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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
  • Elisa e Claudio
  • Giovanni Pacini – Cesare in Egitto
  • 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)
  • 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)

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)
  • Kamalakanta Bhattacharya, Bengali poet and songwriter (born 1722)

References