1821 in music

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Overview of the events of 1821 in music

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This article is about music-related events in 1821.

## Events

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* Ananias Davisson – Introduction to Sacred Music, Extracted from the Kentucky Harmony and Chiefly Intended for the Benefit of Young Scholars

## Births

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* 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

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* 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

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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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