1837 in music
This article is about music-related events in 1837.
Events
- March 31 – Franz Liszt and Sigismond Thalberg play a musical 'duel' at a charity event for refugees of the Italian war of independence at the home of Countess Belgiojoso.
- June 11 – Prussian Copyright Act protecting for the first time performances of concert music
- Pauline Viardot makes her concert debut at the age of sixteen.
Publications
- François-Joseph Fétis – ''Traité du chant en choeur''
Published popular music
- "Hark, Brothers, Hark", words and music by John Hill Hewitt
- "Woodman, Spare That Tree!", words by George Pope Morris, music by Henry Russell
Classical music
- Charles-Valentin Alkan – 3 Morceaux dans le genre pathétique, Op. 15
- Ludwig Berger – 15 Etudes, Op.33
- Charles-Auguste de Bériot – Violin Concerto No. 1, Op.16
- Hector Berlioz – Grande Messe des Morts
- Frédéric Chopin
- *Hexaméron: Variation No. 6
- *Nocturne in C minor, B. 108
- *Largo in E-flat major, B. 109
- *Impromptu No. 1, Op. 29
- *Scherzo No. 2, Op. 31
- *Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35, III
- Fanny Ellsler – 3 Airs de Ballet
- Adolf von Henselt
- *Romance, Op. 10
- *Variations de concert sur le motif de l'opéra 'L'elisir d'amore', Op. 1
- Franz Liszt
- *Grandes études, S. 137
- *Album d'un voyageur, S. 156
- *Hexaméron, S. 392
- *Soirées musicales de Rossini, S. 424
- *12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558
- Felix Mendelssohn
- *6 Gesänge, Op.34
- *Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40
- *Psalm 42 for choir and orchestra, Op. 42
- *6 Lieder, Op. 50
- *String Quartet No. 4 in E minor
- Carl Gottlieb Reissiger
- *3 String Quartets, Op.111
- *4 Gesänge, Op.117
- Robert Schumann
- *Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
- *Études symphoniques, Op. 13
- Johann Strauss Sr. – Cachucha-Galopp, Op.97
- Sigismond Thalberg
- *12 Etudes, Op.26
- *Grand Fantasia on 'God save the Queen' and 'Rule Britannia', Op.27
Opera
- Daniel Auber – The Black Domino
- Gaetano Donizetti – Roberto Devereux
- Mikhail Glinka – Ruslan and Lyudmila
- Albert Lortzing – Zar und Zimmermann
- Gaspare Spontini – ''Agnes von Hohenstaufen''
Births
- January 2 – Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer
- January 12 – Adolf Jensen, German pianist, composer and music teacher
- January 27 – Carlotta Ferrari, composer
- February 23 – Rosalía de Castro, lyricist
- March 12 – Alexandre Guilmant, organist
- March 15 – Célestine Galli-Marié, operatic mezzo-soprano, the original Carmen
- April 13 – Julius Weissenborn, German bassoonist, music teacher and composer
- April 18 – Armand Silvestre, librettist
- May 23 – Józef Wieniawski, pianist
- June 1 – Ferdinand Quentin Dulcken, English pianist and composer
- June 25 – Josef Werner, composer
- July 6 – Władysław Żeleński, composer
- July 30 – Signe Hebbe, operatic soprano
- August 24
- *Théodore Dubois, organist and composer
- *Adolf Wilbrandt, writer and lyricist
- September 19 – Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer
- December 7 – Édouard Mangin, musician
- December 9 – Emile Waldteufel, pianist and composer
- December 24 – Cosima Wagner, daughter of Franz Liszt and wife of Richard Wagner
- December 30 – Ida Marie Lipsius, music writer
- date unknown
- *Fred Godfrey, English bandmaster and music arranger
- *Kate Santley, actress and singer
- *La Serneta, flamenco singer
Deaths
- January 23 – John Field, pianist and composer
- February 10 – Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet and librettist
- April 9 – Polly Cuninghame, ballet dancer
- May 5
- *Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, composer
- *Salvatore Fighera, composer
- June 16 – Valentino Fioravanti, opera buffa composer
- July 28 – Joseph Schubert, violinist and composer
- August 6 – Johann Nepomuk Schelble, composer
- October 6 – Jean François Lesueur, composer
- October 11 – Samuel Wesley, organist and composer, son of hymn-writer Charles Wesley
- October 17 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel, composer
- October 28 – Jean-Blaise Martin, opera singer
- date unknown
- *Franz Joseph Antony, organist and choral composer
- *Jean Théodore Latour, composer for piano
- *Christina Rahm, opera singer