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

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

• December 7 - Johann Christoph Kienlen