Music year 1821

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Music year 1821

Instrumental and vocal music (selection)

Ludwig van Beethoven : Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major op.110 Completed in 1821 and published in 1822
Carl Maria von Weber : Concert piece for piano and orchestra in F minor, Op. 79
Gioachino Rossini : La riconoscenza (Cantata)
Louis Spohr : Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in F minor
Franz Schubert : Symphony in E major one of the composer's five unfinished symphonies.
Ferdinand Ries : Sonatina for piano for two hands in B flat major, Op. 5.1; Sonatina for piano for two hands in F major op.5.2
Friedrich Ernst Fesca : String Quintet in B flat major op. 20; Potpourri for violin and string trio in A major op 23; The 9th Psalm for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra op.21
Johann Nepomuk Hummel : Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor, Op. 85
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : String Symphonies 1 to 6

Musical theater

January 27th : Premiere of the opera Lalla Rûkh by Gaspare Spontini in Berlin.

January 28 : The world premiere of the opera Esop in Lydien by Conradin Kreutzer takes place in Donaueschingen .

February 24th : World premiere of the opera Matilde di Shabran by Gioachino Rossini at the Teatro Apollo, Rome

March 10 : premiere of the opera Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans by Michele Carafa at the Opéra-Comique, in Paris

May 1st : World premiere of the opera Blanche de Provence or La Cour des fées by François-Adrien Boieldieu in collaboration with Rodolphe Kreutzer and Henri Montan Berton in Paris (Tuiléries.)

May 2nd : Premiere of the opera Les Arts rivaux by François-Adrien Boieldieu in Paris, (Hôtel de Ville)

June 18 : The romantic opera Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber based on the libretto by Johann Friedrich Kind is premiered with triumphant success at the Königliches Schauspielhaus Berlin .

August 13th : The opera Adele von Budoy by Conradin Kreutzer is premiered in Königsberg with Anna Milder in the title role.

October 30th : The world premiere of the opera Elisa e Claudio by Saverio Mercadante takes place at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in Milan.

November 27 : The world premiere of the opera Léonore et Félix by François Benoist takes place at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris.

December 26th : World premiere of the opera La capricciosa ed il soldato, o sia Un momento di lezione by Michele Carafa in Rome.

Further world premieres and works

Carl Maria von Weber : Preciosa , (music for the play by Pius Alexander Wolff based on Cervantes)
Victor Dourlen : La Vente après décès (Opera)
Giovanni Pacini : Cesare in Egitto ( Caesar in Egypt ) (Opera)
Saverio Mercadante : Maria Stuarda, regina di Scozia (opera); Andronico (opera)
Gaetano Donizetti : Le nozze in villa (opera)
Johann Simon Mayr : Samuele (oratorio in Italian)
Joseph Weigl : King Waldemar or The Danish Fishermen , (opera in one act); Edmund and Caroline , (opera in one act).

Born

January 12 : Nikolai Jakowlewitsch Afanassjew , Russian violin virtuoso and composer († 1898 )
February 17th : Lola Montez , Irish impostor and dancer († 1861 )
March 11 : Johann Georg Gerhard Schmitt , German composer and organist († 1900 )
March 15 : Franz Mair , Austrian choir master, composer and founder of the Wiener Schubertbund († 1893 )
March 24 : Mathilde Marchesi , German opera singer (mezzo-soprano) and music teacher († 1913 )
0April 3 : Louis Lewandowski , German composer († 1894 )
April 27th : Henry Willis , English organ builder († 1901 )
May 12th : Bernhard Kothe , German composer, church musician, music historian and teacher († 1897 )
June 27th : August Conradi , German composer, organist and Kapellmeister († 1873 )
June 28 : Max Maretzek , American opera director, conductor and composer († 1897 )
August 10 : Aloys Anderle , Bohemian tenor and opera singer († 1864 )
0September 3 : Ernst Pasqué , German opera singer and author († 1892 )
0September 8 : Josef Eisenkolb , Romanian-German composer († 1899 )
September 30th : Cenobio Paniagua , Mexican composer († 1882 )
0October 8th : Friedrich Kiel , German composer of the late Romantic period († 1885 )
October 13 : Oscar Byström , Swedish composer († 1909 )
October 16 : Franz Doppler , Austro-Hungarian composer († 1883 )
December 12 : Sigmund Lebert , German music teacher († 1884 )
December 17 : Josef Krejčí , Czech composer († 1881 )
December 22nd : Giovanni Bottesini , Italian composer and double bass player († 1889 )
December 31 : Philipp M. Schmutzer , Austrian musician and composer († 1898 )

Exact date of birth unknown

Luigia Abbadia , Italian opera singer († 1896 )

Died

0January 5th : Antoni Stolpe , Polish composer, pianist, conductor and music teacher
January 25 : Maciej Kamieński , Polish composer (* 1734 )
March 14 : Ernst von Schwarzenberg , bishop, composer and canon in Cologne (* 1773 )
April 29 : André-Frédéric Eler , French composer and music teacher (* 1764 )
August 31 : Pierre Galin , French music theorist (* 1786 )
0October 9 : Georg Friedrich Fuchs , German composer and conductor (* 1752 )
November 10 : Andreas Romberg , German violinist and composer (* 1767 )

Exact date of death unknown

Charles Bochsa , French composer, oboist, publisher and music dealer

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