1804 in music

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See also: 1803 in music - other events in 1804 - 1805 in music - List of years in music

Contents 1 Events 2 Classical music 3 Opera 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Beethoven angrily renames his Third Symphony from the Napoleon to the Eroica after Napoleon crowns himself emperor.

[edit] Classical music

• Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major written
• Ludwig van Beethoven - Opus 85 Christus am Ölberge completed
• Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 2 published
• Louis Spohr - Concerto for Violin no 2 in D minor, Op. 2

[edit] Opera

• Pierre Gaveaux - Le Mariage inattendu

[edit] Births

• March 14 - Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer
• March 30 – Salomon Sulzer, composer
• June 1 - Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer

[edit] Deaths

• April 28 – Hans Gram, composer
• November 19 - Pietro Guglielmi, composer