1824 in music

This article is about music-related events in 1824.

Events

 * May 7 – First performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (the "Choral") at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna.
 * June 21 – Franz Liszt makes his London debut. Muzio Clementi, Ferdinand Ries, Friedrich Kalkbrenner and Cipriani Potter are in the audience.
 * Baluswami Dikshitar (brother of Muthuswami Dikshitar) is appointed State Vidwan of Ettayapuram.
 * Franz Liszt commences theory lessons with Antonin Reicha and composition lessons with Ferdinando Paer.
 * First Norfolk and Norwich Festival held in England

Popular Music

 * Robert Stephen Hawker – "The Song of the Western Men"
 * "O Tannenbaum" lyrics published by Ernst Anschutz

Classical music

 * Ludwig van Beethoven
 * Missa Solemnis
 * Symphony No. 9 in D minor "Choral"
 * Hector Berlioz – Messe solennelle
 * Ferdinando Carulli – 18 Petits morceaux, Op. 211
 * Frederic Chopin – Mazurka Op. 7 No. 4
 * Johann Baptist Cramer – Piano Sonata, Op. 63
 * Carl Czerny – Piano Sonata Nos.3, 4, and 5, Op. 57, 65 and 76
 * Friedrich Ernst Fesca – String Quartet, Op.34
 * Fanny Hensel – Sonata for Piano in C minor
 * Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Introduction et rondo brillant, Op. 98
 * Friedrich Kuhlau
 * 3 Grand Solos, Op. 57
 * 3 Sonatinas, Op. 59
 * 3 Sonatas with Variations, Op. 60
 * Kaspar Kummer – Flute Trio, Op. 24
 * Maximillian Joseph Leidesdorf – Horn Sonata, Op. 164
 * Felix Mendelssohn
 * Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11
 * Concerto for 2 pianos
 * Bernhard Molique – Flute Concerto, Op. 69
 * George Onslow
 * Piano Trio No.8, Op. 26
 * Piano Trio No.9, Op. 27
 * Antoine Reicha – 6 Piano Trios, Op. 101
 * Ferdinand Ries – Rule Britannia, Op. 116
 * Franz Schubert: List of compositions by Franz Schubert (1824), D 799–822, including:
 * Octet, D 803
 * String Quartet No. 13, D 804 (Rosamunde)
 * String Quartet No. 14, D 810 (Death and the Maiden)
 * Sonata in C major for piano four-hands, D 812
 * "Gebet", D 815
 * Arpeggione Sonata, D 821 (Grand Duo)

Opera

 * Gaetano Donizetti – L'ajo nell'imbarazzo
 * Friedrich Kuhlau – Lulu
 * Giacomo Meyerbeer – Il crociato in Egitto
 * Waldemar Thrane – Fjeldeventyret ("The mountain adventure")
 * Nicola Vaccai
 * Pietro il grande (première January 17 at Teatro Ducale, Parma)
 * La pastorella feudataria (première September 18 at Teatro Carignano, Turin)

Births

 * January 22 – Josef Leopold Zvonař, composer, music teacher and critic (d. 1865)
 * March 2 – Bedřich Smetana, composer (d. 1884)
 * March 7 – Robert Ambrose, organist and composer (d. 1908)
 * April 22 – Richard Wüerst, composer and music teacher (d. 1881)
 * June 13 – Julius Eichberg, composer (d. 1893)
 * June 23 – Carl Reinecke, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1910)
 * August 1 – John P. Ordway, doctor, composer, music entrepreneur and politician (d. 1880)
 * August 19 – Georg Goltermann, cellist and composer (d. 1898)
 * September 4 – Anton Bruckner, composer (d. 1896)
 * September 8 – Jaime Nunó, composer of the Mexican national anthem (d. 1908)
 * November 25 – Antonio Ghislanzoni, librettist (d. 1893)
 * December 24 - Peter Cornelius, composer, writer, translator (d. 1874)
 * date unknown
 * François Xavier Bazin, bow-maker (d. 1865)
 * Frederick Ellard, composer (d. 1874)
 * Velvel Zbarjer, Brody singer (d. 1884)
 * Charlotta Norberg, ballerina (d. 1892)

Deaths

 * January 7 – Faustino Arévalo, hymnographer (born 1747)
 * February 1 – Maria Theresia von Paradis, musician and composer (born 1759)
 * March 3 – Giovanni Battista Viotti, violinist and composer (born 1755)
 * April 18 – Edward Jones, royal harpist (born 1752)
 * June 21 – Étienne Aignan, opera librettist (born 1773)
 * September 16 – Giacomo Tritto, opera composer (born 1733)
 * December 5 – Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy, harpsichordist (born 1744)
 * date unknown
 * Nicolas Lupot, luthier (born 1758)
 * Alexander Uber, cellist and composer (born 1783)
 * probable – János Bihari, violinist (born 1764)