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Events edit
- September 25 – The Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the "black Mozart", loses his command and is imprisoned at Houdainville.
- Niccolò Paganini debuts as a violin virtuoso at age 11 in his birthplace of Genoa.
- Westminster Quarters first written, for the bells of a new clock at the Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge, by Prof. Joseph Jowett, probably with Prof. John Randall or William Crotch.
Popular Music edit
- Nehemiah Shumway – The American Harmony, including "Schenectady"
- George Thomson – A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs for the Voice
Classical music edit
- Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier – Variations on La Marseillaise
- Ludwig van Beethoven – Ein Selbstgespräch, WoO 114
- Domenico Cimarosa – Concerto for 2 Flutes in G major, G.1077
- Muzio Clementi
- 3 Piano Trios, Op. 29
- 3 Piano Trios, Op. 32
- Jan Ladislav Dussek
- 6 Piano Sonatinas, Op. 19
- Piano Concerto No.5, Op. 22
- The Sufferings of the Queen of France, Op. 23
- Joseph Haydn
- String Quartets, Opp. 71 & 74 "Apponyi"
- Variations in F minor
- 12 German Dances, Hob.IX:10
- Piano Trio in G major, Hob.XV:32
- Michael Haydn – Missa in honorem Sanctae Ursulae
- Leopold Kozeluch – Three Piano Sonatas, Op. 38
- Giovanni Battista Viotti – Violin Concerto No.26 in B-flat major
- Paul Wranitzky
- Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 24
- Six String Quartets, Op. 23
Opera edit
- Felice Alessandri – Virginia
- Samuel Arnold – The Mountaineers
- Thomas Attwood – Ozmyn and Daraxa
- François-Adrien Boïeldieu – La fille coupable
- Domenico Cimarosa – I traci amanti
- Francesco Gardi – Pirro
- Johann Baptist Henneberg – Die Waldmänner
- Étienne Méhul – Le jeune sage et le vieux fou
- Johann Friedrich Reichardt – Erwin und Elmire
- Josef Seger – 8 Toccatas and Fugues
- Daniel Steibelt – Roméo et Juliette
Methods and theory writings edit
- Pierre Baillot – Méthode de Violon
- Joseph Frike – A Guide in Harmony
- Othon-Joseph Vandenbroek – Traité général de tous les instruments à vent
- Georg Joseph Vogler – Verbesserung der Forkel’schen Veränderungen über 'God save the King'
Births edit
- January 18 – William Henry Havergal, hymn-writer and composer (d. 1870)[1]
- February 14 – William Crathern, composer of sacred music (d. c.1851)
- February 27 – Elisabeth Frösslind, opera singer (d. 1861)
- July 22 – Eugène Walckiers, composer (died 1866)
- August 21 – Peter Casper Krossing, composer (d. 1838)
- September 2 – Caroline Ridderstolpe, composer (d. 1878)
- December 26 – François Hünten, composer (died 1878)
- date unknown – William Bartholomew, arranger and composer (died 1867)
Deaths edit
- January 24 (bur.) – Marged ferch Ifan, harpist and wrestler (b. 1696)
- March 17 – Leopold Hofmann, composer (b. 1738)
- May 3 – Martin Gerbert, music writer (b. 1720)
- May 7 – Pietro Nardini, composer (b. 1722)[2]
- July 26 – Alessandro Besozzi, Italian composer (born 1702)[3]
- September 10 – Marc-Antoine Désaugiers, opera composer (b. 1742)
- September 14 – Benjamin Cooke, organist and composer (b. 1734)
- October 21 – Johann Hartmann, composer (b. 1726)
- October 25 – Giovanni Battista Ferrandini, composer (b. 1710)
- date unknown
- Philip Phile, violinist and composer (b. c.1734)
- Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, singer and composer (b. 1695)
References edit
- ^ Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. A&C Black. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-7201-2330-2.
- ^ The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2003. p. 515. ISBN 978-0-85229-961-6.
- ^ Bertil van Boer (5 April 2012). Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period. Scarecrow Press. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-8108-7386-5.