1839 in music

none August 2026 1839 music This article is about music-related events in 1839. Events March 21 – Felix Mendelssohn conducts the first known public performance of Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 9 in C Major ("The Great"; completed 1826), posthumously, in Leipzig. November 17 – Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio, opens at La Scala, Milan. Classical music Hector Berlioz – Romeo et Juliette Frédéric Chopin Ballade No. 2 Scherzo No. 3 Piano Sonata No. 2 Mikhail Glinka La séparation Polonaise Valse-Fantasie Johann Nepomuk Hummel – 2 Preludes and Fugue for Organ (published posthumously) Joseph Lanner – Amazonen-Galopp; Malapou Galop Franz Liszt Valse mélancolique, S.210 Angiolin dal biondo crin, S.269 Fantaisie sur des motifs favoris de l'opéra 'La sonnambula', S.393 Felix Mendelssohn 6 Gesänge, Op. 47 Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49 "Liebe und Wein" Robert Schumann: Arabesque in C, Op. 18 Blumenstück (Flower Piece) in Dflat, Op. 19 Humoreske in Bflat, Op. 20 4 Nachtstücke (Night Pieces), Op. 23 Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 3 Romances, Op. 28 (Bflat minor, Fsharp, B) Louis Spohr – Concerto for Violin no 14 in A minor, Op. 110 "Sonst und Jetzt" Opera Alexander Dargomyzhsky – Esmeralda Gaetano Donizetti L'Ange de Nisida Il duca d'Alba (composed, premiered 1882) Giuseppe Lillo – Il conte di Chalais Giuseppe Verdi – Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio Published popular music "Kathleen Mavourneen" w. Annie Barry Crawford m. Frederick William Nicholls Crouch Births January 1 – James Ryder Randall, popular songwriter January 9 – John Knowles Paine, composerJohn Knowles Paine Classical Music, Harvard, Boston Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Knowles-Paine 2026-08-01 Britannica.com en and musicologist February 7 – Elie Miriam Delaborde, editor and pianist (died 1913) April 18 – Lotten Edholm, composer March 2 – Victoria Bundsen, alto March 10 – Dudley Buck, American composer and organist March 17 – Josef Rheinberger, composer (d. 1901) March 19 – Gustav Roguski, composer and teacher of Mieczysław Karłowicz March 21 – Modest Mussorgsky, composer (d. 1881) April 12 – Victorin de Joncières, composer and music critic (d. 1903) May 19 – Alice Mary Smith, composer (d. 1884) July 14 – Sydney Smith, English composer and pianist August 24 – Eduard Nápravník, composer (d. 1916) November 24 – James Warren York, businessman, musical instrument maker Deaths February 16 – Ludwig Berger, pianist, composer and music teacher (b. 1777) March 8 – Adolphe Nourrit, operatic tenor (b. 1802) (suicide) April 20 – Giuseppe Rossini, father of the composer Gioacchino Rossini May 3 – Ferdinando Paer, composer (b. 1771) June 8 – Aloysia Weber, operatic soprano (b. c. 1760) June 11 – Regina Strinasacchi, violinist (b. c. 1761) June 14 – Nicolas Mori, violinist, conductor and music publisher (b. 1796) June 15 – Hans Skramstad, pianist and composer (b. 1797) July 10 – Fernando Sor, guitarist and composer (b. 1778) September 21 – Gottfried Weber, music theorist (b. 1779) December 7 – Jan August Vitásek, composer (b. 1770) Awards Prix de Rome – Charles Gounod References Category:19th century in music Category:Music by year