1829 in music

See also: 1828 in music, other events of 1829, 1830 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• Felix Mendelssohn conducts Bach's St Matthew Passion at Berlin

Popular music

Classical music

• Norbert Burgmüller – Piano Concerto in F sharp
• Fanny Hensel – Capriccio for Cello and Piano in A flat major

Opera

• Guillaume Tell (William Tell) first performed in Paris. Music by Gioacchino Rossini and libretto by Étienne de Jouy, Florent Bis and Armand Marrast.

Births

• January 24 – William Mason
• May 8 – Louis Gottschalk
• November 28 – Anton Rubinstein

Deaths

• January 25 – William Shield, violinist and composer
• December 7 – Johann Christoph Kienlen
• December 14 – Luigi Marchesi, castrato singer