1823 in music

York Minster, during the 1823 York Musical Festival

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## Events

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* April 13 – According to his official biographer, Gustav Schilling, eleven-year-old Franz Liszt gives a concert after which he is personally congratulated by Ludwig van Beethoven;[1] however, there is no record of Beethoven having attended the concert.
* May 8 \- The most famous song of the nineteenth century, Home, Sweet Home, is sung for the first time in London. (melody by Englishman Sir Henry Bishop, lyrics by John Howard Payne.
* August 12 – Hector Berlioz writes to the journal Le Corsaire defending Gaspare Spontini's opera La vestale.[2]
* Gioachino Rossini arrives in London and is presented to King George IV.
* The arpeggione is invented by Viennese guitar maker Johann Georg Staufer.
* Soprano Henriette Méric-Lalande catches the attention of the critic Castil-Blaze, who introduces her to the famous tenor Manuel García, thereby advancing her career.[3]
* Franz Liszt is denied entry into the Paris Conservatory by the Director, Luigi Cherubini, who states that he cannot admit foreigners.

## Classical music

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* Christian Frederik Barth – Oboe Concerto, Op.12
* Ludwig van Beethoven
* Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
* Missa Solemnis, Op. 123
* Vincenzo Bellini – Oboe Concerto in E-flat major
* Hector Berlioz – Amitié, reprends ton empire, H 10b
* Ferdinando Carulli – Duos Nocturnes, Op. 189
* Carl Czerny – Toccata, Op. 92
* Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia – Rondo, Op. 13
* Mauro Giuliani – 6 Variations, Op. 112
* Mikhail Glinka – Andante Cantabile and Rondo
* Johann Nepomuk Hummel
* Nocturne, theme et variations, Op. 99
* Introduction, theme et variations, Op. 102
* Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner – Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 61
* August Alexander Klengel – Piano Trio, Op. 36
* Ernst Krähmer – Variations brillantes, Op. 18
* Franz Krommer
* Flute Quintet, Op. 101
* Symphony No. 6 in D
* Friedrich Kuhlau
* 3 Flute Quintets, Op. 51
* 6 Sonatinas, Op. 55
* Giovanni Morandi – Raccolta di sonate per gli organi moderni No.4
* George Onslow
* Piano Trio No. 7, Op. 20
* Grand Sonata No. 2, Op. 22
* String Quintets Nos.7-9, Opp. 23–25
* Ferdinand Ries
* Symphony Nos. 4 and 5, Opp. 110 and 112
* Introduction et rondeau sur une danse russe, Op. 113, No. 1
* Piano Sonata, Op. 114
* Cello Sonata No. 4 in G minor, Op. 125
* Christian Heinrich Rinck – 12 Adagios for Organ, Op. 57
* Bernhard Romberg – Cello Concerto No. 5, Op. 30
* Franz Schubert –
* Die Schöne Müllerin
* Drang in die Ferne, D. 770
* Der Zwerg, D.771
* Wehmut, D.772
* Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774
* Louis Spohr
* Potpourri on Irish Themes, Op. 59
* String Quartet No.18, Op. 61

## Stage works

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* Gaetano Donizetti – Alfredo il grande
* Mary Fauche – The Shepherd King, Op.1[4]
* Saverio Mercadante – Didone abbandonata
* Gioachino Rossini – Semiramide
* Franz Schubert
* Fierrabras
* Rosamunde
* Carl Maria von Weber – Euryanthe

## Popular Music

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* "Home! Sweet Home!" w. John Howard Payne m. Henry Bishop

## Publications

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* Alling Brown – The Gamut, or Scale of Music (New Haven: A. H. Maltby and Co.)
* Thomas Busby – A Musical Manual (London: Goulding & D'Almaine)
* Emanuel Aloys Förster – Anleitung zum General-Baß
* Philippe Marc Antoine Geslin – Exposition de la gamme (Paris)

## Births

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* January 1 – Sándor Petőfi, lyricist (died 1849)
* January 3 – Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, organist and composer (died 1881)
* January 5 – William Smith Rockstro, musicologist and musician (died 1895)
* January 21 – Alexandre Édouard Goria, pianist and composer (died 1860)
* January 27 – Édouard Lalo, composer (died 1892)
* June 2 – Carl Christian Møller, composer (died 1893)
* June 30 – Selmar Bagge, composer (died 1896)
* July 22 – Paulina Rivoli, operatic soprano (died 1881)
* August 3 – Francisco Ansenjo Barbieri, composer (died 1894)
* August 14 – Karel Miry, Belgian composer (died 1889)
* August 15 – Léon Gastinel, French composer (died 1906)
* August 16 – Adolphe Herman, composer (died 1903)
* August 17 – Theodor Julius Jaffé, opera singer and actor (died 1898)
*   * October 28 – William Spark, musician (died 1897)
* November 4 – Karel Komzák I, composer and conductor (died 1893)
* November 26 – Thomas Tellefsen, pianist and composer (died 1874)
* December 1 – Ernest Reyer, opera composer and music critic (died 1909)
* December 10 – Theodor Kirchner, composer and musician (died 1903)
* December 11 – David Bennett, Canadian soldier and musician (died 1902)
* date unknown – John Diamond, dancer and minstrel (died 1857)

## Deaths

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* February 16 – Johann Gottfried Schicht, conductor and composer (born 1753)
* March 1 – Pierre-Jean Garat, singer (born 1764)
* March 18 – Jean-Baptiste Breval, French cellist and composer (born 1753)
* April – Jacques Widerkehr, Alsatian composer (born 1759)
* April 15 – Louis Deland, actor, singer and dancer (born 1772)
* June 20 – Theodor von Schacht, German composer (born 1748)
* October 2 – Daniel Steibelt, German pianist and composer (born 1765)
* November 12 – Emanuel Aloys Förster, composer and music teacher (born 1748)
* date unknown – Federigo Fiorillo, composer and musician (born 1755)

## References

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1. ^ Schilling: Franz Liszt, p.51.
2. ^ Hector Berlioz website. Accessed 2 October 2013
3. ^ Le guide de l'opéra, Roland Mancini & Jean-Jacques Rouveroux, (Fayard, 1986) ISBN 2-213-01563-5
4. ^ "The Shepherd King, Op.1 (Fauche, Mary) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download". imslp.org. Retrieved 2022-06-16.

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