1831 in music

See also: 1830 in music, other events of 1831, 1832 in music, and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• Frederic Chopin arrives in Paris

Popular music

• "Lord, Lead the Way the Saviour Went" (hymn) by William Crosswell

Classical music

• Franz Lachner – Fragen
• Georges Onslow – Symphony No. 2 in D Major

Opera

• Robert Le Diable by Giacomo Meyerbeer
• Norma by Vincenzo Bellini

Births

• June 28 – Joseph Joachim
• February 21 – Henri Meilhac

Deaths

• August 22 – John White
• November 14 – Ignaz Pleyel, piano-maker and pupil of Joseph Haydn
• November 15 – Vincenc Masek