The year 1823 in classical music and in lyrical art
1823. With other artists, Niccolò Paganini, Franz Schubert and Pedro I of Brazil influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Edouard Lalo, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Die Schöne Müllerin” de Franz Schubert, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1823 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 150 of these moments for 1823.
1823, from day to day
January
01
Death of Matthew Peter KingThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (born in 1773)
03
Birth of Jacques-Nicolas LemmensThat year: 1823, Classical music, Belgian musician (dead in 1881)
05
Birth of William Smyth RockstroThat year: 1823, Classical music, British musicologist (dead in 1895)
15
Birth of Anton OrtnerThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1900)
17
Birth of Jean VogtThat year: 1823, Classical music, 19th-century German composer (dead in 1888)
20
Birth of Alexandre BruneauThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1899)
21
Birth of Alexandre GoriaThat year: 1823, Classical music, Pianist and composer (dead in 1860)
27
Birth of Edouard LaloThat year: 1823, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1892)
February
03
Premiere of SemiramideThat year: 1823, Classical music (Opera), Gioachino Rossini
07
Birth of Richard GenéeThat year: 1823, Classical music, Austrian librettist, playwright and composer (dead in 1895)
08
Birth of Charles Casimir ManryThat year: 1823, Classical music, French composer (1823-1866) (dead in 1866)
13
Birth of Alois GötzThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1905)
16
Death of Johann Gottfried SchichtThat year: 1823, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1753)
22
Birth of Enrico CalzolariThat year: 1823, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer (dead in 1888)
24
Birth of Jean Baptiste Victor MohrThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1891)
March
01
Death of Pierre-Jean GaratThat year: 1823, Classical music, French singer (born in 1762)
Birth of Charles Callahan PerkinsThat year: 1823, Classical music, American artist (dead in 1886)
Birth of Karl Heinrich Georg DavinThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1884)
03
Death of Antoine-Léonce KuhnThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (born in 1753)
07
Birth of Jean Baptiste AndréThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1883)
10
Birth of John Bacchus DykesThat year: 1823, Classical music, British clergyman and hymnist (dead in 1876)
11
Birth of Bernhard LundberghThat year: 1823, Classical music, Swedish actor (dead in 1877)
16
Birth of William Henry MonkThat year: 1823, Classical music, English organist, church musician, and music editor (dead in 1889)
18
Death of Jean-Baptiste BrévalThat year: 1823, Classical music, French composer (born in 1753)
25
Death of Coelestin JungbauerThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (born in 1747)
April
01
Death of John Erhardt WeipertThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (born in 1766)
05
Birth of Maria GörresThat year: 1823, Classical music, German author (dead in 1882)
12
Birth of Léo MarnetThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1887)
16
Death of Benoît PolletThat year: 1823, Classical music, French composer (born in 1753)
17
Birth of Jules CressonnoisThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1883)
22
Birth of John William HarmstonThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1881)
26
Birth of Giuseppe AustriThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1884)
29
Birth of Jan Albert van EijkenThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1868)
Also in April
Birth of Rosina PencoThat year: 1823, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer (dead in 1894) . Death of Jacques WiderkehrThat year: 1823, Classical music, Alsatian composer (born in 1759) .
May
06
Birth of Wilhelm Heinrich RiehlThat year: 1823, Classical music, writer, Philosopher of Volkish thought (dead in 1897)
08
Birth of Imre SzékelyThat year: 1823, Classical music, pianist (dead in 1887)
09
Birth of Domenico LaboccettaThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1896)
15
Death of Antonín František BečvařovskýThat year: 1823, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and organist (born in 1754)
25
Birth of Otto DütschThat year: 1823, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1863)
June
10
Birth of Morrison FosterThat year: 1823, Classical music, brother of Stephen Foster (dead in 1904)
28
Birth of Louise LavoyeThat year: 1823, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1897)
Birth of Hanna Sofia FalkmanThat year: 1823, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 1882)
30
Birth of Selmar BaggeThat year: 1823, Classical music, German composer and musicologist (dead in 1896)
July
18
Birth of Antonio PrudenzaThat year: 1823, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1900)
22
Birth of Paulina RivoliThat year: 1823, Classical music, Polish singer (dead in 1881)
August
02
Birth of Charles AlwensThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1896)
03
Birth of Francisco Asenjo BarbieriThat year: 1823, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1894)
07
Birth of Faustina Hasse HodgesThat year: 1823, Classical music, English-American organist and composer (dead in 1895)
14
Birth of Karel MiryThat year: 1823, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 1889)
15
Birth of Léon GastinelThat year: 1823, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1906)
16
Birth of Adolphe HermanThat year: 1823, Classical music, 1863-1903 (dead in 1903)
20
Birth of Achille ErraniThat year: 1823, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1897)
24
Birth of Karl KlauserThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1905)
26
Birth of Wilhelm TroszelThat year: 1823, Classical music, opera composer (dead in 1887)
30
Birth of Johann Heinrich LützelThat year: 1823, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1899)
September
07
Birth of Augustus Damon FillmoreThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1870)
19
Birth of Karl UeberhorstThat year: 1823, Classical music, author, singer, opera singer, writer (dead in 1899)
22
Birth of Maurycy KarasowskiThat year: 1823, Classical music, Polish composer and musicologist (dead in 1892)
26
Birth of Adolphe BotteThat year: 1823, Classical music, music critic (dead in 1896)
Birth of Émile ForguesThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1883)
27
Birth of Josep Viñas i DiazThat year: 1823, Classical music, Spanish businessperson, composer and conductor (1823-1888) (dead in 1888)
28
Birth of Julius SchaefferThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1902)
October
02
Death of Daniel SteibeltThat year: 1823, Classical music, German pianist and composer (born in 1765)
05
Birth of Feliks JarońskiThat year: 1823, Classical music, pianist, composer (dead in 1895)
13
Birth of Immanuel FaisstThat year: 1823, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1894)
Birth of Prosper GuionThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1860)
21
Birth of Emilio ArrietaThat year: 1823, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1894)
23
Birth of Emilio NaudinThat year: 1823, Classical music, Italian tenor (dead in 1890)
Death of Marcos Coelho NetoThat year: 1823, Classical music, Brazilian composer (born in 1763)
25
Premiere of Euryanthe, Op. 81That year: 1823, Classical music (Opera), Carl Maria von Weber
Premiere of Overture, Op. 81, “Euryanthe”That year: 1823, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Carl Maria von Weber
26
Death of Joseph PreindlThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (born in 1756)
Also in October
Composition of Die Schöne MüllerinThat year: 1823, Classical music (Song, lied), Franz Schubert .
November
04
Birth of Karel Komzák IThat year: 1823, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (dead in 1893)
10
Birth of Christian SchiemannThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1915)
12
Death of Emanuel Aloys FörsterThat year: 1823, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1748)
15
Death of Luigi CarusoThat year: 1823, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1754)
20
Birth of Edmond DédéThat year: 1823, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1903)
26
Birth of Thomas TellefsenThat year: 1823, Classical music, Norwegian pianist and composer (dead in 1874)
December
01
Birth of Ernest ReyerThat year: 1823, Classical music, French opera composer and music critic (dead in 1909)
10
Birth of Theodor KirchnerThat year: 1823, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1903)
Birth of Wilhelm KuheThat year: 1823, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1912)
13
Birth of Ferdinand BüchnerThat year: 1823, Classical music, German flutist and compoesr (dead in 1906)
19
Death of Nicolas-Joseph HüllmandelThat year: 1823, Classical music, French composer (born in 1756)
22
Birth of Alexandre SchanneThat year: 1823, Classical music, French painter and poet (1823-1887) (dead in 1887)
24
Death of Philipp Christoph KayserThat year: 1823, Classical music, German composer and music educator (born in 1755)
25
Birth of Edmund ChippThat year: 1823, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1886)
29
Birth of DésiréThat year: 1823, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1873)
Also in December
Premiere of Concerto for 2 pianos in E majorThat year: 1823, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Felix Mendelssohn .
This was also in 1823
Birth of Albertine TochtermannThat year: 1823, Classical music, opera singer . Death of Amos BlanchardThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (born in 1807). Birth of William Joseph MaherThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1877). Birth of Edward Lawrence HimeThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1900). Birth of Fanny Tardini-VladicescuThat year: 1823, Classical music, Romanian actress (dead in 1908). Birth of Giulio RobertiThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1891). Birth of Joseph EppichThat year: 1823, Classical music, stage actor, opera singer . Birth of Martín Sánchez AllúThat year: 1823, Classical music, Spanish composer and pianist (dead in 1858). Death of Étienne-François GebauerThat year: 1823, Classical music, French composer and flautist (born in 1776). Birth of José Puig AlsubideThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914). Birth of Henry BollmanThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1890). Death of Heinrich EppingerThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (born in 1776). Birth of Andreas EhrhardtThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1884). Death of Charles Gabriel FoignetThat year: 1823, Classical music, French composer (born in 1750). Birth of Sara FlowerThat year: 1823, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 1865). Birth of Léonce LéonceThat year: 1823, Classical music, French actor and singer (dead in 1900). Birth of Alceste CœuriotThat year: 1823, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1893). Birth of Dorota ImiełowskaThat year: 1823, Classical music, Polish cellist and teacher . Birth of Louise KrauseThat year: 1823, Classical music, opera singer . Inauguration: St George's Church, Brandon HillThat year: 1823, Classical music (City of Bristol, United Kingdom). Death of Barthélemy BaurThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (born in 1751). Death of Françoise DesfossezThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (born in 1743). Birth of Henri VerleyThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1880). Death of Henry SmartThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (born in 1778). Death of Federigo FiorilloThat year: 1823, Classical music, Italian and French musician and composer (born in 1755). Death of Thomas ShoelThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (born in 1759). Death of Michael DobneyThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (born in 2019). Death of Thomas Hamly ButlerThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (born in 1762). Birth of Nelson KneassThat year: 1823, Classical music, composer (dead in 1868). Birth of Geremia BettiniThat year: 1823, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 1865).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Ludwig van Beethoven (age 53) - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111That year: 1823, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1821
- 33 Variations for piano, Opp. 120, “Die Diabelli-Variationen”That year: 1823, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Bester Herr Graf, WoO 183 (Vocal music)
- Das Schoene zum Guten, WoO 202 (Vocal music)
- Der edle Mensch sei hilfreich und gut, WoO 151 (Vocal music)
- Edel sei der Mensch, WoO 185 (Vocal music)
- Falstafferel, WoO 184 (Vocal music)
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Carl Maria von Weber (age 37) - Wo nehm ich Blumen her (Work for choir)
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Gioachino Rossini (age 31) - Omaggio pastorale (Work for choir)
- Serenade for violins, viol, flute, oboe, english horn and cello (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Waltz in E-flat major (Work for soloist)
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Franz Schubert (age 26) - Rosamunde, Fürstin von Cypern, Op. 26, “Nr. 3b, Der Vollmond strahlt”That year: 1823, Classical music (Theatrical music)
- Nacht und Träume (Song, lied), published in 1825
- 34 Sentimental Waltz (Work for soloist)
- Fierrabras (Opera)
- Rüdiger (Opera)
- Auf dem Wasser zu singen, Op. 72 (Song, lied)
- You are stillness/peace (Song, lied)
- Lachen und Weinen (Song, lied)
- Die Verschworenen, Nr.3/12, “Ich schleiche bang und still” (Opera)
- 2 Allemandes (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, Op. 143 (Work for soloist)
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Hector Berlioz (age 20) - Estelle et Némorin (Opera)
- Le montagnard exilé (Song, lied)
- Toi qui l'aimas, verse des pleurs (Song, lied)
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Felix Mendelssohn (age 14) - Concerto for violin and string orchestra in D minor (Work for orchestra with soloist), published in 1822
- String Quartet in E-flat (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Piano Quartet No. 2 in F minor, Op. 2 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Symphony No. 10 for strings in B minor (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 11 for strings in F major (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 12 for strings in G minor (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 13 for strings in C minor (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 9 for strings in C major (Work for orchestra)
