1821 in music
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Events
- Construction work begins on the Teatro Regio at Parma.
- José Bernardo AlcedoJosé Bernardo AlcedoJosé Bernardo Alcedo , was the most important Peruvian composer of the nineteenth century.Alcedo was born in Lima, Peru...
wins a contest, sponsored by General José de San MartínJosé de San MartínJosé Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...
, to choose a national anthem for Peru. The anthem is "Somos libres, seámoslo siempre," with lyrics by José de la Torre UgarteJose de la Torre UgarteJosé de la Torre Ugarte y Alarcón was a Peruvian lyricist. He wrote the Peruvian national anthem....
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Classical music
- Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
– Piano Sonata No. 31Piano Sonata No. 31 (Beethoven)The Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110, by Ludwig van Beethoven was composed in 1821. It is the central piano sonata in the group of three opp. 109–111 which he wrote between 1820 and 1822, and the thirty-first of his published piano sonatas.... - Friedrich KuhlauFriedrich KuhlauFriedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau was a German-Danish composer during the Classical and Romantic periods. He was a central figure of the Danish Golden Age....
– 9 Variations For Piano
Opera
- Johann Kaspar Aiblinger – Rodrigo und Chimene
- Michele CarafaMichele CarafaMichele Enrico Carafa di Colobrano was an Italian opera composer. He was born in Naples and studied in Paris with Luigi Cherubini. He was Professor of counterpoint at the Paris Conservatoire from 1840 to 1858...
– Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans - Saverio MercadanteSaverio MercadanteGiuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. While Mercadante may not have retained the international celebrity of Gaetano Donizetti or Gioachino Rossini beyond his own lifetime, he composed as impressive a number of works as either; and his development of...
– Andronico - Giovanni PaciniGiovanni PaciniGiovanni Pacini was an Italian composer, best known for his operas. Pacini was born in Catania, Sicily, the son of the buffo Luigi Pacini, who was to appear in the premieres of many of Giovanni's operas...
– Cesare in Egitto - Carl Maria von WeberCarl Maria von WeberCarl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school....
– Der Freischütz
Publications
- Ananias DavissonAnanias DavissonAnanias Davisson was a singing school teacher, printer and compiler of shape note tunebooks. Davisson was born February 2, 1780 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. He spent his last years living on a farm at Weyer's Cave, about 14 miles from Dayton, Virginia, and died October 21, 1857. He is buried in...
– Introduction to Sacred Music, Extracted from the Kentucky Harmony and Chiefly Intended for the Benefit of Young Scholars
Births
- May 6 – Emilie HammarskjöldEmilie HammarskjöldEmilie Augusta Kristina Hammarskjöld, née Holmberg, was a Swedish composer, singer, pianist, music teacher and organist. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.-Background:...
, composer (d. 1854) - May 25 – Diederich KrugDiederich KrugDiederich Krug was a German pianist and composer. He was born in Hamburg and studied under Jakob Schmitt. He wrote a large number of pieces for piano, around 350 in all, which were popular with amateur pianists. Typical examples are gathered in the Pianoforte-Album which appeared as No...
, pianist and composer (d. 1880) - June 15 – Nikolai ZarembaNikolai ZarembaNikolai Ivanovich Zaremba was a Russian musical theorist and composer.Zaremba was born in the province of Vitebsk in 1821. He was one of the original professors at the St. Petersburg Conservatory when it was founded in 1862. In 1867, he succeeded Anton Rubinstein as the director of the...
, musical theorist and composer (d. 1879) - June 27 – August ConradiAugust ConradiAugust Conradi was a German organist and composer. Born in Berlin, he was originally intended by his father to study theology. Instead, he was enrolled at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin. There he studied harmony and composition with Karl Friedrick Rungenhagen, director of the Berlin Singkademie...
, organist and composer (d. 1873) - July 18 – Pauline Viardot, singer and composer (d. 1910)
- October 8 – Friedrich KielFriedrich KielFriedrich Kiel was a German composer and music teacher.Writing of the chamber music of Friedrich Kiel, the famous scholar and critic Wilhelm Altmann notes that it was Kiel’s extreme modesty which kept him and his exceptional works from receiving the consideration they deserved...
, composer (d. 1885) - October 16 – Franz DopplerFranz DopplerAlbert Franz Doppler , was a flute virtuoso and a composer best known for his flute music. He also wrote one German and several Hungarian operas for Budapest, all produced with great success. His ballet music was popular during his lifetime.-Life:Doppler was born in Lemberg...
, flautist and composer (d. 1883) - October 13 – Oscar ByströmOscar Byström (composer)Oscar Fredrik Bernadotte Byström was a Swedish composer and scholar.Born in Stockholm into the family of a military officer, he followed his father in a military career and rose to the rank of captain by 1857. However, already in the 1840s he gained recognition as both a pianist and song composer,...
, academic and composer (d. 1909) - October 20 – Emilio ArrietaEmilio ArrietaPascual Juan Emilio Arrieta Corera was a Spanish composer.Arrieta was born in Puente la Reina, Navarre, and died in Madrid...
, composer (d. 1894) - December 8 – Josif RunjaninJosif RunjaninJosif Runjanian or Josip Runjanin was a Serb composer from Croatia, most notably known for composing the melody of the Croatian national anthem and of the Serbian patriotic song "Rado Srbin ide u vojnike"...
, composer of the Croatian national anthem (d. 1878) - December 22 – Giovanni BottesiniGiovanni BottesiniGiovanni Bottesini was an Italian Romantic composer, conductor, and a double bass virtuoso.-Biography:Born in Crema, Lombardy, he was taught the rudiments of music by his father, an accomplished clarinetist and composer, at a young age and had played timpani in Crema with the Teatro Sociale before...
, composer (d. 1889)
Deaths
- March 8 – Harriett AbramsHarriett AbramsHarriett Abrams was an English soprano and composer. Particularly praised for her performances in the repertoire of George Friderich Handel, Abrams enjoyed a successful concert career in London during the 1780s...
, operatic soprano (b. c.1758) - May 15 – John Wall CallcottJohn Wall CallcottJohn Wall Callcott was an eminent English musical composer.Callcott was born in Kensington, London. He was a pupil of Haydn, and is celebrated mainly for his glee compositions and "catches". In the best known of his catches he ridiculed Sir John Hawkins' History of Music...
, composer (b. 1766) - June 25 – Antoine Bullant, bassoonist and composer (born 1750)
- August 6 – Antonio Bartolomeo BruniAntonio Bartolomeo BruniAntonio Bartolomeo Bruni was an Italian violinist, composer and conductor. Bruni was born and died in Cuneo, Italy. During most of his life he resided, played and composed in Paris....
, violinist, conductor and composer (born 1757) - August 10 – Salvatore ViganòSalvatore ViganòSalvatore Viganò , was an Italian choreographer, dancer and composer.He was born in Naples. He studied composition with Luigi Boccherini and by the mid-1780s was composing original music. In 1788 he appeared as a dancer on the stage in Venice. He performed in the coronation festivities of...
, choreographer and composer (born 1769) - September 22 – Louise-Rosalie LefebvreLouise-Rosalie LefebvreLouise-Rosalie Lefebvre , also known as Madame Dugazon, was a French operatic mezzo-soprano, actress and dancer....
, "Madame Dugazon", entertainer (born 1755) - October 28 – Gaspare PacchierottiGaspare PacchierottiGaspare Pacchierotti was a great mezzo-soprano castrato, and one of the most famous singers of his time.-Training and first appearances:...
, castrato singer (born 1740) - November 10 – Andreas RombergAndreas RombergAndreas Jakob Romberg was a German violinist and composer. Romberg learned the violin from his musician father Gerhard Heinrich Romberg and first performed in public at the age of six. In addition to touring Europe, Romberg also joined the Münster Court Orchestra...
, violinist and composer (born 1767) - date unknown – Jules GranierJules GranierJules Granier was a French composer, born in Paris, France. He composed the Easter song "Hosanna" recorded by the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso. The song Hosanna describes a prayer to God, and is a hymn of praise....
, composer (born 1770)