- 1829 in music
Events
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Felix Mendelssohn conducts Bach's "St Matthew Passion " atBerlin Popular music
Classical music
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Norbert Burgmüller - "Piano Concerto in F sharp"
*Fanny Hensel - "Capriccio for Cello and Piano in A flat major"Opera *
Michael William Balfe - "I rivali di se stessi"
*Gioacchino Rossini - "Guillaume Tell " ("William Tell") first performed in Paris. Libretto byÉtienne de Jouy ,Florent Bis andArmand Marrast .Births
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January 24 - William Mason, pianist and composer (d. 1908)
*March 6 -Heinrich Lichner , composer (d. 1898)
*May 8 -Louis Moreau Gottschalk , pianist and composer (d. 1869)
*June 9 -Gaetano Braga , cellist and composer (d. 1907)
*August 28 -Albert Dietrich , composer (d. 1908)
*November 28 -Anton Rubinstein , pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1894)Deaths
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January 25 -William Shield , violinist and composer (b. 1748)
*February 16 -François Joseph Gossec , composer (b. 1734)
*February 18 -Jan Křtitel Kuchař , organist, composer and teacher (b. 1751)
*October 29 -Maria Anna Mozart , elder sister ofWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1751)
*December 14 -Luigi Marchesi , "castrato" singer (b. 1754)
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