1834 in music

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This article is about music-related events in 1834.

Events

September – Viennese ballerina Fanny Elssler makes her debut with the Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique at the Paris Opera's Salle Le Peletier.
October 7 – Birmingham Town Hall in Birmingham, England, designed by Joseph Hansom and Edward Welch, is opened for the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival.
Statue of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is erected in his birthplace of Geneva.
Mikhail Glinka returns to Russia after several years away with the intention of composing Russian nationalist music.

January 14 – William C. F. Robinson, colonial administrator (d. 1897)
January 28 – Sabine Baring-Gould, clergyman, hymn-writer, song collector, writer and scholar (d. 1834)
February 28 – Sir Charles Santley, baritone (d. 1922)
March 1 – Hildegard Werner, conductor (d. 1911)
March 23 – Julius Reubke, pianist, organist and composer (d. 1858)
June 8 – George Garrett, composer (d. 1897)
June 24 – George Becker, composer and music writer (d. 1928)
August 9 – Elias Álvares Lobo, composer (d. 1901)
August 17 – Peter Benoit, composer (d. 1901)
August 31 – Amilcare Ponchielli, composer (d. 1886)
October 31 – Knowles Shaw, composer of gospel hymns (d. 1878)

February 4 – Amélie-Julie Candeille, singer, librettist and composer (b. 1767)
September 2 – David Charles, hymn-writer (b. 1762)
August 8 – Silvestro Palma, Italian composer (b. 1754)
October 8 – François-Adrien Boïeldieu, composer (b. 1775)
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- Antoine-Laurent Baudron, violinist and composer (b. 1742)
- August Duranowski, violinist and composer (b. c. 1770)
- Filip Višnjić, gusle player (b. 1767)