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March 1824 in Music History

Events in Music

  • Mar 7 Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" premieres in Venice

Music releaseMusic Premiere

Mar 24 1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" in St. Petersburg

Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven

Birthdays in Music

  • Mar 2 Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Bohemian composer (Bartered Bride, Moldau)

Deaths in Music

  • Mar 3 Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 70
  • Mar 12 Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48
  • Mar 22 Johann Melchior Dreyer, German composer, dies at 76