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 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 Wilhelm Kalkbrenner – Piano Sextet Op. 58
  • Friedrich Kuhlau – 9 Variations For Piano
  • Felix Mendelssohn – Symphonies for Strings 1–6
  • George Onslow – 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 Voříšek – Symphony in D
  • Carl Maria von Weber – Konzertstück in F minor, for piano and orchestra, Op. 79

Opera

  • Johann Kaspar Aiblinger – Rodrigo und Chimene
  • Michele Carafa – Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans
  • Saverio Mercadante
    • Andronico[1]
    • Elisa e Claudio[2]
  • Giovanni Pacini – Cesare in Egitto[3]
  • Gioachino Rossini – Matilde di Shabran, premiered Feb. 24 in Rome.
  • 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 4 – Fanny Stål pianist (d. 1889)
  • 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)[4]
  • October 20 – Emilio Arrieta, composer (d. 1894)[5]
  • December 8 – Josif Runjanin, composer of the Croatian national anthem (d. 1878)
  • December 22 – Giovanni Bottesini, composer (d. 1889)

Deaths

  • March 8 – Harriett Abrams, operatic soprano (b. c.1758)[6]
  • May 15 – John Wall Callcott, composer (b. 1766)[7]
  • June 25 – Antoine Bullant, bassoonist and composer (born 1750)
  • August 6 – Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, violinist, conductor and composer (born 1757)[8]
  • August 10 – Salvatore Viganò, choreographer and composer (born 1769)[9]
  • September 22 – Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre, "Madame Dugazon", entertainer (born 1755)[10]
  • October 28 – Gaspare Pacchierotti, castrato singer (born 1740)[11]
  • November 10 – Andreas Romberg, violinist and composer (born 1767)[12]
  • date unknown
    • Jules Granier, composer (born 1770)
    • Kamalakanta Bhattacharya, Bengali poet and songwriter (born 1722)[13]

References

  1. ↑ Amanda Holden (2001). The New Penguin Opera Guide. Penguin. p. 567. ISBN 978-0-14-051475-9.
  2. ↑ William Ashbrook (1983). Donizetti and His Operas. Cambridge University Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-521-27663-4.
  3. ↑ John A. Emerson; University of California, Berkeley. Music Library (1 January 1988). Catalog of Pre-1900 Vocal Manuscripts in the Music Library, University of California at Berkeley. University of California Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-520-09703-2.
  4. ↑ Leonardo De Lorenzo (1992). My Complete Story of the Flute: The Instrument, the Performer, the Music. Texas Tech University Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-89672-277-4.
  5. ↑ Christopher Webber (16 October 2002). The Zarzuela Companion. Scarecrow Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4616-7390-3.
  6. ↑ William D. Rubinstein; Michael Jolles; Hilary L. Rubinstein (22 February 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4039-3910-4.
  7. ↑ Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. A&C Black. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7201-2330-2.
  8. ↑ Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni (1982). Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni: Caprices and Airs Varies and Cinquante Etudes. A-R Editions, Inc. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-89579-163-4.
  9. ↑ Philip H. Highfill; Kalman A. Burnim; Edward A. Langhans (1973). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800: Tibbett to M. West. SIU Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-8093-1802-5.
  10. ↑ Leander Jan De Bekker (1937). The Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Crown Publishers. p. 160.
  11. ↑ Johann Adam Hiller (12 April 2001). Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation by Johann Adam Hiller. Cambridge University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-139-42898-9.
  12. ↑ Bertil van Boer (5 April 2012). Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period. Scarecrow Press. p. 478. ISBN 978-0-8108-7386-5.
  13. ↑ K. Ayyappa Paniker (1997). Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections. Sahitya Akademi. p. 64. ISBN 978-81-260-0365-5.
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