1821 in music
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This article is about music-related events in 1821.
Events
- Construction work begins on the Teatro Regio at Parma.
- José Bernardo Alcedo wins a contest, sponsored by General José de San MartÃn, to choose a national anthem for Peru. The anthem is "Somos libres, seámoslo siempre," with lyrics by José de la Torre Ugarte.
Classical music
- Ludwig van Beethoven â Piano Sonata No. 31
- Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner â Piano Sextet Op. 58
- Friedrich Kuhlau â 9 Variations For Piano
- Felix Mendelssohn â Symphonies for Strings 1â6
- George Onslow â Cello Sonata, Op.16 No.3 (with viola part)
- Ferdinand Ries
- 2 Piano Sonatinas, Op. 5
- Fantasie nach Schiller's Gedicht 'Resignation', Op. 109
- Franz Schubert
- "Gesang der Geister über den Wassern", D.714; part song for male voices and low strings; Op.posth. 167 (1858)
- Symphony No. 7 in E major, D 729
- Louis Spohr
- Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in F minor, WoO 19
- Mass in C minor, Op. 54
- Jan Václav VoÅÃÅ¡ek â Symphony in D
- Carl Maria von Weber â Konzertstück in F minor, for piano and orchestra, Op. 79
Opera
- Johann Kaspar Aiblinger â Rodrigo und Chimene
- Michele Carafa â Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans
- Saverio Mercadante
- Andronico[1]
- Elisa e Claudio[2]
- Giovanni Pacini â Cesare in Egitto[3]
- Gioachino Rossini â Matilde di Shabran, premiered Feb. 24 in Rome.
- Carl Maria von Weber â Der Freischütz
Publications
- Ananias Davisson â Introduction to Sacred Music, Extracted from the Kentucky Harmony and Chiefly Intended for the Benefit of Young Scholars
Births
- April 27 â Henry Willis, organ builder (d. 1901)
- May 6 â Emilie Hammarskjöld, composer (d. 1854)
- May 25 â Diederich Krug, pianist and composer (d. 1880)
- June 15 â Nikolai Zaremba, musical theorist and composer (d. 1879)
- June 27 â August Conradi, organist and composer (d. 1873)
- July 18 â Pauline Viardot, singer and composer (d. 1910)
- October 4 â Fanny StÃ¥l pianist (d. 1889)
- October 8 â Friedrich Kiel, composer (d. 1885)
- October 13 â Oscar Byström, academic and composer (d. 1909)
- October 16 â Franz Doppler, flautist and composer (d. 1883)[4]
- October 20 â Emilio Arrieta, composer (d. 1894)[5]
- December 8 â Josif Runjanin, composer of the Croatian national anthem (d. 1878)
- December 22 â Giovanni Bottesini, composer (d. 1889)
Deaths
- March 8 â Harriett Abrams, operatic soprano (b. c.1758)[6]
- May 15 â John Wall Callcott, composer (b. 1766)[7]
- June 25 â Antoine Bullant, bassoonist and composer (born 1750)
- August 6 â Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, violinist, conductor and composer (born 1757)[8]
- August 10 â Salvatore Viganò, choreographer and composer (born 1769)[9]
- September 22 â Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre, "Madame Dugazon", entertainer (born 1755)[10]
- October 28 â Gaspare Pacchierotti, castrato singer (born 1740)[11]
- November 10 â Andreas Romberg, violinist and composer (born 1767)[12]
- date unknown
- Jules Granier, composer (born 1770)
- Kamalakanta Bhattacharya, Bengali poet and songwriter (born 1722)[13]