1821 in music

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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 Kuhlau – 9 Variations For Piano
• Felix Mendelssohn - Sinfonia for Strings 1-6
• Jan Václav Voříšek – Symphony in D

Opera

• Johann Kaspar Aiblinger – Rodrigo und Chimene
• Michele Carafa – Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans
• Saverio Mercadante – Andronico
• Giovanni Pacini – Cesare in Egitto
• 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

• 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 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)
• date unknown - Fanny Stål pianist (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)