1821 in music
# 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)
