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February 2020
1821 music
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
AndronicoAmanda Holden The New Penguin Opera Guide https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780140514759 registration 2001 Penguin 978-0-14-051475-9 567
Elisa e ClaudioWilliam Ashbrook Donizetti and His Operas https://books.google.com/books?id=tbrEchf3PuIC&pg=PA217 1983 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-27663-4 217
Giovanni Pacini – Cesare in EgittoJohn A. Emerson University of California, Berkeley. Music Library Catalog of Pre-1900 Vocal Manuscripts in the Music Library, University of California at Berkeley https://books.google.com/books?id=fYLaV3CiEI0C&pg=PA158 1 January 1988 University of California Press 978-0-520-09703-2 158
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)Leonardo De Lorenzo My Complete Story of the Flute: The Instrument, the Performer, the Music https://books.google.com/books?id=qdxENVZtDccC&pg=PA138 1992 Texas Tech University Press 978-0-89672-277-4 138
October 20 – Emilio Arrieta, composer (d. 1894)Christopher Webber The Zarzuela Companion https://books.google.com/books?id=YdR56MvcpBEC&pg=PA27 16 October 2002 Scarecrow Press 978-1-4616-7390-3 27
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)William D. Rubinstein Michael Jolles Hilary L. Rubinstein William Rubinstein Hilary L. Rubinstein The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History https://books.google.com/books?id=hJc8afOZV0QC&pg=PA12 22 February 2011 Palgrave Macmillan 978-1-4039-3910-4 12
May 15 – John Wall Callcott, composer (b. 1766)Maggie Humphreys Robert Evans Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland https://books.google.com/books?id=WSLUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA55 1 January 1997 A&C Black 978-0-7201-2330-2 55
June 25 – Antoine Bullant, bassoonist and composer (born 1750)
August 6 – Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, violinist, conductor and composer (born 1757)Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni: Caprices and Airs Varies and Cinquante Etudes https://books.google.com/books?id=CNF7rqxFYKUC&pg=PT3 1982 A-R Editions, Inc. 978-0-89579-163-4 3
August 10 – Salvatore Viganò, choreographer and composer (born 1769)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 https://books.google.com/books?id=TGgS9VxWJ0oC&pg=PA162 1973 SIU Press 978-0-8093-1802-5 162
September 22 – Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre, "Madame Dugazon", entertainer (born 1755)Leander Jan De Bekker The Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians https://books.google.com/books?id=3RphAAAAIAAJ 1937 Crown Publishers 160
October 28 – Gaspare Pacchierotti, castrato singer (born 1740)Johann Adam Hiller Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation by Johann Adam Hiller https://books.google.com/books?id=keomPQV-Q8gC&pg=PA174 12 April 2001 Cambridge University Press 978-1-139-42898-9 174
November 10 – Andreas Romberg, violinist and composer (born 1767)Bertil van Boer Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period https://books.google.com/books?id=1GchjwmUnmoC&pg=PA478 5 April 2012 Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-7386-5 478
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Jules Granier, composer (born 1770)
Kamalakanta Bhattacharya, Bengali poet and songwriter (born 1722)K. Ayyappa Paniker Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections https://books.google.com/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC&pg=PA64 1997 Sahitya Akademi 978-81-260-0365-5 64
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