1814 in music

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See also: 1813 in music, other events of 1814, 1815 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents 1 Events 2 Classical Music 3 Opera 4 Popular Music 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Invention of the metronome by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel

[edit] Classical Music

• John Field - Nocturnes
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel - 6 Polonaises for piano

[edit] Opera

• Ludwig van Beethoven - Fidelio (Vienna)
• Friedrich Kuhlau - Røverborgen (The Robbers' Castle)
• Giovanni Pacini - La ballerina raggiratrice
• Gioacchino Rossini - Il Turco in Italia

[edit] Popular Music

• Francis Scott Key - The Star-Spangled Banner

[edit] Births

• April 21 - Beni Egressy
• November 6 - Adolphe Sax

[edit] Deaths

• April 12 - Charles Burney, English music historian
• June 27 - Johann Friedrich Reichardt
• July 25 - Charles Dibdin, musician, songwriter, author of A Musical Tour through England
• unknown date Georg Volger, German music teacher