This article is about music-related events in 1824.

• May 7 – First performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (the "Choral") at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna.
• June 21 – Franz Liszt makes his London debut. Muzio Clementi, Ferdinand Ries, Friedrich Kalkbrenner and Cipriani Potter are in the audience.
• Baluswami Dikshitar (brother of Muthuswami Dikshitar) is appointed State Vidwan of Ettayapuram.^[1]
• Franz Liszt commences theory lessons with Antonin Reicha and composition lessons with Ferdinando Paer.
• First Norfolk and Norwich Festival held in England

• Robert Stephen Hawker – "The Song of the Western Men"^[2]
• "O Tannenbaum" lyrics published by Ernst Anschutz

• Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Missa Solemnis
  • Symphony No. 9 in D minor "Choral"
• Hector Berlioz – Messe solennelle
• Ferdinando Carulli – 18 Petits morceaux, Op. 211
• Frederic Chopin – Mazurka Op. 7 No. 4
• Johann Baptist Cramer – Piano Sonata in D minor, Op. 63
• Carl Czerny – Piano Sonata Nos.3, 4, and 5, Op. 57, 65 and 76
• Friedrich Ernst Fesca – String Quartet, Op.34
• Fanny Hensel – Sonata for Piano in C minor
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Introduction et rondo brillant, Op. 98
• Friedrich Kuhlau
  • 3 Grand Solos, Op. 57
  • 3 Sonatinas, Op. 59
  • 3 Sonatas with Variations, Op. 60
• Kaspar Kummer – Flute Trio, Op. 24
• Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf – Horn Sonata, Op. 164
• Felix Mendelssohn
  • Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11
  • Concerto for 2 pianos
• Bernhard Molique – Flute Concerto, Op. 69
• George Onslow
  • Piano Trio No.8, Op. 26
  • Piano Trio No.9, Op. 27
• Antoine Reicha – 6 Piano Trios, Op. 101
• Ferdinand Ries – Rule Britannia, Op. 116
• Franz Schubert: List of compositions by Franz Schubert (1824), D 799–822, including:
  • Octet, D 803
  • String Quartet No. 13, D 804 (Rosamunde)
  • String Quartet No. 14, D 810 (Death and the Maiden)
  • Sonata in C major for piano four-hands, D 812
  • "Gebet", D 815
  • Arpeggione Sonata, D 821 (Grand Duo)

• Gaetano Donizetti – L'ajo nell'imbarazzo
• Friedrich Kuhlau – Lulu
• Giacomo Meyerbeer – Il crociato in Egitto
• Waldemar Thrane – Fjeldeventyret ("The mountain adventure")
• Nicola Vaccai
  • Pietro il grande (première January 17 at Teatro Ducale, Parma)
  • La pastorella feudataria (première September 18 at Teatro Carignano, Turin)

• January 22 – Josef Leopold Zvonař, composer, music teacher and critic (d. 1865)
• March 2 – Bedřich Smetana, composer (d. 1884)
• March 7 – Robert Ambrose, organist and composer (d. 1908)
• April 22 – Richard Wüerst, composer and music teacher (d. 1881)
• June 13 – Julius Eichberg, composer (d. 1893)
• June 23 – Carl Reinecke, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1910)
• August 1 – John P. Ordway, doctor, composer, music entrepreneur and politician (d. 1880)
• August 19 – Georg Goltermann, cellist and composer (d. 1898)
• September 4 – Anton Bruckner, composer (d. 1896)
• September 8 – Jaime Nunó, composer of the Mexican national anthem (d. 1908)
• November 25 – Antonio Ghislanzoni, librettist (d. 1893)
• December 24 - Peter Cornelius, composer, writer, translator (d. 1874)
• date unknown
  • François Xavier Bazin, bow-maker (d. 1865)
  • Frederick Ellard, composer (d. 1874)
  • Velvel Zbarjer, Brody singer (d. 1884)
  • Charlotta Norberg, ballerina (d. 1892)

• January 7 – Faustino Arévalo, hymnographer (born 1747)
• February 1 – Maria Theresia von Paradis, musician and composer (born 1759)
• March 3 – Giovanni Battista Viotti, violinist and composer (born 1755)
• April 18 – Edward Jones, royal harpist (born 1752)
• June 21 – Étienne Aignan, opera librettist (born 1773)
• September 16 – Giacomo Tritto, opera composer (born 1733)
• December 5 – Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy, harpsichordist (born 1744)
• date unknown
  • Nicolas Lupot, luthier (born 1758)
  • Alexander Uber, cellist and composer (born 1783)
• probable – János Bihari, violinist (born 1764)