1837 in music

This article is about music-related events in 1837.

Events

• March 31 – Franz Liszt and Sigismond Thalberg play a musical 'duel' at a charity event for refugees of the Italian war of independence at the home of Countess Belgiojoso.
• June 11 – Prussian Copyright Act protecting for the first time performances of concert music
• Pauline Viardot (as Pauline García) makes her concert debut at the age of sixteen.

Publications

• François-Joseph Fétis – Traité du chant en choeur (Paris)

Published popular music

• "Hark, Brothers, Hark", words and music by John Hill Hewitt
• "Woodman, Spare That Tree!", words by George Pope Morris, music by Henry Russell

Classical music

• Charles-Valentin Alkan – 3 Morceaux dans le genre pathétique, Op. 15
• Ludwig Berger – 15 Etudes, Op.33
• Charles-Auguste de Bériot – Violin Concerto No. 1, Op.16
• Hector Berlioz – Grande Messe des Morts
• Frédéric Chopin
• Hexaméron: Variation No. 6
• Nocturne in C minor, B. 108
• Largo in E-flat major, B. 109
• Impromptu No. 1, Op. 29
• Scherzo No. 2, Op. 31
• Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35, III
• Fanny Ellsler – 3 Airs de Ballet
• Adolf von Henselt
• Romance, Op. 10
• Variations de concert sur le motif de l'opéra 'L'elisir d'amore, Op. 1
• Franz Liszt
• Grandes études, S. 137
• Album d'un voyageur, S. 156
• Hexaméron, S. 392
• Soirées musicales de Rossini, S. 424
• 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558
• Felix Mendelssohn
• 6 Gesänge, Op.34
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40
• Psalm 42 for choir and orchestra, Op. 42
• 6 Lieder, Op. 50
• String Quartet No. 4 in E minor
• Carl Gottlieb Reissiger
• 3 String Quartets, Op.111
• 4 Gesänge, Op.117
• Robert Schumann
• Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
• Études symphoniques, Op. 13
• Johann Strauss Sr. – Cachucha-Galopp, Op.97
• Sigismond Thalberg
• 12 Etudes, Op.26
• Grand Fantasia on 'God save the Queen' and 'Rule Britannia', Op.27