1824 in music
# 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)
* 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)
