1820 in music

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Events

• Pietro Raimondi returns to Naples and begins his career as an opera composer.

Classical music

• Franz Schubert - Lazarus (oratorio)

Opera

• Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga - Los Esclavos Felices

Published popular music

• "Hail to the Chief" - words, Sir Walter Scott; music James Sanderson
• "D'ye Ken John Peel" - words, John Woodcock Graves. music traditional.

Births

• 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)
• 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)
• date unknown - Maria Severa Onofriana, fado singer (d. 1846)

Deaths

• March 26 - Jean-Étienne Despréaux, French dancer, choreographer and composer (b. 1748)
• August 6 - Antonín Vranický, Bohemian violinist and composer (b. 1761)
• date unknown - Marie Bigot, piano teacher (b. 1786)
• probable
  • Mikhail Matinsky, scientist, writer and composer (b. 1750)
  • Louis Joseph Saint-Amans, composer (b. 1749)