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)
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