This article is about music-related events in 1823.
Events
April 13 – According to his official biographer, Gustav Schilling, eleven-year-old Franz Liszt gives a concert after which he is personally congratulated by Ludwig van Beethoven; however, there is no record of Beethoven having attended the concert. May 8 - The most famous song of the nineteenth century Home, Sweet Home was sung for the first time in London. (melody by Englishman Sir Henry Bishop, lyrics by John Howard Payne. August 12 – Hector Berlioz writes to the journal Le Corsaire defending Gaspare Spontini's opera La vestale. Gioachino Rossini arrives in London and is presented to King George IV. The arpeggione is invented by Viennese guitar maker Johann Georg Staufer. Soprano Henriette Méric-Lalande catches the attention of the critic Castil-Blaze, who introduces her to the famous tenor Manuel García, thereby advancing her career. Franz Liszt is denied entry into the Paris Conservatory by the Director, Luigi Cherubini, who states that he cannot admit foreigners.
Classical music
Christian Frederik Barth – Oboe Concerto, Op.12
Ludwig van Beethoven
Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
Missa Solemnis, Op. 123
Vincenzo Bellini – Oboe Concerto in E-flat major
Hector Berlioz – Amitié, reprends ton empire, H 10b
Ferdinando Carulli – Duos Nocturnes, Op. 189
Carl Czerny – Toccata, Op. 92
Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia – Rondo, Op. 13
Mauro Giuliani – 6 Variations, Op. 112
Mikhail Glinka – Andante Cantabile and Rondo
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Nocturne, theme et variations, Op. 99
Introduction, theme et variations, Op. 102
Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner – Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 61
August Alexander Klengel – Piano Trio, Op. 36
Ernst Krähmer – Variations brillantes, Op. 18
Franz Krommer
Flute Quintet, Op. 101
Symphony No. 6 in D
Friedrich Kuhlau
3 Flute Quintets, Op. 51
6 Sonatinas, Op. 55
Giovanni Morandi – Raccolta di sonate per gli organi moderni No.4
George Onslow
Piano Trio No. 7, Op. 20
Grand Sonata No. 2, Op. 22
String Quintets Nos.7-9, Opp. 23–25
Ferdinand Ries
Symphony Nos. 4 and 5, Opp. 110 and 112
Introduction et rondeau sur une danse russe, Op. 113, No. 1
Piano Sonata, Op. 114
Cello Sonata No. 4 in G minor, Op. 125
Christian Heinrich Rinck – 12 Adagios for Organ, Op. 57
Bernhard Romberg – Cello Concerto No. 5, Op. 30
Franz Schubert –
Die Schöne Müllerin
Drang in die Ferne, D. 770
Der Zwerg, D.771
Wehmut, D.772
Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774
Louis Spohr
Potpourri on Irish Themes, Op. 59
String Quartet No.18, Op. 61
Stage works
Gaetano Donizetti – Alfredo il grande
Mary Fauche – The Shepherd King, Op.1
Saverio Mercadante – Didone abbandonata
Gioachino Rossini – Semiramide
Franz Schubert
Fierrabras
Rosamunde
Carl Maria von Weber – Euryanthe
Popular Music
"Home! Sweet Home!" w. John Howard Payne m. Henry Bishop
Publications
Alling Brown – The Gamut, or Scale of Music (New Haven: A. H. Maltby and Co.) Thomas Busby – A Musical Manual (London: Goulding & D'Almaine) Emanuel Aloys Förster – Anleitung zum General-Baß Philippe Marc Antoine Geslin – Exposition de la gamme (Paris)