1821 in 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
 * Andronico
 * Elisa e Claudio
 * Giovanni Pacini – Cesare in Egitto
 * 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)
 * October 20 – Emilio Arrieta, composer (d. 1894)
 * 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)
 * May 15 – John Wall Callcott, composer (b. 1766)
 * June 25 – Antoine Bullant, bassoonist and composer (born 1750)
 * August 6 – Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, violinist, conductor and composer (born 1757)
 * August 10 – Salvatore Viganò, choreographer and composer (born 1769)
 * September 22 – Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre, "Madame Dugazon", entertainer (born 1755)
 * October 28 – Gaspare Pacchierotti, castrato singer (born 1740)
 * November 10 – Andreas Romberg, violinist and composer (born 1767)
 * date unknown
 * Jules Granier, composer (born 1770)
 * Kamalakanta Bhattacharya, Bengali poet and songwriter (born 1722)