Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

6 May: EMILIE HAMMARSKJÖLD = Swedish composer, singer, pianist, music teacher and organist = [died: 1854]
25 May: DIEDERICH KRUG = German pianist and composer = [died: 1880]
15 June: NIKOLAI ZAREMBA = Russian musical theorist and composer = [died: 1879]
27 June: AUGUST CONRADI = German organist and composer = [died: 1873]
18 July: PAULINE VIARDOT = French mezzo-soprano, pedagogue and composer of Spanish descent = [died: 1910]
8 October: FRIEDRICH KIEL = German composer and music teacher = [died: 1885]
16 October: FRANZ DOPPLER = Polish flautist and composer = [died: 1883]
13 October: OSCAR BYSTRÖM = Swedish academic and composer = [died: 1909]
20 October: EMILIO ARRIETA = Spanish composer [died: 1894]
8 December: JOSIF RUNJANIN = Serbian composer and soldier from the Austrian Empire, composer of the Croatian national anthem = [died: 1878]
22 December: GIOVANNI BOTTESINI = Italian Romantic composer, conductor, and a double bass virtuoso = [died: 1889]

Timeline of Musical 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.