Musicians Born in 1828

  • Jan 3 Karl Collan, Finnish composer, born in Iisalmi, Finland (d. 1871)
  • Jan 17 Eduard Reményi, Hungarian violinist and composer, born in Miskolc, Austria-Hungary (d. 1898) [some sources cite birth year as 1830]
  • Jan 24 Karol Studzinski, Polish violinist and composer, born in The Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Cracow (now Kraków, Poland) (d. 1883)
  • Jan 27 Louis Schubert, German, violinist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Dessau, German Confederation (d. 1884)
  • Feb 8 Antonio Cagnoni, Italian composer, born in Godiasco, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (d. 1896)
  • Mar 8 George William Martin, English chorister, organist, composer, educator, and founder of the National Choral Society, born in London, England (d. 1881)
  • Apr 5 Pietro Platania, Italian composer, born in Catania, Italy (d. 1907)
  • Apr 22 Guilherme Cossoul, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1880)
  • Jun 2 James Cutler Dunn Parker, American organist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1916)
  • Jun 3 Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, Spanish composer, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1891)
  • Jun 9 Carlo Marsili, Italian composer, born in Lucca, Duchy of Lucca (now Italy) (d. 1878)
  • Jul 31 François-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin), born in Huise, Belgium (d. 1908)
  • Aug 5 Giovanni Rossi, Italian composer, born in Borgo San Donnino, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1886)
  • Aug 17 George William Warren, American composer and organist, born in Albany, New York (d. 1902)
  • Aug 26 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, Danish organist and composer, born in Copenhagen (d. 1892)
  • Oct 3 Woldemar Bargiel, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1897)
  • Oct 19 Adolfo Fumagalli, Italian piano virtuoso and composer, often for just the left hand, born in Inzago, Italy (d. 1856)
  • Nov 3 Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr, Austrian violinist, composer, conductor, and pedagogue (Vienna Conservatory, 1851-93), born in Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1893)
  • Nov 7 Ludwig Deppe, German composer, born in Barntrup, Germany (d. 1890)
  • Dec 23 Mathilde Wesendonck (née Luckemeyer), German writer, poet (Tagebuchblatter), and object of composer Richard Wagner's infatuation, born in Elberfeld, Rhenish Prussia (d. 1902)