This is a list of music-related events in 1802.
Events
- January 9 â The Harmonic Society of Philadelphia is founded, with native composer Andrew Law as its president.
- January 20 â Luigi Boccherini receives a pension from Joseph Bonaparte.
- February 15 â Muzio Clementi publishes the second volume of his Practical Harmony.
- March 19 â Composer François-Adrien Boieldieu marries dancer Clotilde Mafleuray.
- April 30 â Louis Spohr begins his violin studies under Franz Eck.
- May 5
- Composer Giovanni Paisiello, recently arrived in Paris, meets his host, Napoleon, for the first time.
- Composers Jan Ladislav Dussek and Louis Spohr are introduced by Herr Kiekhöver in Hamburg.
- July 20 â The chapel created by Napoleon in the Tuileries is officially opened, with Giovanni Paisiello as its musical director.
- August 15 â Luigi Cherubini, ÃÂtienne-Nicolas Méhul, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Pierre Rode and Nicolò Isouard go into business as publishers of their own music.
- October 6 â Ludwig van Beethoven writes to his brother Carl from Heiligenstadt, in despair over his increasing deafness.
- Simon Mayr becomes maestro di cappella at Bergamo Cathedral.
Publications
Classical music
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Second Symphony
- 6 Ländler, WoO 15
- Bagatelle in C Major, WoO 54
- "No, Non Tubarti", WoO 92a
- "Ne' giorni tuoi felici", WoO 93
- "Graf, Graf, Liebster Graf" WoO 101
- Piano Sonata No. 16
- Piano Sonata No. 17
- Piano Sonata No. 18
- 3 Piano Sonatas, Op. 31
- 6 Variations in F Major, Op. 34
- Eroica Variations, Op. 35
- Matthieu Frédéric Blasius â Clarinet Concerto No. 1
- Giuseppe Maria Cambini â Wind Quintet Nos.1âÂÂ3
- Muzio Clementi â 3 Piano Sonatas, Op. 40
- Jan Ladislav Dussek
- Duo in F major, Op. 26
- Piano Sonata No.17, Op. 43
- Piano Sonatas Nos. 19âÂÂ21, Op. 45
- Piano Sonatas Nos. 22âÂÂ23, Op. 47
- Emanuel Aloys Förster â 3 String Quartets, Op. 21
- Joseph Haydn â Harmoniemesse, his last major work
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel â Piano Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello and bass, Op. 87 (inspiration for Schubert's "Trout" quintet)
- Franz Krommer
- Flute Concerto No.1, Op. 30
- Concerto for 2 Clarinets in E-flat major, Op. 35
- Ignaz Pleyel â Symphonie concertante in F major, B.115
- Johann Friedrich Reichardt â Das Zauberschloss (singspiel)
- Louis Spohr - Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 1
- Anton Ferdinand Titz â 3 String Quartets
- Samuel Wesley â Symphony in B-flat
- Carl Friedrich Zelter â Sammlung kleiner Balladen und Lieder, Z.123
Opera
Births
- February 26 â Victor Hugo, librettist and poet (died 1885)
- March 3 â Adolphe Nourrit, operatic tenor (died 1839)
- March 5 â James Turle, editor and organist (died 1882)
- May 31
- , composer (died 1871)
- Cesare Pugni, Italian composer (died 1870)
- July 3 â Joseph Labitzky, composer and conductor (died 1881)
- July 12 â Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer (died 1852)
- July 15 â John Barnett, English composer (died 1890)
- July 24 â Alexandre Dumas, librettist and writer (died 1870)
- July 27 â Ida Henriette da Fonseca, alto, composer (died 1858)
- August 13 â Nikolaus Lenau, lyricist and poet (died 1850)
- August 23 â Manuel Inocêncio Liberato dos Santos, musician and composer (died 1887)
- August 28 â Karl Joseph Simrock, librettist and poet (died 1876)
- September 18 â Jean-Amédée Lefroid de Méreaux, composer (died 1874)
- September 19 â Lajos Kossuth, dedicatee and politician (died 1894)
- September 24 â Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, librettist and Lord Chief Justice (died 1880)
- October 7 â Bernhard Molique, composer (died 1869)
- October 10 â George Pope Morris, librettist and publisher (died 1864)
- date unknown
- Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy, pianist and composer (died c. 1880)
- Ureli Corelli Hill, conductor (died 1875)
- George Alexander Lee, singer and composer (died 1851)
- Marion Dix Sullivan, American composer (died 1860)
- José Zapiola, conductor and composer (died 1885)
Deaths
- January 27 â Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, conductor and composer, 42
- March 7 â , composer, 51
- April 10 â Charlotte Brent, operatic soprano, 67
- April 18 â Erasmus Darwin, lyricist and physician (born 1731)
- July 26 â Rose-Adélaïde Ducreux, painter and musician, 41 (yellow fever)
- July 28 â Giuseppe Sarti, composer, 72
- August 10 â Antonio Lolli, violinist and composer (born c. 1725)
- August 23 â Corona Schröter, singer, 51
- September 28 â Heinrich Harries, lyricist and pastor (born 1762)
- October 2 â Giuseppe Millico, castrato singer, composer and music teacher, 65
- October 22 â Samuel Arnold, composer and organist, 62
References