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Events
- Invention of the metronome by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel
- February 27: Premiere of Beethoven Eighth Symphony in Vienna[1]
Classical Music
- Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90; Der glorreiche Augenblick, Op. 136 (Cantata).
- John Field - Nocturnes
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel - 6 Polonaises for piano
- Franz Schubert - Gretchen am Spinnrade
- Louis Spohr - Violin Concerto No. 7 in E minor, Op. 38; Das befreite Deutschland (cantata), WoO64[2]
Opera
- Ludwig van Beethoven - Fidelio (Vienna)
- Friedrich Kuhlau - Røverborgen (The Robbers' Castle)
- Giovanni Pacini - La ballerina raggiratrice
- Gioacchino Rossini - Il Turco in Italia
Popular Music
- Henry Bishop - Sadak and Kalasrade, or the Waters of Oblivion
- Francis Scott Key - The Star-Spangled Banner
Births
- January - Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, violinist and composer (d. 1865)
- February 21 - Nicolò Gabrielli, opera composer (d. 1891)
- April 21 - Béni Egressy, composer and librettist (d. 1851)
- May 12 - Adolf von Henselt, pianist and composer (d. 1889)
- November 6 - Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone (d. 1894)
Deaths
- February 3 - Jan Antonín Koželuh, composer (b. 1738)
- April 12 - Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)
- May 6 - Georg Joseph Vogler, organist, composer and music theorist (b. 1749)
- June 8 - Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer (b. 1765)
- June 27 - Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer and music critic (b. 1752)
- July 25 - Charles Dibdin, musician, songwriter, author of A Musical Tour through England (b. c. 1745)
References
- ^ Brown, Clive. Louis Spohr: A Critical Biography at Google Book Search, page 98.
- ^ Brown, Clive. op. cit., pages 92, 99.
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