1801 in music
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Events
- January 12 - Domenico Cimarosa is buried at Chiesa di Sant’Angelo, Venice, with a requiem mass performed by local musicians.[1]
- March 28 - Ludwig van Beethoven's ballet The Creatures of Prometheus (Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus) premières in Vienna's Burgtheater.
- April 12 - Théâtre Feydeau in Paris closes down as a result of its director's other commitments.[1]
- April 21 - The Teatro Nuovo in Trieste is inaugurated with a performance of Johann Simon Mayr's Ginevra di Scozia.
- April 24 - Joseph Haydn's oratorio The Seasons is premièred as Die Jahreszeiten in Vienna for its aristocratic patrons at the Palais Schwarzenberg; it has its public première on May 19 at the Redoutensaal.[2]
- December 27 - Nineteen-year-old Niccolò Paganini becomes first violin of Lucca's national orchestra.[1]
- Publication of Introduction to the Art of Playing on the Piano Forte by Muzio Clementi in London.
Published popular music
- "'Twas in the Solemn Midnight Hour", composed and sung by Mrs Bland[3]
Classical music
- Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 5; Sonata No. 12, Moonlight Sonata
- Jan Ladislav Dussek - Two piano sonatas C.184-5[1]
- John Field - Three piano sonatas op.1[1]
- John Marsh – Symphony no. 30 in E minor[4]
- Pavel Vranický – Ballet Das Urteil des Paris[5]
Opera
- Simon Mayr - Ginevra di Scozia[1]
- Étienne Méhul – L'irato
- Johan Rudolf Zumsteeg – Das Pfauenfest
Births
- January 11 - John Lodge Ellerton, composer (died 1873)
- January 29 – Johannes Bernardus van Bree, composer (died 1857)
- February 21 – Jan Kalivoda, composer
- March 26 – Sophie Daguin, ballerina and choreographer (died 1881)
- April 12 – Joseph Lanner, composer (died 1843)
- June 25 – Antonio D'Antoni, composer and conductor (died 1859)
- October 17 - Alessandro Curmi, pianist and composer (died 1857)
- October 23 – Albert Lortzing, composer (died 1851)
- November 3 – Vincenzo Bellini, composer (died 1835)
Deaths
- January 11 – Domenico Cimarosa, composer, 51 (probable stomach cancer)[1]
- March 14 - Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer, 63
- March 21 – Andrea Luchesi, composer, 59
- May 13 - Bartholomeus Ruloffs, Dutch conductor and composer, 59
- May 14 - Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, organist and trumpeter, 66[6]
- August 31 - Nicola Sala, composer and music theorist, 88
- October 23 – Johann Gottlieb Naumann, conductor and composer, 60
- November 9 – Carl Stamitz, composer, 56
- December 10 – Jonathan Battishill, composer of church music, 63
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 MusicAndHistory.com - 1801. Accessed 17 March 2014
- ↑ Clark, Caryl (2005). The Cambridge Companion to Haydn. Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music. Accessed 13 Dec 2014
- ↑ Marsh, John; Graham-Jones, Ian (2001). Symphonies. Part 2, The Chichester symphonies and finales (1788–1801). Middleton, Wis.: A-R Editions. pp. ix. ISBN 0-89579-487-X. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- ↑ "List of Wranitzky's Works". Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- ↑ "Altenburg Johann Ernst". Editions Bim. Retrieved 22 December 2013.