1820 in music

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This is a list of music-related events in 1820.

Events

Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga – Los Esclavos Felices
Giovanni Pacini – La schiava di Bagdad (première October 28 at Teatro Carignano, Turin)

January 9 – Pavel Křížkovský, conductor and composer (d. 1885)
February 10 – Cornelius Gurlitt, composer (d. 1901)
February 17 – Henri Vieuxtemps, violinist and composer (d. 1881)
March 24 – Fanny Crosby, American lyricist (d. 1915)
May 21 – Michel Lentz, lyricist of the Luxembourg national anthem (d. 1893)
August 13 – George Grove, music writer (d. 1900)
August 30 – George Frederick Root, songwriter (d. 1895)
September 5 – Louis Köhler, pianist, composer and conductor (d. 1886)
October 6 – Jenny Lind, Swedish singer (d. 1887)
December 17 – Karl Anton Eckert, conductor and composer (d. 1879)
date unknown
- Maria Severa Onofriana, fado singer (d. 1846)
- Anna-Kajsa Norman, Swedish folk musician (d. 1903)

February 2 – Peder Schall, composer (b. 1762)
March 26 – Jean-Étienne Despréaux, French dancer, choreographer and composer (b. 1748)
August 6 – Antonín Vranický, Bohemian violinist and composer (b. 1761)
August 28 – Antonín Kraft, cellist and composer (b. 1749)
October 3 – Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, horn player and composer (b. 1746)
date unknown – Marie Bigot, piano teacher (b. 1786)
probable
- Mikhail Matinsky, scientist, writer and composer (b. 1750)
- Louis Joseph Saint-Amans, composer (b. 1749)