Events None listed
Popular music
"Bubble, Squeak and Pettitoes" aka "Mr. Grig and Mrs. Snap" sung by Joseph Grimaldi in Harlequin and Blue Beard
Classical music Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Trio No. 7 (the "Archduke") Die Ruinen von Athen ("The Ruins of Athens") Johann Nepomuk Hummel – 12 German Dances and Coda for Redout-Deutsche Peter Casper Krossing – Symphony in C minor Giacomo Meyerbeer – Gott und die Natur (oratorio) Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major opus 14Lance G. Hill, "W.A. Mozart, "Jr." – 2 Delightful Piano Concertos!", Classical Music Chatterbox (Wed Apr 12, 2006; archive from September 28, 2007; retrieved August 25, 2017). George Onslow – Duo for Piano 4 hands no 1 in E minor Ferdinand Ries Horn Sonata, Op. 34 3 Violin Sonatas, Op. 38 Piano Concerto No.2, Op. 42 String Quintet, Op. 68 Concerto for 2 Horns, WoO 19 Joseph Wölfl – Piano Concerto No. 6 in D major "Le coucou", Op. 49
Opera Carl Maria von Weber – Abu Hassan
Births January 21 – Mademoiselle Ambroisine, ballet dancer (d. 1882) February 4 – Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, organ builder (d. 1899) March 13 – Camille-Marie Stamaty, composer and pianist (d. 1870) March 23 – Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer (d. 1891) May 22 – Giulia Grisi, operatic soprano (d. 1869) July 19 – Vincenz Lachner, composer (d. 1893) August 5 – Ambroise Thomas, opera composer (d. 1896) August 25 – August Gottfried Ritter, organist and composer (d. 1885) August 31 – Adolfina Fägerstedt, ballerina (d. 1902) September – Charles Frederick Hempel, organist and composer (d. 1867) September 29 – Adam Darr, guitarist, singer and composer (d. 1866) October 16 – Gaetano Capocci, conductor and composer (d. 1898) October 22 – Franz Liszt, pianist and composer (d. 1886) October 24 – Ferdinand Hiller, pianist, composer and conductor (d. 1885) November 11 – François Delsarte, operatic tenor and singing teacher (d. 1871) November 26 – Franz Brendel, music critic (d. 1868) December 8 – Louis Schindelmeisser, clarinettist, conductor and composer (d. 1864) December 23 – Yevdokiya Rostopchina, lyricist and noble (died 1858) undated – Francis Hartwell Henslowe, public servant and composer (died 1878) probable – James Hill, folk musician (d. 1853)
Deaths February 27 – Joseph Leutgeb, horn virtuoso, 78 March 19 – František Adam Míča, composer, 65 April 15 – Ernest Louis Muller, composer May 12 – Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer and cellist, 72 July 13 – Pierre Laujon, chansonnier (b. 1727) July 19 – Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer August 18 – Johann Heinrich Zang, composer August 20 – Dorothea Wendling, operatic soprano, 75 September 6 Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer Ignaz Fränzl, violinist and composer, 75 September 14 – Johanna Löfblad, actress and singer (b. 1733) 13 October – Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer December 7 – Ignaz Spangler, composer date unknown John Antes, composer, 71 Barbara Ployer, pianist (b. 1765) Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny, composer Sir Peter Beckford, English peerage, patron of Muzio Clementi, 70 Thomas Ebdon, composer and organist (b. 1738)
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