Musicians Born in 1823

  • Jan 3 Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, born in Zoerle-Parwijs, Belgium (d. 1881)
  • Jan 5 William Rockstro [Rackstraw], English musicologist, arranger, and composer, born in North Cheam, Surrey, England (d. 1895)
  • Jan 21 Alexandre Goria, French pianist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1860)
  • Jan 27 Édouard Lalo, French composer (Symphonie Espagnole; Le roi d'Ys), born in Lille, France (d. 1892)
  • Feb 7 Richard Genee, Austrian playwright, librettist, and composer, born in Danzig, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1895)
  • Mar 16 William Henry Monk, English composer and organist (Eventide), born in London, England (d. 1889)
  • May 17 Charlotte Sainton-Dolby, English contralto and composer, born in London (d. 1885)
  • Jun 26 Frederick Bowen Jewson, Scottish composer, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1891)
  • Aug 3 Francisco Barbieri, Spanish zarzuela opera composer (El Diablo en El Poder), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1894)
  • Aug 7 Faustina Hasse Hodges, English-American composer, born in Malmesbury, England (d. 1895)
  • Aug 14 Karel Miry, Belgian composer (De Vlaamse Leeuw), born in Ghent (d. 1889)
  • Aug 26 Wilhelm Troszel, Polish operatic bass, composer and voice teacher, born in Warsaw (d. 1887)
  • Sep 10 Adolf von Doss, German sacred music composer and Jesuit priest, born in Pfarrkirchen, Kingdom of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1886)
  • Oct 13 Immanuel Faisst, German composer, born in Esslingen am Neckar, Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1894)
  • Oct 21 Emilio Arrieta, Spanish opera and zarzuela composer (Marina), born in Puente la Reina, Spain (d. 1894)
  • Nov 4 Karel Komzák I, Bohemian organist, conductor, military bandleader, and composer, born in Netěchovice, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1893) [1]
  • Nov 26 Thomas Tellefsen, Norwegian pianist and composer, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 1874)
  • Dec 1 Ernest Reyer, French opera composer, born in Marseilles, France (d. 1909)
  • Dec 10 Theodore Furchtegott Kirchner, German composer, born in Neukirchen, Germany (d. 1903)
  • Dec 10 Wilhelm Kuhe, German composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1912)
  • Dec 15 Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, German organist and composer, born in Hamburg, German Confederation (d. 1896)
  • Dec 23 Alexandru Flechtenmacher, Romanian composer, born in Iaşi, Romania (d. 1898)