Events in Music
- Jun 18 Carl Maria von Weber's opera "Der Freischutz" ("The Marksman") premieres at Schauspielhaus, Berlin, Germany
- Jun 25 Carl Maria von Weber's "Konzertstück in f, for Piano and Orchestra" premieres
- Dec 28 Composer Gioachino Rossini moves to Bologna
Musicians Born in 1821
- Jan 12 Nikolai Afanisev, composer
- Feb 17 Lola Montez, Irish dancer and courtesan, born in Grange, Ireland (d. 1861)
- Apr 23 Pierre Dupont, French songwriter, born in Lyon, France (d. 1870)
- May 1 Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, Swiss pianist and composer, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1873)
- May 25 Diederich Krug, German pianist and composer (Le petit Chevalier), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1880)
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Musicians Who Died in 1821
- Feb 8 Paul Anton Wineberger, German composer, dies at 62
- Mar 23 Bernhard Anselm Weber, German pianist, conductor and composer, dies at 56
- Apr 9 Félix Máximo López, Spanish composer, dies at 78
- May 15 John Wall Calcott, English composer, dies at 54
- Jun 18 Charles Hague, English composer, dies at 52
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