1801 in music
Events
Published popular music
- "'Twas in the Solemn Midnight Hour", composed and sung by Mrs Bland
Classical music
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Violin Sonata No. 4, Op. 23
- Violin Sonata No. 5, Op. 24
- Piano Sonata No. 12, Op. 26
- Piano Sonata No. 13 & No. 14 (Moonlight), Op. 27
- Piano Sonata No. 15, Op. 28
- String Quintet, Op. 29
- The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
- Johann Baptist Cramer â Piano Sonatas, Op. 25
- Jan Ladislav Dussek
- Two Piano Sonatas C.184-5
- Piano Concerto, Op. 49
- John Field â Three Piano Sonatas Op. 1
- Joseph Haydn
- Mass in B-flat major, Hob.XXII:13
- The Spirit's Song, Hob.XXVIa:41
- The Seasons
- Franz Krommer â 3 String Quartets, Op. 19
- John Marsh â Symphony no. 30 in E minor
- Pavel Vranický â Ballet Das Urteil des Paris
- Johann Baptist Wanhal â Clarinet Sonata in C major
- Joseph Woelfl â Duet for Cello and Piano, Op. 31
- Anton Wranitzky â 3 String Quintets, Op. 8
- Carl Friedrich Zelter â 12 Lieder am Clavier zu singen, Z.122
Opera
Methods and theory writings
Births
- January 11 â John Lodge Ellerton, composer (died 1873)
- January 29 â Johannes Bernardus van Bree, composer (died 1857)
- February 1 â Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, Swedish Composer (died 1878)
- February 21 â Jan Kalivoda, composer
- February 22 â William Barnes, lyricist and writer (died 1886)
- March 11 â Frédéric Bérat, composer and songwriter (died 1855)
- March 19 â Salvatore Cammarano, Italian librettist (died 1852)
- March 26 â Sophie Daguin, ballerina and choreographer (died 1881)
- April 12 â Joseph Lanner, composer (died 1843)
- June 20 â Gustavo Carulli, composer (died 1876)
- June 25 â Antonio D'Antoni, composer and conductor (died 1859)
- August 1 â Karl Johann Philipp Spitta, librettist and poet (died 1859)
- September 13 â Stefan Witwicki, lyricist and poet (died 1847)
- October 17 â Alessandro Curmi, pianist and composer (died 1857)
- October 23 â Albert Lortzing, composer (died 1851)
- November 3 â Vincenzo Bellini, composer (died 1835)
- November 27 â Aleksandr Varlamov, Russian composer (died 1848)
Deaths
- January 11 â Domenico Cimarosa, composer, 51 (probable stomach cancer)
- March 2 â Charles-Albert Demoustier, lyricist and writer (born 1760)
- March 14 â Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer, 63
- March 21 â Andrea Luchesi, composer, 59
- March 25 â Friedrich von Hardenberg, librettist and poet (born 1772)
- May 13 â Bartholomeus Ruloffs, Dutch conductor and composer, 59
- May 14 â Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, organist and trumpeter, 66
- August 31 â Nicola Sala, composer and music theorist, 88
- October 23 â Johann Gottlieb Naumann, conductor and composer, 60
- November â Thomas Augustine Geary, Irish composer (born 1773)
- November 9 â Carl Stamitz, composer, 56
- December 10 â Jonathan Battishill, composer of church music, 63
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