This article is about music-related events in 1822.
Events
March 16 – Marriage of Gioacchino Rossini and Spanish soprano Isabella Colbran.
Official date of the invention of the accordion by Christian Friedrich Ludwig Buschmann. (This has been thrown into doubt by the discovery of an accordion apparently manufactured in 1816.)
The Royal Academy of Music was founded.
Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda became musical director to Prince Karl Egon II of Furstenburg.
Harpist Franz Stockhausen marries soprano Margarethe Schmuck.
Franz Liszt arrives in Vienna and commences piano lessons with Carl Czerny and theory lessons with Antonio Salieri. The latter writes a letter to Prince Esterhazy to advocate for Liszt's continued study in Vienna. On December 1, Liszt gives his first public performance in Vienna, sharing the billing with Caroline Unger. He plays Hummel's Piano Concerto No. 2.
Popular music
"Araby's Daughter" (song) w. Thomas Moore m. George Kiallmark. The words are derived from Moore's "Farewell to Araby's Daughter" published in 1817.