1834 in music

• September – Viennese ballerina Fanny Elssler makes her debut with the Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique at the Paris Opera's Salle Le Peletier. • October 7 – Birmingham Town Hall in Birmingham, England, designed by Joseph Hansom and Edward Welch, is opened for the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival. • December 21 – "Kde domov můj" (Where My Home Is), with music by František Škroup and words by Josef Kajetán Tyl, which will become the national anthem of the Czech Republic, originates as a part of the incidental music to the comedy Fidlovačka aneb Žádný hněv a žádná rvačka (Fidlovačka, or No Anger and No Brawl), first performed by Karel Strakatý at the Estates Theatre in Prague, at this time subject to the Habsburg monarchy. • Mikhail Glinka returns to Russia after several years away with the intention of composing Russian nationalist music. == Publications ==

• Pierre Baillot – ''L'art du violon'' • J.C. Maugin – Manuel du Luthier == Popular music ==

• "Alphabet song" (copyrighted by C. Bradlee) == Classical music ==

• Charles-Valentin Alkan – Variations sur un thème de Bellini, Op.16 No.5 • William Sterndale Bennett – Piano Concerto in C Minor • Hector Berlioz – Harold in Italy • Ole Bull • Violin Concerto No.1, Op.4 • Quartet for Solo Violin • Norbert Burgmuller • Rhapsodie in B minor for Piano, Op.13 • Duo for Piano and Clarinet, Op.15 • Luigi Cherubini – String Quartet No. 3 in D minor • Frederic Chopin – Fantaisie-Impromptu (published posthumously in 1855) • Felicien David • Fantasia harabi • Égyptienne • Vieux Caire • Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst • Nocturnes for Violin and Piano, Op.8 • Thème allemand varié, Op.9 • Souvenir du 'Pré aux clercs' • Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Grand rondeau brillant, Op.126 • Friedrich Kalkbrenner • Les Soupirs, Op.121 • Thême favori de la 'Norma' de Bellini varié, Op.122 • Karol Kurpinski – Polonaise in C major • Franz Paul Lachner • Waldklänge, Op.28 • Symphony No.3, Op.41 • Luigi Legnani – Grande Fantasia, Op.61 • Franz Liszt – Apparations • Giacomo Meyerbeer • Le moine • Rachel à Nephtali • James Nares – The souls of the righteous • George Onslow • 3 String Quartets, Op.46 • String Quartet No.22, Op.47 • Ludwig Schunke • Caprice No.1, Op.9 • Rondeau brillant, Op.11 • Louis Spohr – Erinnerung an Marienbad, Op.89 • Mikhail Vysotsky – Fuga of Bach == Opera ==

• Adolphe Adam – Le Chalet, premiered September 25 in Paris • Daniel Auber – Lestocq, premiered May 24 in Paris • John Barnett – The Mountain Sylph • Gaetano Donizetti – Gemma di Vergy, premiered December 26 in Milan • Konradin Kreutzer – Das Nachtlager in Granada • Saverio Mercadante • ''Emma d'Antiochia,'' premiered March 8 in Venice • Uggiero il danese == Births ==

• January 1 – Ludovic Halévy, librettist (died 1908) • January 14 – William C. F. Robinson, colonial administrator (d. 1897) • January 20 – Théodore Salomé, composer (died 1896) • January 23 – Josef Löw, composer (died 1886) • January 28 – Sabine Baring-Gould, clergyman, hymn-writer, song collector, writer and scholar (d. 1834) • February 28 – Sir Charles Santley, baritone (d. 1922) • March 1 – Hildegard Werner, conductor (d. 1911) • March 23 – Julius Reubke, pianist, organist and composer (d. 1858) • March 31 – Amalie Wickenhauser-Neruda, pianist (died 1890) • April 1 – Isidore-Edouard Legouix, composer (died 1916) • April 6 – Hart Pease Danks, musician (died 1903) • May 19 – Carl Müllerhartung, composer (died 1908) • June 8 – George Garrett, composer (d. 1897) • June 22 – Frédéric Louis Ritter, composer (died 1891) • June 24 – George Becker, composer and music writer (d. 1928) • August 9 – Elias Álvares Lobo, composer (d. 1901) • August 14 – Alexander Winterberger, composer (died 1914) • August 17 – Peter Benoit, composer (d. 1901) • August 31 – Amilcare Ponchielli, composer (d. 1886) • October 3 – Vilém Blodek, composer (died 1874) • October 4 – Helen Lemmens-Sherrington, opera singer (died 1906) • October 17 – Josephine Pollard, hymnist (died 1892) • October 31 – Knowles Shaw, composer of gospel hymns (d. 1878) • November 2 – Harriet McEwen Kimball, hymnist (died 1917) • November 7 – Ernest Gagnon, composer (died 1915) • November 29 – Sedley Taylor, music theorist (died 1920) • November 30 – Joseph Mosenthal, musician (died 1896) • December 12 – Wilhelmine Clauss-Szarvady, pianist (died 1907) • December 22 – Herman Amberg, composer (died 1902) • date unknown • David Braham, composer (died 1905) • Harry McCarthy, songwriter (died 1888) == Deaths ==

• January 29 – Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis, librettist (born 1762) • February 4 – Amélie-Julie Candeille, singer, librettist and composer (b. 1767) • April 17 – Catherine Maria Fanshawe, lyricist (born 1765) • June 29 – Alexandre-Étienne Choron, musicologist (born 1771) • September 2 – David Charles, hymn-writer (b. 1762) • August 8 – Silvestro Palma, Italian composer (b. 1754) • October 8 – François-Adrien Boïeldieu, composer (b. 1775) • December 7 – Ludwig Schuncke, composer (b. 1810) • date unknown • Antoine-Laurent Baudron, violinist and composer (b. 1742) • August Duranowski, violinist and composer (b. c. 1770) • Filip Višnjić, gusle player (b. 1767) ==References==