1824 in music

• May 7 – First performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (the "Choral") at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna. • June 21 – Franz Liszt makes his London debut. Muzio Clementi, Ferdinand Ries, Friedrich Kalkbrenner and Cipriani Potter are in the audience. • Baluswami Dikshitar (brother of Muthuswami Dikshitar) is appointed State Vidwan of Ettayapuram. • Franz Liszt commences theory lessons with Antonin Reicha and composition lessons with Ferdinando Paer. • First Norfolk and Norwich Festival held in England == Popular Music ==

• Robert Stephen Hawker – "The Song of the Western Men" • "O Tannenbaum" lyrics published by Ernst Anschutz == Classical music ==

• Ludwig van Beethoven • Missa Solemnis • Symphony No. 9 in D minor "Choral" • Hector Berlioz – Messe solennelle • Ferdinando Carulli – 18 Petits morceaux, Op. 211 • Frederic Chopin – Mazurka Op. 7 No. 4 • Johann Baptist Cramer – Piano Sonata in D minor, Op. 63 • Carl Czerny – Piano Sonata Nos.3, 4, and 5, Op. 57, 65 and 76 • Friedrich Ernst Fesca – String Quartet, Op.34 • Fanny Hensel – Sonata for Piano in C minor • Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Introduction et rondo brillant, Op. 98 • Friedrich Kuhlau • 3 Grand Solos, Op. 57 • 3 Sonatinas, Op. 59 • 3 Sonatas with Variations, Op. 60 • Kaspar Kummer – Flute Trio, Op. 24 • Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf – Horn Sonata, Op. 164 • Felix Mendelssohn • Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11 • Concerto for 2 pianos • Bernhard Molique – Flute Concerto, Op. 69 • George Onslow • Piano Trio No.8, Op. 26 • Piano Trio No.9, Op. 27 • Antoine Reicha – 6 Piano Trios, Op. 101 • Ferdinand Ries – Rule Britannia, Op. 116 • Franz Schubert: List of compositions by Franz Schubert (1824),  799–822, including: • Octet, D 803 • String Quartet No. 13, D 804 (Rosamunde) • String Quartet No. 14, D 810 (Death and the Maiden) • Sonata in C major for piano four-hands, D 812 • "Gebet", D 815 • Arpeggione Sonata, D 821 (Grand Duo) == Opera ==

• Gaetano Donizetti – ''L'ajo nell'imbarazzo'' • Friedrich Kuhlau – Lulu • Giacomo Meyerbeer – Il crociato in Egitto • Waldemar Thrane – Fjeldeventyret ("The mountain adventure") • Nicola Vaccai • Pietro il grande (première January 17 at Teatro Ducale, Parma) • La pastorella feudataria (première September 18 at Teatro Carignano, Turin) == Births ==

• January 22 – Josef Leopold Zvonař, composer, music teacher and critic (d. 1865) • March 2 – Bedřich Smetana, composer (d. 1884) • March 7 – Robert Ambrose, organist and composer (d. 1908) • April 22 – Richard Wüerst, composer and music teacher (d. 1881) • June 13 – Julius Eichberg, composer (d. 1893) • June 23 – Carl Reinecke, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1910) • August 1 – John P. Ordway, doctor, composer, music entrepreneur and politician (d. 1880) • August 19 – Georg Goltermann, cellist and composer (d. 1898) • September 4 – Anton Bruckner, composer (d. 1896) • September 8 – Jaime Nunó, composer of the Mexican national anthem (d. 1908) • November 25 – Antonio Ghislanzoni, librettist (d. 1893) • December 24 - Peter Cornelius, composer, writer, translator (d. 1874) • date unknown • François Xavier Bazin, bow-maker (d. 1865) • Frederick Ellard, composer (d. 1874) • Velvel Zbarjer, Brody singer (d. 1884) • Charlotta Norberg, ballerina (d. 1892) == Deaths ==

• January 7 – Faustino Arévalo, hymnographer (born 1747) • February 1 – Maria Theresia von Paradis, musician and composer (born 1759) • March 3 – Giovanni Battista Viotti, violinist and composer (born 1755) • April 18 – Edward Jones, royal harpist (born 1752) • June 21 – Étienne Aignan, opera librettist (born 1773) • September 16 – Giacomo Tritto, opera composer (born 1733) • December 5 – Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy, harpsichordist (born 1744) • date unknown • Nicolas Lupot, luthier (born 1758) • Alexander Uber, cellist and composer (born 1783) • probable – János Bihari, violinist (born 1764) ==References==