1829 in music

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This article is about music-related events in 1829.

## Events

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* March 11 – The German composer Felix Mendelssohn (age 20) conducts the first performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion since the latter's death in 1750, at the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin; the success of this performance sparks a revival of interest in Bach.
* April–September – Mendelssohn pays his first visit to Britain. This visit included the first London performance of his concert overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream and his trip to Fingal's Cave.[1]
* July – George Washington Dixon popularizes "Coal Black Rose" singing in blackface in New York City.
* December 29 – Soprano Eugenia Tadolini makes her house debut at the Teatro Regio di Parma.
* Frédéric Chopin concludes his studies at the music academy in Warsaw which will later be named after him. He also hears Paganini perform and begins writing his Etudes.

## Popular music

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* "There's Nothing True but Heaven" words by Thomas Moore, music by Oliver Shaw[2]

## Classical music

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* Hector Berlioz – La Mort de Cleopatre
* Norbert Burgmüller – Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor
* Frederic Chopin
* Introduction and Polonaise Brillante Op. 3
* Piano Trio Op. 8
* Étude Op. 10, No. 8
* Étude Op. 10, No. 9
* Étude Op. 10, No. 10
* Étude Op. 10, No. 11
* Piano Concerto No. 2
* Carl Czerny
* Piano Trio No.2, Op.166
* Sonatina in A major, Op.167
* Systematische Anleitung zum Fantasieren auf dem Pianoforte, Op.200
* Fanny Hensel – Capriccio for Cello and Piano in A-flat major
* Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Gesellschafts Rondo, Op.117
* Friedrich Kuhlau
* Fantaisie, Op.93
* Introduction and Rondo on 'Le Colporteur', Op.98a
* 3 Brilliant Duos for 2 Flutes, Op.102
* 7 Variations on an Irish Folksong, Op.105
* Caspar Kummer
* Adagio et Variations sur un Thême de l’Opéra : Armida, de Rossini, p. Cor de Bassette avec Orchestre, Op. 45
* 2 Duos for Flute and Clarinet, Op.46
* Flute Trio, Op.53
* Joseph Merk – Valses brillantes, Op.6
* Gioachino Rossini – William Tell Overture

## Opera

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* Michael William Balfe – I rivali di se stessi
* Gioacchino Rossini –  William Tell first performed in Paris. Libretto by Étienne de Jouy, Florent Bis and Armand Marrast.

## Births

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* January 24 – William Mason, pianist and composer (d. 1908)
* February 4 – Marquis d'Ivry, composer (died 1903)
* February 11 – Camillo Walzel, librettist (died 1895)
* March 6 – Heinrich Lichner, composer (d. 1898)
* May 8 – Louis Moreau Gottschalk, pianist and composer (d. 1869)
* May 9 – Ciro Pinsuti, pianist and composer (d. 1888)
* June 9 – Gaetano Braga, cellist and composer (d. 1907)
* June 11 – Horace Poussard, violinist and composer (d. 1898)
* August 7 – Timoteo Pasini, composer, conductor, and pianist (d. 1888)
* August 21 – Otto Goldschmidt, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1907)
* August 25 – Carlo Acton, pianist and composer (d. 1909)
* August 28 – Albert Dietrich, composer (d. 1908)
* October 6 – Josef Gänsbacher, music educator (died 1911)
* November 28 – Anton Rubinstein, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1894)
* date unknown
* Fritz Andersen, composer (died 1910)

## Deaths

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* January 25 – William Shield, violinist and composer (b. 1748)
* January 30 – Friedrich Haug, lyricist (born 1761)
* February 16 – François Joseph Gossec, composer (b. 1734)
* February 18 – Jan Křtitel Kuchař, organist, composer and teacher (b. 1751)
* April 28 – Karl Gottlieb Umbreit, composer (born 1763)
* May 8 – Mauro Giuliani, guitarist and composer (b. 1781)
* August 15 – Christian Gottlieb Scheidler, composer (born 1747)
* August 16 – Carl Gotthelf Gläser, hymnist (born 1784)
* October 29 – Maria Anna Mozart, elder sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1751)
* December 14 – Luigi Marchesi, castrato singer (b. 1754)

## References

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1. ^ Grove, George (1 October 1904). "Mendelssohn's Scotch Symphony". The Musical Times. 45 (740): 644. doi:10.2307/904111. JSTOR 904111.
2. ^ Greatest Hits, 1820–60

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