1796 in music
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Events
- The father of Gioachino Rossini is imprisoned for collaborating with the French, and Rossini's mother takes him to Bologna.
Classical Music
- Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
– Three Piano Sonatas, Op. 2 in F minorPiano Sonata No. 1 (Beethoven)Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1, was written in 1795 and dedicated to Joseph Haydn. It is the first piano sonata written by Beethoven...
, APiano Sonata No. 2 (Beethoven)Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2, was written in 1796 and dedicated to Joseph Haydn.-Movements:It has four movements:*I. Allegro vivace 2/4*II. Largo appassionato 3/4 D major...
and CPiano Sonata No. 3 (Beethoven)Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2, No. 3, is a sonata written for solo piano, composed in 1796. It is dedicated to Franz Joseph Haydn... - Muzio ClementiMuzio ClementiMuzio Clementi was a celebrated composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer. Born in Italy, he spent most of his life in England. He is best known for his piano sonatas, and his collection of piano studies, Gradus ad Parnassum...
– Concerto for piano in C major - Joseph HaydnJoseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
– Missa in tempore belliMissa in tempore belliMissa in tempore belli is Joseph Haydn’s tenth, and one of the most popular, of his fourteen settings of the mass.This mass is catalogued Mass No. 10 in C major, , and is sometimes known as the Paukenmesse due to the inclusion of the timpani in its orchestration...
("Mass in Time of War")
Opera
- Nicolas DalayracNicolas DalayracNicolas-Marie d'Alayrac, known as Nicolas Dalayrac , was a French composer, best known for his opéras-comiques.- Biography :...
– Marianne - Johann Simon Mayr – La Lodoiska
- Gaspare SpontiniGaspare SpontiniGaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini was an Italian opera composer and conductor, extremely celebrated in his time, though largely forgotten after his death.-Biography:...
– Li puntigli delle donne - Peter WinterPeter WinterPeter Winter was a German opera composer who followed Mozart and preceded Weber, acting as a bridge between the two in the development of German opera....
– Das unterbrochene Opferfest
Births
- February 17 – Giovanni PaciniGiovanni PaciniGiovanni Pacini was an Italian composer, best known for his operas. Pacini was born in Catania, Sicily, the son of the buffo Luigi Pacini, who was to appear in the premieres of many of Giovanni's operas...
, composer - June 14 – Mathilda d'OrozcoMathilda d'OrozcoMathilda Valeria Beatrix d'Orozco also by marriage known as Cenami, Montgomery-Cederhjelm and Gyllenhaal, , was a Swedish noble and salonist, composer, poet, writer, singer, amateur actress and harpsichordists...
, composer - July 23 – Franz BerwaldFranz BerwaldFranz Adolf Berwald was a Swedish Romantic composer who was generally ignored during his lifetime. He made his living as an orthopedic surgeon and later as the manager of a saw mill and glass factory....
, composer - July 28 – Ignaz BösendorferIgnaz BösendorferIgnaz Bösendorfer was an Austrian musician who founded the Bösendorfer piano manufacturing company in 1828....
, piano manufacturer - August 25 – James LickJames LickJames Lick was an American carpenter, piano builder, land baron, and patron of the sciences. At the time of his death, he was the wealthiest man in California, and left the majority of his estate to social and scientific causes.-Early years:James Lick was born in Stumpstown Pennsylvania on August...
, piano builder - September 3 – Henriette WiderbergHenriette WiderbergHenriette Sophie Widerberg was a Swedish opera singer , actor and memoirist. The most famed singer on the Swedish stage of her time, she was counted as the most popular singer in Sweden during the 1810s and 1830s...
, soprano - November 30 – Carl Loewe, German composer
Deaths
- January 1 – Alexandre-Théophile VandermondeAlexandre-Théophile VandermondeAlexandre-Théophile Vandermonde was a French musician, mathematician and chemist who worked with Bézout and Lavoisier; his name is now principally associated with determinant theory in mathematics. He was born in Paris, and died there.Vandermonde was a violinist, and became engaged with...
, chemist and musician (b. 1735) - March 19 – Stephen StoraceStephen StoraceStephen Storace was an English composer. His sister was the famous opera singer Nancy Storace. He was born in London in the Parish of St Marylebone to an English mother and Italian father...
, composer (b. 1762) - June 8 – Felice GiardiniFelice GiardiniFelice Giardini was an Italian composer and violinist.Felice Giardini was born in Turin. When it became clear that he was a child prodigy, his father sent him to Milan. There he studied singing, harpsichord and violin but it was on the latter that he became a famous virtuoso...
, violinist and composer (b. 1716) - September 22 – George Wilhelm Gruber, composer
- October 17 – Franz Paul RiglerFranz Paul RiglerFranz Xaver Paul Rigler or František Pavol Rigler was an Austrian piano virtuoso, composer, teacher and theoretist....
, composer and piano virtuoso - December 30 – Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer