1821 in music
This article is about music-related events in 1821. Events Construction work begins on the Teatro Regio at Parma. José Bernardo Alcedo wins a contest, sponsored by General José de San Martín, to choose a national anthem for Peru. The anthem is "Somos libres, seámoslo siempre," with lyrics by José de la Torre Ugarte. Classical music Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 31 Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner – Piano Sextet Op. 58 Friedrich Kuhlau – 9 Variations For Piano Felix Mendelssohn – Symphonies for Strings 1–6 George Onslow – Cello Sonata, Op.16 No.3 (with viola part) Ferdinand Ries 2 Piano Sonatinas, Op. 5 Fantasie nach Schiller's Gedicht 'Resignation', Op. 109 Franz Schubert "Gesang der Geister über den Wassern", D.714; part song for male voices and low strings; Op.posth. 167 (1858) Symphony No. 7 in E major, D 729 Louis Spohr Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in F minor, WoO 19 Mass in C minor, Op. 54 Jan Václav Voříšek – Symphony in D Carl Maria von Weber – Konzertstück in F minor, for piano and orchestra, Op. 79 Opera Johann Kaspar Aiblinger – Rodrigo und Chimene Michele Carafa – Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans Saverio Mercadante Andronico Elisa e Claudio Giovanni Pacini –