This article is about music-related events in 1827.
Events March 29 – The funeral of Ludwig van Beethoven is attended by huge crowds. April 5 – Pope Leo XII honours Niccolò Paganini with the Order of the Golden Spur. April 13 – 18-year-old soprano Eugenia Savorani marries Giovanni Tadolini, her 42-year-old singing teacher. date unknown Franz Liszt moves to Paris after the death of his father. He will live there for the next five years. He plays a concert in London that was attended by Ignaz Moscheles. François Dauverné becomes one of the first musicians to use the new F three-valved trumpet in public performance. Rossini's mother dies, prompting his return home to Bologna. The term "Gesamtkunstwerk" is first used in print, in an essay by Eusebius Trahndorff; it is later adopted by Richard Wagner. Soprano Laure-Cinthie Montalant marries the tenor Vincent-Charles Damoreau. The Zagreb Music Association is founded; one of its earliest members is Ivan Padovec.
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Classical music Dionisio Aguado – 4 Rondos brillants, Op. 2 Hector Berlioz – La mort d’Orphée (cantata) Frederic Chopin – Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" Op. 2 Carl Czerny 3 Sonatines faciles et brillantes, Op. 104 Piano Sonata Nos.6–9, Opp. 124, 143–145 Grande Serenade concertante, Op.126 100 Progressive Studies, Op. 139 Concerto for Piano Four-Hands and Orchestra, Op. 153 Mauro Giuliani – 6 Airs Irlandois nationales variées (for guitar), Op. 125 Fanny Hensel – 6 Lieder, Op.9, Nos. 1, "Die Ersehnte" and 5 "Der Maiabend" Ferdinand Hiller "Le sénateur" (dated June 22) "Wandrers Nachtlied" Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda – Symphony No.1, Op. 7 Friedrich Kuhlau Flute Sonata, Op. 85 4 Sonatinas, Op. 88 Kaspar Kummer – Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon, Op. 32 Franz Liszt – Scherzo in G minor, S.153 Felix Mendelssohn 7 Charakterstücke, Op.7 String Quartet No.2, Op.13 The Last Rose of Summer, Op.15 Piano Sonata No.3, Op.106 (dated May 31) Tu es Petrus, Op.111 Christe, du Lamm Gottes, MWV 5 Ferdinand Ries Polonaise No.4, Op.140 3 Flute Quartets, WoO 35, No. 2 in G major Pierre Rode – Violin Concerto No.11 in D major, Op. 23 Franz Schubert Winterreise (song cycle) Piano Trio No. 1 Piano Trio No. 2 Im Abendrot, D.799 Impromptus, D.899 and D.935 3 Gesänge, D.902 Zur guten Nacht, D.903 Alinde, D.904 An die Laute, D.905 Variations on a Theme from Herold's 'Marie', D. 908 Phantasie for violin and piano in C major, D.934 12 Valses nobles, D. 969 Ignaz Seyfried – Libera me Domine, continuation of Mozart's Requiem Louis Spohr Violin Concerto No.11, Op. 70 Double String Quartet No.2, Op.77 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse – Et Eventyr i Rosenborg Have (Singspiel)
Opera Vincenzo Bellini – Il Pirata Louise Bertin – Le loup-garou Michele Carafa – Les Deux Figaro Felix Mendelssohn – Die Hochzeit des Camacho, Op.10 (premiered April 29 in Berlin) Giovanni Pacini – Margherita regina d'Inghilterra Louis Spohr – Pietro von Abano, premiered Oct. 13 in Kassel.
Births January 14 – Enderby Jackson, pioneer of the British brass band (d. 1903) January 16 (or 17) – Antonio Giuglini, operatic tenor (d. 1865) February 2 – Ludwig Eichrodt, lyricist (died 1892) February 9 – Auguste Dupont, composer (died 1890) February 12 – Alexander Wilhelm Gottschalg, composer (died 1908) February 14 – José Costa, composer (died 1881) February 18 – Marc Burty, music teacher and composer (died 1903) March 5 Hans Balatka, composer (d. 1899) Emile Jonas, composer (died 1905) March 26 – Emanuel Kania, composer (died 1887) April 15 – Julius Tausch, composer (died 1895) April 25 – Jean Antoine Zinnen, composer (d. 1898) May 11 – Septimus Winner, composer (died 1902) August 20 (or 22) – Josef Strauss, waltz composer (d. 1870) August 22 – Edouard Silas, composer (died 1909) August 23 – Simon Waley, composer (died 1875) September 5 – Goffredo Mameli, lyricist of the Italian national anthem (d. 1849) September 13 – Catherine Winkworth, hymnist (died 1878) October 6 – Karl Riedel, conductor (died 1888) November 7 – Theodor Bernhard Sick, composer (died 1893) November 12 – Gustav Merkel, organist and composer (d. 1885) November 20 – Edmond Dédé, composer (died 1903) November 26 – Hugo Ulrich, composer, teacher and arranger (d. 1872) December 24 – Lisa Cristiani, cellist (died 1853) December 31 – Marie Caroline Miolan-Carvalho, French operatic soprano (d. 1895) date unknown Martino Frontini, composer (d. 1909) George Lichtenstein, Hungarian-born pianist and music teacher (d. 1893)
Deaths January 18 – John Hoyland, organist and composer (b. 1783) January 30 – Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer (b. 1773) February 2 – Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, opera composer (b. 1764) February 11 – José Lidon, composer and musician (born 1748) February 26 – David Moritz Michael, composer (b. 1751) March 9 – Franz Xaver Gerl, operatic bass and composer (b. 1764) March 26 – Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (b. 1770) April 3 – Ernst Chladni, physicist and musician, "Father of acoustics" (b. 1756) May 9 – Friedrich Wilhelm Berner, composer (born 1780) June 4 – Stephan von Breuning, librettist (born 1774) July 17 – Charles Borremans, violinist and conductor (b. 1769) July 25 – Gottfried Christoph Härtel, music publisher (born 1763) August 2 – James Hewitt, composer, conductor and music publisher (b. 1770) August 3 – Lorenz Leopold Haschka, lyricist of the Austrian national anthem (b. 1749) August 9 – Marc-Antoine Madeleine Désaugiers, composer, dramatist and songwriter (b. 1772) August 28 – Adam Liszt, Hungarian musician, father of Franz Liszt (b. 1776) September 8 – Reginald Spofforth, composer (b. 1769) September 30 – Wilhelm Müller, lyricist (born 1794) November 6 – Bartolomeo Campagnoli, violinist (b. 1751) November 11 – Franz von Walsegg, count who commissioned Mozart's Requiem (b. 1763) November 20 – Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, violinist and composer (b. 1769) date unknown James Hook, composer (b. 1746) Syama Sastri, oldest of the Trinity of Carnatic music (b. 1762)
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