1824 in music

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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 is among the audience.
• date unknown - Baluswami Dikshitar (brother of Muthuswami Dikshitar) is appointed State Vidwan of Ettayapuram.^[1]

Popular Music

• Robert Stephen Hawker – "The Song of the Western Men"^[2]

Classical music

• Ludwig van Beethoven – Missa Solemnis
• Hector Berlioz – Messe solennelle
• Frederic Chopin - Mazurka Opus 7 No. 4
• Fanny Hensel – Sonata for Piano in C minor
• Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11
• Franz Schubert –
  • Octet
  • String Quartet no. 13 in A minor "Rosamunde"
  • String Quartet no. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden"

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)
• 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)
  • 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)

References

1. "The violin in Carnatic music", The Hindu, 6 June 2002. Accessed 12 November 2014
2. "Robert Stephen Hawker: Trelawny". Hawker Society, Angela Williams. Retrieved 27 October 2013.