- 1820 in music
Events
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Pietro Raimondi returns toNaples and begins his career as an opera composer.Classical music
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Franz Schubert - "Lazarus" (oratorio)Opera
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Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga - "Los Esclavos Felices"Published popular music
*"Hail to the Chief" - words, Sir
Walter Scott ; music James Sanderson
*"D'ye Ken John Peel" - words,John Woodcock Graves . music traditional.Births
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January 9 -Pavel Křížkovský , conductor and composer (d. 1885)
*February 10 - Cornelius Gurlitt, composer (d. 1901)
*February 17 -Henri Vieuxtemps , violinist and composer (d. 1881)
*May 21 -Michel Lentz , lyricist of the Luxembourg national anthem (d. 1893)
*August 13 -George Grove , music writer (d. 1900)
*August 30 -George Frederick Root , songwriter (d. 1895)
*September 5 -Louis Köhler , pianist, composer and conductor (d. 1886)
*October 6 -Jenny Lind , Swedish singer (d. 1887)
*"date unknown" -Maria Severa Onofriana , fado singer (d. 1846)Deaths
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March 26 -Jean-Étienne Despréaux , French dancer, choreographer and composer (b.1748 )
*August 6 -Antonín Vranický , Bohemian violinist and composer (b.1761 )
*"date unknown" -Marie Bigot , piano teacher (b.1786 )
*"probable" -Mikhail Matinsky , scientist, writer and composer (b.1750 )
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