1829 in music

• March 11 – The German composer Felix Mendelssohn (age 20) conducts the first performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion since the latter's death in 1750, at the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin; the success of this performance sparks a revival of interest in Bach. • April–September – Mendelssohn pays his first visit to Britain. This visit included the first London performance of his concert overture to ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and his trip to Fingal's Cave. • July – George Washington Dixon popularizes "Coal Black Rose" singing in blackface in New York City. • December 29 – Soprano Eugenia Tadolini makes her house debut at the Teatro Regio di Parma. • Frédéric Chopin concludes his studies at the music academy in Warsaw which will later be named after him. He also hears Paganini perform and begins writing his Etudes. ==Popular music==

• "There's Nothing True but Heaven" words by Thomas Moore, music by Oliver Shaw ==Classical music==

• Hector Berlioz – La Mort de Cleopatre • Norbert Burgmüller – Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor • Frederic Chopin • Introduction and Polonaise Brillante Op. 3 • Piano Trio Op. 8 • Étude Op. 10, No. 8 • Étude Op. 10, No. 9 • Étude Op. 10, No. 10 • Étude Op. 10, No. 11 • Piano Concerto No. 2 • Carl Czerny • Piano Trio No.2, Op.166 • Sonatina in A major, Op.167 • Systematische Anleitung zum Fantasieren auf dem Pianoforte, Op.200 • Fanny Hensel – Capriccio for Cello and Piano in A-flat major • Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Gesellschafts Rondo, Op.117 • Friedrich Kuhlau • Fantaisie, Op.93 • Introduction and Rondo on 'Le Colporteur', Op.98a • 3 Brilliant Duos for 2 Flutes, Op.102 • 7 Variations on an Irish Folksong, Op.105 • Caspar Kummer • Adagio et Variations sur un Thême de l’Opéra : Armida, de Rossini, p. Cor de Bassette avec Orchestre, Op. 45 • 2 Duos for Flute and Clarinet, Op.46 • Flute Trio, Op.53 • Joseph Merk – Valses brillantes, Op.6 • Gioachino Rossini – William Tell Overture ==Opera==

• Michael William Balfe – I rivali di se stessi • Gioacchino Rossini – William Tell first performed in Paris. Libretto by Étienne de Jouy, Florent Bis and Armand Marrast. ==Births==

• January 24 – William Mason, pianist and composer (d. 1908) • February 4 – Marquis d'Ivry, composer (died 1903) • February 11 – Camillo Walzel, librettist (died 1895) • March 6 – Heinrich Lichner, composer (d. 1898) • May 8 – Louis Moreau Gottschalk, pianist and composer (d. 1869) • May 9 – Ciro Pinsuti, pianist and composer (d. 1888) • June 9 – Gaetano Braga, cellist and composer (d. 1907) • June 11 – Horace Poussard, violinist and composer (d. 1898) • August 7 – Timoteo Pasini, composer, conductor, and pianist (d. 1888) • August 21 – Otto Goldschmidt, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1907) • August 25 – Carlo Acton, pianist and composer (d. 1909) • August 28 – Albert Dietrich, composer (d. 1908) • October 6 – Josef Gänsbacher, music educator (died 1911) • November 28 – Anton Rubinstein, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1894) • date unknown • Fritz Andersen, composer (died 1910) ==Deaths==

• January 25 – William Shield, violinist and composer (b. 1748) • January 30 – Friedrich Haug, lyricist (born 1761) • February 16 – François Joseph Gossec, composer (b. 1734) • February 18 – Jan Křtitel Kuchař, organist, composer and teacher (b. 1751) • April 28 – Karl Gottlieb Umbreit, composer (born 1763) • May 8 – Mauro Giuliani, guitarist and composer (b. 1781) • August 15 – Christian Gottlieb Scheidler, composer (born 1747) • August 16 – Carl Gotthelf Gläser, hymnist (born 1784) • October 29 – Maria Anna Mozart, elder sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1751) • December 14 – Luigi Marchesi, castrato singer (b. 1754) ==References==