1821 in music explained

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]

Notes and References

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