Overview of the events of 1821 in music
This article is about music-related events in 1821 .
Events
Classical music
Opera
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)[ 4]
October 20 – Emilio Arrieta , composer (d. 1894)[ 5]
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)[ 6]
May 15 – John Wall Callcott , composer (b. 1766)[ 7]
June 25 – Antoine Bullant , bassoonist and composer (born 1750)
August 6 – Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni , violinist, conductor and composer (born 1757)[ 8]
August 10 – Salvatore Viganò , choreographer and composer (born 1769)[ 9]
September 22 – Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre , "Madame Dugazon", entertainer (born 1755)[ 10]
October 28 – Gaspare Pacchierotti , castrato singer (born 1740)[ 11]
November 10 – Andreas Romberg , violinist and composer (born 1767)[ 12]
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References
^ Amanda Holden (2001). The New Penguin Opera Guide . Penguin. p. 567 . ISBN 978-0-14-051475-9 .
^ William Ashbrook (1983). Donizetti and His Operas . Cambridge University Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-521-27663-4 .
^ John A. Emerson; University of California, Berkeley. Music Library (1 January 1988). Catalog of Pre-1900 Vocal Manuscripts in the Music Library, University of California at Berkeley . University of California Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-520-09703-2 .
^ Leonardo De Lorenzo (1992). My Complete Story of the Flute: The Instrument, the Performer, the Music . Texas Tech University Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-89672-277-4 .
^ Christopher Webber (16 October 2002). The Zarzuela Companion . Scarecrow Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4616-7390-3 .
^ William D. Rubinstein ; Michael Jolles; Hilary L. Rubinstein (22 February 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History . Palgrave Macmillan. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4039-3910-4 .
^ Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland . A&C Black. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7201-2330-2 .
^ Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni (1982). Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni: Caprices and Airs Varies and Cinquante Etudes . A-R Editions, Inc. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-89579-163-4 .
^ Philip H. Highfill; Kalman A. Burnim; Edward A. Langhans (1973). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800: Tibbett to M. West . SIU Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-8093-1802-5 .
^ Leander Jan De Bekker (1937). The Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians . Crown Publishers. p. 160.
^ Johann Adam Hiller (12 April 2001). Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation by Johann Adam Hiller . Cambridge University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-139-42898-9 .
^ Bertil van Boer (5 April 2012). Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period . Scarecrow Press. p. 478. ISBN 978-0-8108-7386-5 .
^ K. Ayyappa Paniker (1997). Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections . Sahitya Akademi. p. 64. ISBN 978-81-260-0365-5 .