1810 in music

This is a list of music-related events in 1810.

Events

• April 27 - Ludwig van Beethoven composes one of his most popular compositions, the piano piece Für Elise.
• Friedrich Kuhlau leaves Hamburg for Copenhagen, to avoid conscription into Napoleon's army.
• Work begins on the San Carlo Opera House at Naples.

Classical music

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• March for Military Band, WoO 20
• Polonaise for Military Band, WoO 21
• Ecossaise for Military Band, WoO 22
• Ecossaise for Military Band, WoO 23
• Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor for piano, "Für Elise", WoO 59
• 25 Irish Songs, WoO 152
• 26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155
• Egmont, Op. 84, overture and incidental music (first performed, composed 1809)
• 3 Lieder, Op. 83
• String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, "Serioso", Op. 95
• Piano Sonata #26 (Les Adieux)
• Joseph Eybler – Die vier letzen Dinge (oratorio)
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Flute Sonata in D major, Op. 50
• Friedrich Kuhlau – Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 7
• Etienne Mehul – Symphony No. 4 in E major
• Ferdinand Ries
• Violin Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 24
• Piano Trio, Op. 28
• Bernard Romberg – Trauer-Symphonie, Op .23
• Louis Spohr
• Clarinet Concerto No.2, Op. 57
• Violin Concerto No.10, Op. 62
• Christoph Bernard Verspoell – "Menschen, die ihr wart verloren"
• Carl Maria von Weber – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 11

Opera

• Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Mathilde von Guise
• Gioacchino Rossini – La Cambiale di Matrimonio
• Carl Maria von Weber – Silvana

Publications

• – Die blinden Tonkünstler

Births

• February 3 – Ludwig August Frankl, lyricist and poet (died 1894)
• February 5 – Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (died 1880)
• February 22 – Frédéric Chopin, composer, pianist (died 1849)
• February 8 – Norbert Burgmüller, composer (died 1836)
• March 15 – Carl Linger (died 1862)
• May 2 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (died 1874)
• May 5 – Eugène Cormon, librettist (died 1903)
• May 18 – Francesco Maria Piave, Italian librettist (died 1876)
• May 20 – Sara Augusta Malmborg, singer, pianist and painter (died 1860)
• June 7 – Friedrich Julius Hammer, poet and librettist (died 1862)
• June 8 – Robert Schumann, composer (died 1856)
• June 9 – Otto Nicolai, composer and conductor (died 1849)
• June 17 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, lyricist and poet (died 1876)
• June 19 – Ferdinand David, editor and musician (died 1873)
• August 6 – Giorgio Ronconi, operatic baritone (died 1890)
• August 12 – Alfred Novello, music publisher (died 1896)
• September 22 – Paul Barroilhet, operatic baritone (died 1871)
• October 18 – Giovanni Matteo Mario, operatic tenor (died 1883)
• October 24 – Carl Baermann, composer (died 1885)
• November 7 – Ferenc Erkel, opera composer (died 1893)
• November 16 – Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken, conductor and composer (died 1882)
• December 21 - Ludwig Schuncke, German pianist and composer

Deaths

• January 7 – Joseph Lipavsky, composer
• March 29 – John Garth, composer (born 1721)
• April 8 – Venanzio Rauzzini, castrato singer, composer, pianist and teacher (born 1746)
• July 19 – Joseph Stephenson, composer of West Gallery music (born 1723)
• November 19 – Jean-Georges Noverre, ballet master (born 1727)
• November 27 – Francesco Bianchi, opera composer (born 1752)
• date unknown
• Margaretha Christina Åbergsson, ballet dancer
• Anna Davia, opera singer (born 1743)
• Domenico Fischietti, composer (born 1725)

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