1831_in_music

1831 in music

Events

Franz Lachner - Fragen
Felix Mendelssohn - First Piano Concerto opus 25 (premiered October 17 in Munich); Die erste Walpurgisnacht, opus 60, first version
George Onslow - Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, opus 42

January 15 - Albert Niemann, operatic tenor (d. 1917)
February 21 - Henri Meilhac, opera librettist (d. 1897)
February 26 - Filippo Marchetti, opera composer (d. 1902)
June 28 - Joseph Joachim, violinist (d. 1907)
August 1 - Antonio Cotogni, operatic baritone (d. 1901)
August 13 - Salomon Jadassohn, composer, teacher and theorist (d. 1902)
August 28 - Ludvig Norman, Swedish composer (d. 1885)
December 10 - Philippe Gille, opera librettist (d. 1901)
date unknown
- Silverio Franconetti, flamenco singer (d. 1889)
- Eugène Ketterer, pianist and composer (d. 1870)
- Carl Kolling, composer for piano (d. 1914)

January 6 - Rodolphe Kreutzer, violinist, conductor and composer (b. 1766)
January 8 - Franz Krommer, composer (b. 1759)
April 13 - Ferdinand Kauer, pianist and composer (b. 1751)
June 23 - Mateo Albéniz, composer (b. 1755)
July 25 - Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer (b. 1789)
August 5 - Sébastien Érard, maker of pianos and harps (b. 1752)
September 8 - John Aitken, music publisher (b. c. 1745)
November 14 - Ignaz Pleyel, piano-maker and pupil of Joseph Haydn (b. 1757)
date unknown
- Catharine Frydendahl, opera singer (b. 1760)
- Peter Anton Kreusser, composer (b. 1765)