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- "Hail to the Chief" – words, Sir Walter ScottWalter ScottSir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time....
; music James Sanderson - "D'ye Ken John Peel" – words, John Woodcock GravesJohn Woodcock GravesJohn Woodcock Graves was a composer and author of "D'ye ken John Peel".Graves was born in Wigton, Cumberland, England, the son of Joseph Graves, a plumber, glazier and ironmonger and his wife Ann, née Matthews. His father died when he was nine years old and he had comparatively little education...
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- January 9 – Pavel KřížkovskýPavel KrížkovskýPavel Křížkovský was a Czech choral composer and conductor.Křížkovský was born in Kreuzendorf, Opava District, Austrian Silesia. He was a chorister in a monastery in Opava when young, and studied at the Faculty of Philosophy of University of Olomouc and later in Brno...
, conductor and composer (d. 1885) - February 10 – Cornelius Gurlitt, composer (d. 1901)
- February 17 – Henri VieuxtempsHenri VieuxtempsHenri François Joseph Vieuxtemps was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th century....
, violinist and composer (d. 1881) - March 24 – Fanny CrosbyFanny CrosbyFrances Jane Crosby , usually known as Fanny Crosby in the United States and by her married name, Frances van Alstyne, in the United Kingdom, was an American Methodist rescue mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. During her lifetime, she was well-known throughout the United States...
, American lyricist (d. 1915) - May 21 – Michel LentzMichel LentzMichel Lentz was a Luxembourgian poet. He is best known for having written Ons Hémécht, the national anthem of Luxembourg....
, lyricist of the Luxembourg national anthem (d. 1893) - August 13 – George GroveGeorge GroveSir George Grove, CB was an English writer on music, known as the founding editor of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians....
, music writer (d. 1900) - August 30 – George Frederick RootGeorge Frederick RootGeorge Frederick Root was an American songwriter, who found particular fame during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
, songwriter (d. 1895) - September 5 – Louis KöhlerLouis KöhlerChristian Louis Heinrich Köhler was a German composer, conductor and piano teacher.Köhler was born in Braunschweig. He studied piano in Vienna under Carl Maria von Bocklet, Simon Sechter and Ignaz von Seyfried. As a conductor, he worked in Marienburg and Elbing...
, pianist, composer and conductor (d. 1886) - October 6 – Jenny LindJenny LindJohanna Maria Lind , better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she is known for her performances in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and for an extraordinarily...
, Swedish singer (d. 1887) - December 17 – Karl Anton EckertKarl Anton EckertKarl Anton Florian Eckert was a German conductor and composer.Eckert was born in Berlin, Germany, and by the age of five, had already proved himself as a musical child prodigy...
, conductor and composer (d. 1879) - date unknown – Maria Severa OnofrianaMaria Severa OnofrianaMaria Severa Onofriana , also known simply as A Severa, is regarded as the first fado singer to have risen to fame, attaining a near-mythical status after her death...
, fado singer (d. 1846)
Deaths
- February 2 – Peder SchallPeder SchallPeder Schall was a Danish composer.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia....
, composer (b. 1762) - March 26 – Jean-Étienne DespréauxJean-Étienne DespréauxJean-Étienne Despréaux was a French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, singer and playwright.He was an author of several opera parodies, appreciated by king Louis XV of France, including Berlingue based on Philidor's Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège.He retired in 1781 with pension of 1,000...
, French dancer, choreographer and composer (b. 1748) - August 6 – Antonín VranickýAntonín VranickýAntonín Vranický , was a famous Czech violinist and composer of the 18th century. He was the brother of Pavel Wranitzky....
, Bohemian violinist and composer (b. 1761) - ?August 28 – Antonín KraftAntonín KraftAntonín Kraft was an Czech cellist and composer. He was a close friend of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven....
, cellist and composer (b. 1749) - October 3 – Ludwig Wenzel LachnithLudwig Wenzel LachnithLudwig Wenzel Lachnith was a Bohemian horn player and versatile composer influenced by Josef Haydn and Ignaz Pleyel. Today he is chiefly remembered because of his adaptions of operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
, horn player and composer (b. 1746) - date unknown – Marie BigotMarie BigotMarie Bigot was a French piano teacher whose full name was Marie Kiéné Bigot de Morogues. As a composer she is best known for her sonatas and études....
, piano teacher (b. 1786) - probable
- Mikhail MatinskyMikhail MatinskyMikhail Alexeyevich Matinsky was a Russian scientist, dramatist, librettist and opera composer.-Biography:Matinsky originated from the serfs of Count S. P. Yaguzhinsky. He studied in the gymnasium for the "raznochintsy" at Moscow University and also in Italy. Later he taught mathematics at the...
, scientist, writer and composer (b. 1750) - Louis Joseph Saint-AmansLouis Joseph Saint-AmansLouis Joseph Saint-Amans was a French composer. Initially studying to be a lawyer, Saint-Amans abandoned his studies to travel around southern France with an Italian theater troupe performing opere buffe. He then spent three years in Italy as a tutor to the children of a Swiss baron...
, composer (b. 1749)
- Mikhail Matinsky