1823 in music

This article is about music-related events in 1823.

Events

 * 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; however, there is no record of Beethoven having attended the concert.
 * May 8 - The most famous song of the nineteenth century Home, Sweet Home was 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.
 * 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.
 * Franz Liszt is denied entry into the Paris Conservatory by the Director, Luigi Cherubini, who states that he cannot admit foreigners.

Classical music

 * 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

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

Popular Music

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

Publications

 * 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

 * 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 21 – Emilio Arrieta, composer (died 1894)
 * 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

 * 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)