Music Stories
Concerts, albums, premieres and composers, told through dates and records, with the sources left in plain sight.
1874
1874 · Music
Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov reaches the stage
January 27, 18741866
1866 · Music
Smetana’s Bartered Bride premieres in Prague
May 30, 18661850
1850 · Music
Wagner’s Lohengrin premieres in Weimar
August 28, 18501842
1842 · Music
The Vienna Philharmonic gives its first concert
March 28, 18421842
1842 · Music
Verdi’s Nabucco premieres at La Scala
March 9, 18421824
1824 · Music
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony premieres in Vienna
May 7, 18241808
1808 · Music
Beethoven's Fifth and Sixth Symphonies Premiere
December 22, 18081791
1791 · Music
Mozart Dies in Vienna
December 5, 17911742
1742 · Music
Handel’s Messiah premieres in Dublin
April 13, 17421738
1738 · Music
Handel’s Serse opens in London
April 15, 17381735
1735 · Music
Handel’s Ariodante opens at Covent Garden
January 8, 17351726
1726 · Music