: Gaetano Donizetti, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn
When Anton Bruckner & Bedrich Smetana were 25: (1849-50)
World Events: Zachary Taylor becomes 12th US President; first attempt to measure the speed of light; Russian writer Dostoyevsky sentenced to Serbian prison.
Music: Bruckner - Requiem in D Minor; Meyerbeer - Le Prophete; Nicolai - The Merry Wives of Windsor; Verdi - Luisa Miller
Deaths: Frederic Chopin, Otto von Nicolai, Johann Strauss, Sr.
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