1832 in music

See also: 1831 in music, other events of 1832, 1833 in music, and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

Classical Music

• Felix Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture first performed in London

Popular music

• "Rock of Ages" (hymn) by Augustus Montague Toplady & Thomas Hastings
• "The Bloom is on the Rye (My Pretty Jane)" by Edward Fitzball & Henry Rowley Bishop

Births

• October 1 - Henry Clay Work, US composer

Deaths

• March 10 - Muzio Clementi
• March 12 - Friedrich Kuhlau
• October 18 - Othon Joseph Vandenbroek