1824 in music explained

This article is about music-related events in 1824.

Events

May 7 – First performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (the "Choral") at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna.
June 21 – Franz Liszt makes his London debut. Muzio Clementi, Ferdinand Ries, Friedrich Kalkbrenner and Cipriani Potter are in the audience.
Baluswami Dikshitar (brother of Muthuswami Dikshitar) is appointed State Vidwan of Ettayapuram.^[1]
Franz Liszt commences theory lessons with Antonin Reicha and composition lessons with Ferdinando Paer.
First Norfolk and Norwich Festival held in England

Ludwig van Beethoven
- Missa Solemnis
- Symphony No. 9 in D minor "Choral"
Hector Berlioz – Messe solennelle
Ferdinando Carulli – 18 Petits morceaux, Op. 211
Frederic Chopin – Mazurka Op. 7 No. 4
Johann Baptist Cramer – Piano Sonata in D minor, Op. 63
Carl Czerny – Piano Sonata Nos.3, 4, and 5, Op. 57, 65 and 76
Friedrich Ernst Fesca – String Quartet, Op.34
Fanny Hensel – Sonata for Piano in C minor
Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Introduction et rondo brillant, Op. 98
- - Friedrich Kuhlau 3 Grand Solos, Op. 57
- 3 Sonatinas, Op. 59
- 3 Sonatas with Variations, Op. 60
Kaspar Kummer – Flute Trio, Op. 24
Maximillian Joseph Leidesdorf – Horn Sonata, Op. 164
- - Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11
- Concerto for 2 pianos
Bernhard Molique – Flute Concerto, Op. 69
- - George Onslow Piano Trio No.8, Op. 26
- Piano Trio No.9, Op. 27
Antoine Reicha – 6 Piano Trios, Op. 101
Ferdinand Ries – Rule Britannia, Op. 116
Franz Schubert

Gaetano Donizetti – L'ajo nell'imbarazzo
Friedrich Kuhlau – Lulu
Giacomo Meyerbeer – Il crociato in Egitto
Waldemar Thrane – Fjeldeventyret ("The mountain adventure")
Nicola Vaccai
- Pietro il grande (première January 17 at Teatro Ducale, Parma)
- La pastorella feudataria (première September 18 at Teatro Carignano, Turin)

January 22 – Josef Leopold Zvonař, composer, music teacher and critic (d. 1865)
March 2 – Bedřich Smetana, composer (d. 1884)
March 7 – Robert Ambrose, organist and composer (d. 1908)
April 22 – Richard Wüerst, composer and music teacher (d. 1881)
June 13 – Julius Eichberg, composer (d. 1893)
June 23 – Carl Reinecke, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1910)
August 1 – John P. Ordway, doctor, composer, music entrepreneur and politician (d. 1880)
August 19 – Georg Goltermann, cellist and composer (d. 1898)
September 4 – Anton Bruckner, composer (d. 1896)
September 8 – Jaime Nunó, composer of the Mexican national anthem (d. 1908)
November 25 – Antonio Ghislanzoni, librettist (d. 1893)
December 24 - Peter Cornelius, composer, writer, translator (d. 1874)
date unknown
- François Xavier Bazin, bow-maker (d. 1865)
- Frederick Ellard, composer (d. 1874)
- Velvel Zbarjer, Brody singer (d. 1884)
- Charlotta Norberg, ballerina (d. 1892)

January 7 – Faustino Arévalo, hymnographer (born 1747)
February 1 – Maria Theresia von Paradis, musician and composer (born 1759)
March 3 – Giovanni Battista Viotti, violinist and composer (born 1755)
April 18 – Edward Jones, royal harpist (born 1752)
June 21 – Étienne Aignan, opera librettist (born 1773)
September 16 – Giacomo Tritto, opera composer (born 1733)
December 5 – Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy, harpsichordist (born 1744)
date unknown
- Nicolas Lupot, luthier (born 1758)
- Alexander Uber, cellist and composer (born 1783)
probable – János Bihari, violinist (born 1764)