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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...
– String Quintet (Opus 104) - 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...
– Gradus ad Parnassum Volume I is published simultaneously in London, Paris and Leipzig on March 1. - Anton ReichaAnton ReichaAnton Reicha was a Czech-born, later naturalized French composer. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Beethoven, Reicha is now best remembered for his substantial early contribution to the wind quintet literature and his role as a teacher – his pupils included Franz Liszt and Hector Berlioz...
– Andante for Wind Quintet no 1 in E flat major
Opera
- Franz DanziFranz DanziFranz Ignaz Danzi was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the noted Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi. Born in Schwetzingen, Franz Danzi worked in Mannheim, Munich, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, where he died....
– Die Probe - Gioacchino RossiniGioacchino RossiniGioachino Antonio Rossini was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces...
– La Cenerentola, La Gazza Ladra, Adelaide di BorgognaAdelaide di BorgognaAdelaide di Borgogna, ossia Ottone, re d'Italia is a two-act opera composed by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Giovanni Schmidt...
Published Popular Music
- "Oft In The Stilly Night – w.m. (arr.) Thomas MooreThomas MooreThomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and The Last Rose of Summer. He was responsible, with John Murray, for burning Lord Byron's memoirs after his death...
Births
- February 22 – Niels Gade, composer (d. 1890)
- March 2 – Hans HansenHans Hansen (composer)Hans Hansen was a Danish composer.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia....
, composer (d. 1878) - March 24 – Aimé MaillartAimé MaillartLouis-Aimé Maillart was a French composer, best known for his operas, particularly Les Dragons de Villars and Lara.-Biography:Maillart was born in Montpellier...
, composer (d. 1871) - June 13 – Antonio Torres JuradoAntonio Torres JuradoAntonio de Torres Jurado was a Spanish guitarist and luthier, and "the most important Spanish guitar maker of the 19th century."...
, Spanish guitar maker (d. 1892) - August 13 – Károly ThernKároly ThernKároly Thern was a Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor and arranger. He was among the second generation of composers who developed the language of Hungarian art music....
, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1886) - November 12 – Gustav NottebohmGustav NottebohmMartin Gustav Nottebohm was a pianist, teacher, musical editor and composer who spent most of his career in Vienna. He is particularly celebrated for his studies of Beethoven....
, musicologist (d. 1882) - November 13 – Henry Brinley RichardsHenry Brinley RichardsHenry Brinley Richards was a Welsh composer.Richards was born in Hall Street, Carmarthen, his father being organist at St Peter's Church in the town and an organiser of local musical events. Richards won a prize at the Gwent-Morgannwg Eisteddfod of 1834, held at Cardiff, for his arrangement of...
, composer (d. 1885)
Deaths
- January 14 – Pierre-Alexandre MonsignyPierre-Alexandre MonsignyPierre-Alexandre Monsigny was a French composer and a member of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts .He is considered alongside André Grétry and François-André Danican Philidor to have been the founder of a new musical genre, the opéra comique, laying a path for other French composers such as...
, composer (b. 1729) - January 28 – F.L.Æ. KunzenF.L.Æ. KunzenFriedrich Ludwig Æmilius Kunzen was a German composer and conductor who lived and worked for much of his life in Denmark.-Life:...
, conductor and composer (b. 1761) - March 1 – Luigi GattiLuigi GattiLuigi Gatti was a classical composer. He was born in Lazise in 1740, the son of an organist, Francesco della Gatta. He was ordained a priest in Mantua...
, composer (b. 1740) - August 24 – Nancy StoraceNancy StoraceNancy Storace , , was an English operatic soprano...
, operatic soprano (b. 1766) - October 11 – Franz Xaver HammerFranz Xaver HammerFranz Xaver Hammer was a German gambist, cellist and composer.Hammer was born in Oettingen in Bayern. From 1771 to 1778, he worked under Joseph Haydn as cellist of the Esterhazy's court ensemble in Eisenstadt and at the Eszterháza palace. It is thought that Haydn composed three cello concertos for...
, gambist, cellist and composer (b. 1741) - October 18 – Etienne MéhulÉtienne MéhulEtienne Nicolas Méhul was a French composer, "the most important opera composer in France during the Revolution." He was also the first composer to be called a "Romantic".-Life:...
, composer (b. 1763) - November 7 – Francesco Pasquale RicciFrancesco Pasquale RicciFrancesco Pasquale Ricci , was an Italian composer and violinist.Ricci was born in Como. He traveled widely, and lived some time in Paris. Returning to Como, he became maestro di cappella at Como Cathedral in 1759. Six quintets of his were published in London around 1770 by Peter Welcker...
, composer (b. 1732) - December 1 – Justin Heinrich KnechtJustin Heinrich KnechtJustinus or Justin Heinrich Knecht was a German composer, organist, and music theorist.-Biography:He was born in Biberach an der Riss, where he learnt to play the organ, keyboard, violin, and singing...
, organist and composer (b. 1752) - date unknown – John PeacockJohn Peacock (piper)John Peacock was one of the finest Northumbrian smallpipers of his age, and probably a fiddler also, and the last of the Newcastle Waits. He was born in Morpeth about 1756, and died in Newcastle, 'in distress'...
, Northumbrian piper (b. c. 1756)