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1821 in music

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This article is about music-related events in 1821.

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Events

  • Construction work begins on the Teatro Regio at Parma.
  • José Bernardo Alcedo wins a contest, sponsored by General José de San Martín, 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 – Piano Sonata No. 31
  • Friedrich Kuhlau – 9 Variations For Piano
  • Felix Mendelssohn - Sinfonia for Strings 1-6
  • Jan Václav Voříšek – Symphony in D

    • Opera

  • Johann Kaspar Aiblinger – Rodrigo und Chimene
  • Michele Carafa – Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans
  • Saverio Mercadante – Andronico
  • Giovanni Pacini – Cesare in Egitto
  • Carl Maria von Weber – Der Freischütz

    • Publications

  • Ananias Davisson – Introduction to Sacred Music, Extracted from the Kentucky Harmony and Chiefly Intended for the Benefit of Young Scholars

    • Births

  • April 27 – Henry Willis, organ builder (d. 1901)
  • May 6 – Emilie Hammarskjöld, composer (d. 1854)
  • May 25 – Diederich Krug, pianist and composer (d. 1880)
  • June 15 – Nikolai Zaremba, musical theorist and composer (d. 1879)
  • June 27 – August Conradi, organist and composer (d. 1873)
  • July 18 – Pauline Viardot, singer and composer (d. 1910)
  • October 8 – Friedrich Kiel, composer (d. 1885)
  • October 13 – Oscar Byström, academic and composer (d. 1909)
  • October 16 – Franz Doppler, flautist and composer (d. 1883)
  • October 20 – Emilio Arrieta, composer (d. 1894)
  • December 8 – Josif Runjanin, composer of the Croatian national anthem (d. 1878)
  • December 22 – Giovanni Bottesini, composer (d. 1889)
  • date unknown - Fanny Stål pianist (d. 1889)

    • Deaths

  • March 8 – Harriett Abrams, operatic soprano (b. c.1758)
  • May 15 – John Wall Callcott, composer (b. 1766)
  • June 25 – Antoine Bullant, bassoonist and composer (born 1750)
  • August 6 – Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, violinist, conductor and composer (born 1757)
  • August 10 – Salvatore Viganò, choreographer and composer (born 1769)
  • September 22 – Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre, "Madame Dugazon", entertainer (born 1755)
  • October 28 – Gaspare Pacchierotti, castrato singer (born 1740)
  • November 10 – Andreas Romberg, violinist and composer (born 1767)
  • date unknown – Jules Granier, composer (born 1770)

    • References

    1821 in music Wikipedia
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