1823 in music
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This article is about music-related events in 1823.
Events
- April 13 â According to his official biographer, Gustav Schilling, eleven-year-old Franz Liszt gives a concert after which he is personally congratulated by Ludwig van Beethoven;[1] however, there is no record of Beethoven having attended the concert.
- May 8 - The most famous song of the nineteenth century, Home, Sweet Home, is sung for the first time in London. (melody by Englishman Sir Henry Bishop, lyrics by John Howard Payne.
- August 12 â Hector Berlioz writes to the journal Le Corsaire defending Gaspare Spontini's opera La vestale.[2]
- Gioachino Rossini arrives in London and is presented to King George IV.
- The arpeggione is invented by Viennese guitar maker Johann Georg Staufer.
- Soprano Henriette Méric-Lalande catches the attention of the critic Castil-Blaze, who introduces her to the famous tenor Manuel GarcÃa, thereby advancing her career.[3]
- Franz Liszt is denied entry into the Paris Conservatory by the Director, Luigi Cherubini, who states that he cannot admit foreigners.
Classical music
- Christian Frederik Barth â Oboe Concerto, Op.12
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
- Missa Solemnis, Op. 123
- Vincenzo Bellini â Oboe Concerto in E-flat major
- Hector Berlioz â Amitié, reprends ton empire, H 10b
- Ferdinando Carulli â Duos Nocturnes, Op. 189
- Carl Czerny â Toccata, Op. 92
- Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia â Rondo, Op. 13
- Mauro Giuliani â 6 Variations, Op. 112
- Mikhail Glinka â Andante Cantabile and Rondo
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel
- Nocturne, theme et variations, Op. 99
- Introduction, theme et variations, Op. 102
- Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner â Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 61
- August Alexander Klengel â Piano Trio, Op. 36
- Ernst Krähmer â Variations brillantes, Op. 18
- Franz Krommer
- Flute Quintet, Op. 101
- Symphony No. 6 in D
- Friedrich Kuhlau
- 3 Flute Quintets, Op. 51
- 6 Sonatinas, Op. 55
- Giovanni Morandi â Raccolta di sonate per gli organi moderni No.4
- George Onslow
- Piano Trio No. 7, Op. 20
- Grand Sonata No. 2, Op. 22
- String Quintets Nos.7-9, Opp. 23â25
- Ferdinand Ries
- Symphony Nos. 4 and 5, Opp. 110 and 112
- Introduction et rondeau sur une danse russe, Op. 113, No. 1
- Piano Sonata, Op. 114
- Cello Sonata No. 4 in G minor, Op. 125
- Christian Heinrich Rinck â 12 Adagios for Organ, Op. 57
- Bernhard Romberg â Cello Concerto No. 5, Op. 30
- Franz Schubert â
- Die Schöne Müllerin
- Drang in die Ferne, D. 770
- Der Zwerg, D.771
- Wehmut, D.772
- Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774
- Louis Spohr
- Potpourri on Irish Themes, Op. 59
- String Quartet No.18, Op. 61
Stage works
- Gaetano Donizetti â Alfredo il grande
- Mary Fauche â The Shepherd King, Op.1[4]
- Saverio Mercadante â Didone abbandonata
- Gioachino Rossini â Semiramide
- Franz Schubert
- Carl Maria von Weber â Euryanthe
Popular Music
Publications
- Alling Brown â The Gamut, or Scale of Music (New Haven: A. H. Maltby and Co.)
- Thomas Busby â A Musical Manual (London: Goulding & D'Almaine)
- Emanuel Aloys Förster â Anleitung zum General-BaÃ
- Philippe Marc Antoine Geslin â Exposition de la gamme (Paris)
Births
- January 1 â Sándor PetÅfi, lyricist (died 1849)
- January 3 â Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, organist and composer (died 1881)
- January 5 â William Smith Rockstro, musicologist and musician (died 1895)
- January 21 â Alexandre Ãdouard Goria, pianist and composer (died 1860)
- January 27 â Ãdouard Lalo, composer (died 1892)
- June 2 â Carl Christian Møller, composer (died 1893)
- June 30 â Selmar Bagge, composer (died 1896)
- July 22 â Paulina Rivoli, operatic soprano (died 1881)
- August 3 â Francisco Ansenjo Barbieri, composer (died 1894)
- August 14 â Karel Miry, Belgian composer (died 1889)
- August 15 â Léon Gastinel, French composer (died 1906)
- August 16 â Adolphe Herman, composer (died 1903)
- August 17 â Theodor Julius Jaffé, opera singer and actor (died 1898)
- October 28 â William Spark, musician (died 1897)
- November 4 â Karel Komzák I, composer and conductor (died 1893)
- November 26 â Thomas Tellefsen, pianist and composer (died 1874)
- December 1 â Ernest Reyer, opera composer and music critic (died 1909)
- December 10 â Theodor Kirchner, composer and musician (died 1903)
- December 11 â David Bennett, Canadian soldier and musician (died 1902)
- date unknown â John Diamond, dancer and minstrel (died 1857)
Deaths
- February 16 â Johann Gottfried Schicht, conductor and composer (born 1753)
- March 1 â Pierre-Jean Garat, singer (born 1764)
- March 18 â Jean-Baptiste Breval, French cellist and composer (born 1753)
- April â Jacques Widerkehr, Alsatian composer (born 1759)
- April 15 â Louis Deland, actor, singer and dancer (born 1772)
- June 20 â Theodor von Schacht, German composer (born 1748)
- October 2 â Daniel Steibelt, German pianist and composer (born 1765)
- November 12 â Emanuel Aloys Förster, composer and music teacher (born 1748)
- date unknown â Federigo Fiorillo, composer and musician (born 1755)