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- 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...
– Piano Trio No. 7 (the "Archduke"); Singspiel – Die Ruinen von Athen ("The ruins of Athens") - William CrotchWilliam CrotchWilliam Crotch was an English composer, organist and artist.Born in Norwich to a master carpenter he showed early musical talent . The three and a half year old Master William Crotch was taken to London by his ambitious mother, where he not only played on the organ of the Chapel Royal in St....
– Palestine (oratorio) with libretto by Reginald HeberReginald HeberReginald Heber was the Church of England's Bishop of Calcutta who is now remembered chiefly as a hymn-writer.-Life:Heber was born at Malpas in Cheshire... - Johann Nepomuk HummelJohann Nepomuk HummelJohann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.- Life :...
– 12 German Dances and Coda for Redout-Deutsche - Peter Casper KrossingPeter Casper KrossingPeter Casper Krossing was a Danish composer.-External links:...
– Symphony in C minor - Giacomo MeyerbeerGiacomo MeyerbeerGiacomo Meyerbeer was a noted German opera composer, and the first great exponent of "grand opera." At his peak in the 1830s and 1840s, he was the most famous and successful composer of opera in Europe, yet he is rarely performed today.-Early years:He was born to a Jewish family in Tasdorf , near...
– Gott und die Natur (oratorio) - Franz Xaver Wolfgang MozartFranz Xaver Wolfgang MozartFranz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart , also known as F. X. Mozart, W. A. Mozart Son, or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jr., was the youngest child of six born to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his wife Constanze. He was the younger of his parents' two surviving children...
– Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major opus 14 (http://www.classicalmusicguide.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11151&sid=9ff2150eecccdc30652092b43683a2c6) - George Onslow – Duo for Piano 4 hands no 1 in E minor
Births
- January 21 – Mademoiselle AmbroisineMademoiselle AmbroisineFrançoise-Ambroise Acolet , called Mademoiselle Ambroisine, was a French actress and ballet dancer...
, ballet dancer (date of death unknown) - March 13 – Camille-Marie StamatyCamille-Marie StamatyCamille-Marie Stamaty was a French pianist, piano teacher and composer predominantly of piano music and studies . Today largely forgotten, he was one of the preeminent piano teachers in 19th century Paris...
, composer and pianist (d. 1870) - March 23 – Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer (d. 1891)
- May 22 – Giulia GrisiGiulia GrisiGiulia Grisi, also known as Madame De Candia was an Italian opera singer...
, operatic soprano (d. 1869) - July 19 – Vincenz Lachner, composer (d. 1893)
- August 5 – Ambroise ThomasAmbroise ThomasCharles Louis Ambroise Thomas was a French composer, best known for his operas Mignon and Hamlet and as Director of the Conservatoire de Paris from 1871 till his death.-Biography:"There is good music, there is bad music, and then there is Ambroise Thomas."- Emmanuel Chabrier-Early life...
, opera composer (d. 1896) - August 25 – August Gottfried RitterAugust Gottfried RitterAugust Gottfried Ritter was a German romantic composer and organist.-Biography:Co-creator, together with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, of the first example of Romantic Organ Sonata ; he moved in 1847 from being organist in Merseburg cathedral to become organist in Magdeburg cathedral...
, organist and composer (d. 1885) - September – Charles Frederick HempelCharles Frederick HempelCharles Frederick Hempel was an organist and composer.Hempel, eldest son of Charles William Hempel, was born at Truro, Cornwall, in September 1811. Having under his father's care received a sound musical education, he became a teacher of music at Truro...
, organist and composer (d. 1867) - September 29 - Adam DarrAdam DarrAdam Darr was a German classical guitarist, singer, zitherer and composer....
, guitarist, singer and composer (d. 1866) - October 16 – Gaetano CapocciGaetano CapocciGaetano Capocci was a composer, organist and maestro.Capocci was born in Rome. As a boy he studied the organ under Sante Pascoli, organist of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, and he completed his musical studies under Valentino Fioravanti and Francesco Cianciarelli...
, conductor and composer (d. 1898) - October 24 – Ferdinand HillerFerdinand HillerFerdinand Hiller was a German composer, conductor, writer and music-director.-Biography:Ferdinand Hiller was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Frankfurt am Main, where his father Justus was a merchant in English textiles – a business eventually continued by Ferdinand’s brother Joseph...
, pianist, composer and conductor (d. 1885) - October 22 – Franz LisztFranz LisztFranz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
, pianist and composer (d. 1886) - November 11 – François DelsarteFrançois DelsarteFrançois Alexandre Nicolas Chéri Delsarte was a French musician and teacher.Delsarte was born in Solesmes, Nord. He was a pupil of the Paris Conservatory, was for a time tenor singer in the Opéra Comique, and composed a few songs. However, he is chiefly known as a teacher in singing and...
, operatic tenor and singing teacher (d. 1871) - November 26 – Franz BrendelFranz BrendelNot to be confused with composer Franz Brendel .Karl Franz Brendel was a German music critic, journalist and musicologist....
, music critic (d. 1868) - December 8 – Louis SchindelmeisserLouis SchindelmeisserLouis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser was a nineteenth century German clarinetist, conductor and composer. He was born Königsberg, Prussia, and studied in Berlin and Leipzig...
, clarinettist, conducto and composer (d. 1864) - probable – James HillJames Hill (folk musician)James Hill was a British fiddler-composer and publican who lived in Newcastle and Gateshead for most or all of his short life. He is famous as the composer of many fine common-time hornpipes for fiddle, including The High Level Bridge, The Beeswing, The Hawk and The Omnibus...
, folk musician (d. 1853)
Deaths
- February 27 – Joseph Leutgeb, horn virtuoso (b. 1732)
- March 19 – Frantisek Adam Mica, composer
- April 15 – Ernest Louis Muller, composer
- May 12 – Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer
- July 13 – Pierre LaujonPierre LaujonPierre Laujon was a French playwright and chansonnier. He was uncle to the playwright Pierre-Yves Barré.-External links:* * - Source :...
, chansonnier (b. 1727) - July 19 – Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer
- August 18 – Johann Heinrich Zang, composer
- August 20 – Dorothea WendlingDorothea WendlingMaria Dorothea Wendling Stuttgart, 21 March 1736 - Munich, 20 August 1811, was a German soprano.She is probably best remembered today for being the singer for whom Mozart wrote the role of Ilia in Idomeneo, re di Creta.-References:...
, operatic soprano (b. 1736) - September 6 – Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer
- September 6 – Ignaz FränzlIgnaz FränzlIgnaz Fränzl, , was a German violinist, composer and representative of the second generation of the so-called Mannheim School...
, violinist and composer (b. 1736) - September 14 – Johanna LöfbladJohanna LöfbladJohanna Catharina Löfblad , also known as Madame Gentschein and Madame Löfblad, was a Swedish actor...
, actress and singer (b. 1733) - December 7 – Ignaz Spangler, composer
- date unknown
- John AntesJohn AntesJohn Antes was an American composer of a second generation German Moravian family was born in Upper Frederick Township, Pennsylvania, and died in Bristol, England. He became somewhat of a Renaissance Man and had careers as a violin maker, watchmaker, inventor, missionary, theoretician, businessman...
, composer (b. 1740) - Barbara PloyerBarbara PloyerMaria Anna Barbara or Babette Ployer was an Austrian piano and composition pupil of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for whom he wrote two piano concertos in 1784, No. 14 KV. 449 and No. 17, KV...
, pianist (b. 1765) - Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny, composer
- Sir Peter BeckfordPeter Beckford (hunter)Sir Peter Beckford , was one of 18th-century English peerage; he was a huntsman, a writer and the patron of the well-known Classical composer, pianist Muzio Clementi...
, English peerage (b. 17401740 in music- Events :*Johann Sebastian Bach begins to lose his sight.*Carl Heinrich Graun becomes Kapellmeister to Frederick II of Prussia. Johann Joachim Quantz becomes Frederick's flute teacher....
), patron of 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... - Thomas EbdonThomas EbdonThomas Ebdon was a British composer and organist born in Durham. He was a chorister at Durham Cathedral and became the organist there at the age of 35 after some wrangling between the Chapter and Dean. He died in office...
, composer and organist (b. 1738)
- John Antes