1834 in music

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This article is about music-related events in 1834.

Events[]

• September – Viennese ballerina Fanny Elssler makes her debut with the Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique at the Paris Opera's Salle Le Peletier.
• October 7 – Birmingham Town Hall in Birmingham, England, designed by Joseph Hansom and Edward Welch, is opened for the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival.
• Statue of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is erected in his birthplace of Geneva.
• Mikhail Glinka returns to Russia after several years away with the intention of composing Russian nationalist music.

Publications[]

• Pierre Baillot – L'art du violon

Popular music[]

• "Alphabet song" (copyrighted by C. Bradlee)

Classical music[]

• Hector Berlioz – Harold in Italy
• Luigi Cherubini – String Quartet No. 3 in D minor
• Frederic Chopin – Fantaisie-Impromptu (published posthumously in 1855)
• William Sterndale Bennett – Piano Concerto in C Minor

Opera[]

• John Barnett – The Mountain Sylph
• Konradin Kreutzer – Das Nachtlager in Granada
• Saverio Mercadante – Uggiero il danese

Births[]

• January 14 – William C. F. Robinson, colonial administrator (d. 1897)
• January 28 – Sabine Baring-Gould, clergyman, hymn-writer, song collector, writer and scholar (d. 1834)
• February 28 – Sir Charles Santley, baritone (d. 1922)
• March 1 – Hildegard Werner, conductor (d. 1911)
• March 23 – Julius Reubke, pianist, organist and composer (d. 1858)
• June 8 – George Garrett, composer (d. 1897)
• June 24 – George Becker, composer and music writer (d. 1928)
• August 9 – Elias Álvares Lobo, composer (d. 1901)
• August 17 – Peter Benoit, composer (d. 1901)
• August 31 – Amilcare Ponchielli, composer (d. 1886)
• October 31 – Knowles Shaw, composer of gospel hymns (d. 1878)

Deaths[]

• February 4 – Amélie-Julie Candeille, singer, librettist and composer (b. 1767)
• September 2 – David Charles, hymn-writer (b. 1762)
• August 8 – Silvestro Palma, Italian composer (b. 1754)
• October 8 – François-Adrien Boïeldieu, composer (b. 1775)
• date unknown
  • Antoine-Laurent Baudron, violinist and composer (b. 1742)
  • August Duranowski, violinist and composer (b. c. 1770)
  • Filip Višnjić, gusle player (b. 1767)