1823 in music

Events

• April 13 – According to his official biographer, Gustav Schilling, eleven-year-old Franz Liszt gives a concert after which he is personally congratulated by Ludwig van Beethoven; however, there is no record of Beethoven having attended the concert.
• August 12 – Hector Berlioz writes to the journal Le Corsaire defending Gaspare Spontini's opera La vestale.
• Gioachino Rossini arrives in London and is presented to King George IV.
• The arpeggione is invented by Viennese guitar maker Johann Georg Staufer.
• Soprano Henriette Méric-Lalande catches the attention of the critic Castil-Blaze, who introduces her to the famous tenor Manuel García, thereby advancing her career.
• Franz Liszt is denied entry into the Paris Conservatory by the Director, Luigi Cherubini, who states that he cannot admit foreigners.

  Classical music

• Ludwig van Beethoven –
• *Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
• *Missa Solemnis Op. 123
• Hector Berlioz – Amitié, reprends ton empire, H 10b
• Ferdinando Carulli – Duos Nocturnes, Op. 189
• Carl Czerny – Toccata, Op. 92
• Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia – Rondo, Op. 13
• Mauro Giuliani – 6 Variations, Op. 112
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel
• *Nocturne, theme et variations, Op. 99
• *Introduction, theme et variations, Op. 102
• Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner – Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 61
• August Alexander Klengel – Piano Trio, Op. 36
• Ernst Krähmer – Variations brillantes, Op. 18
• Franz Krommer
• *Flute Quintet, Op. 101
• *Symphony No. 6 in D
• Friedrich Kuhlau
• *3 Flute Quintets, Op. 51
• *6 Sonatinas, Op. 55
• Felix Mendelssohn – Concerto for 2 pianos
• Giovanni Morandi – Raccolta di sonate per gli organi moderni No.4
• George Onslow
• *Piano Trio No. 7, Op. 20
• *Grand Sonata No. 2, Op. 22
• *String Quintets Nos.7-9, Opp. 23-25
• Ferdinand Ries
• *Symphony Nos. 4 and 5, Opp. 110 and 112
• *Introduction et rondeau sur une danse russe, Op. 113, No. 1
• *Piano Sonata, Op. 114
• *Cello Sonata in G minor, Opus 125
• Christian Heinrich Rinck – 12 Adagios for Organ, Op. 57
• Bernhard Romberg – Cello Concerto No. 5, Op. 30
• Franz Schubert –
• *Die Schöne Müllerin
• *Drang in die Ferne, D. 770
• *Der Zwerg, D.771
• *Wehmut, D.772
• *Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774
• Louis Spohr
• *Potpourri on Irish Themes, Op. 59
• *String Quartet No.18, Op. 61

  Stage Works

• Gaetano Donizetti – Alfredo il grande
• Saverio Mercadante – Didone abbandonata
• Gioachino Rossini – Semiramide
• Franz Schubert
• *Fierrabras
• *Rosamunde
• Carl Maria von Weber – Euryanthe

  Popular Music

• "Home! Sweet Home!" w. John Howard Payne m. Henry Bishop

  Publications

• Alling Brown – The Gamut, or Scale of Music
• Thomas Busby – A Musical Manual
• Emanuel Aloys Förster – Anleitung zum General-Baß
• Philippe Marc Antoine Geslin – Exposition de la gamme

  Births

• January 3 – Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, organist and composer
• January 27 – Édouard Lalo, composer
• July 22 – Paulina Rivoli, operatic soprano
• August 14 – Karel Miry, Belgian composer
• August 15 – Léon Gastinel, French composer
• August 17 – Theodor Julius Jaffé, opera singer and actor
• October 21 – Emilio Arrieta, composer
• November 4 – Karel Komzák I, composer and conductor
• November 26 – Thomas Tellefsen, pianist and composer
• December 1 – Ernest Reyer, opera composer and music critic
• December 10 – Theodor Kirchner, composer and musician
• December 11 – David Bennett, Canadian soldier and musician
• date unknown – John Diamond, dancer and minstrel

  Deaths

• February 16 – Johann Gottfried Schicht, conductor and composer
• March 1 – Pierre-Jean Garat, singer
• March 18 – Jean-Baptiste Breval, French cellist and composer
• April – Jacques Widerkehr, Alsatian composer
• April 15 – Louis Deland, actor, singer and dancer
• June 20 – Theodor von Schacht, German composer
• October 2 – Daniel Steibelt, German pianist and composer
• November 12 – Emanuel Aloys Förster, composer and music teacher
• date unknown – Federigo Fiorillo, composer and musician