Music year 1796
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Instrumental music (selection)
- Ludwig van Beethoven : Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major op.5.1; Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5.2 (both sonatas were dedicated to the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II ). In addition, the composer dedicates his 3 piano sonatas, published last year, to his teacher Joseph Haydn .
- Luigi Boccherini : 6 string quartets op. 53; 6 string trios for 2 violins and violoncello op.54
- Luigi Cherubini : Ode sur le 18 fructidor
- Antonio Salieri : La Riconoscenza for soprano, five-part choir and orchestra (secular cantata)
- Joseph Haydn : Trumpet Concerto in E flat major ; Trios for piano, violin and violoncello No. 42 to 45
Musical theater
- January 26th : World premiere of the opera La Lodoiska by Johann Simon Mayr in Venice, (La Fenice)
- January 30th : World premiere of the opera Giulietta e Romeo by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli in Milan (Scala)
- February 20th : Premiere of the opera La Famille américaine by Nicolas Dalayrac in Paris (Opéra-Comique)
- June 14th : Premiere of the opera The Interrupted Festival of Sacrifice by Peter von Winter in the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna
- July 7th : World premiere of the opera Marianne ou L'Amour maternel by Nicolas Dalayrac in Paris (Opéra-Comique)
- August 7th : Premiere of the opera Il moro by Antonio Salieri in the Burgtheater in Vienna. The libretto is by Giovanni De Gamerra
- October 8 : World premiere of the opera Un pazzo ne fa cento by Johann Simon Mayr in Venice, (San Samuele)
- October 26 : World premiere of the opera Christophe et Jérôme ou La Femme hospitalière by Henri Montan Berton at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
Other works
- Joseph Haydn : Missa in tempore belli ( mass in times of war ), Hob. XXII: 9; Missa Sancti Bernardi de Offida , ( Holy Mass ), Hob. XXII: 10; The seven last words of our Savior on the Cross (version as oratorio)
- Gaspare Spontini : Li puntigli delle donne (Opera) premiered at the Carnival in Rome
- Domenico Cimarosa : two operas (1) La finta ammalata , (2) I nemici generosi
- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf : The Merry Wives of Windsor (Opera)
- Stephen Storace : Two Operas (1) The Iron Chest ; Mahmoud (The composer's last stage works)
- Louis Emmanuel Jadin : Five Operas (1) Le Mariage de la veille ; (2) Mélusine et Gerval ; (3) Le Negociant de Boston ; (4) Les Deux Lettres ; (5) Le Défi Hasardeux
- Thomas Attwood : The Smugglers (Opera)
- Vicente Martín y Soler : Camille ou Le souterrain (Opera)
- Peter von Winter : I due vedovi (An opera that premiered in Vienna based on a libretto by Giovanni De Gamerra).
Born
- February 11 : Giovanni Pacini , Italian opera composer († 1867 )
- March 1 : Gregor Rihar , Slovenian composer († 1863 )
- March 14 : Anton Haizinger , Austrian opera singer (tenor) († 1869 )
- July 20 : Edward Hodges , American organist and composer († 1867 )
- July 23 : Franz Berwald , Swedish composer and violinist († 1868 )
- July 27th : Ignaz Bösendorfer Austrian piano maker († 1859 )
- August 25 : James Lick , American piano maker († 1876 )
- September 16 : Johann Daniel Elster , German music professor and choir director († 1857 )
- October 4 : August Wilhelm Bach , German composer and organist († 1869 )
- November 30th : Carl Loewe , German composer († 1869 )
- December 9th : Emilie Zumsteeg German composer, music teacher, choir director, pianist and music writer († 1857 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Friedrich Wilhelm Agthe , German composer and Kreuzkantor († 1830 )
Died
- January 1 : Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde , French musician, mathematician and chemist (* 1735 )
- February 16 (or April 16): Caterina Gabrielli , Italian opera singer (* 1730 )
- February 28 : Friedrich Wilhelm Rust , German composer (* 1739 )
- March 19 : Stephen Storace , British composer (* 1762 )
- April 4 : Nicola Sabatino , Italian composer of the Neapolitan School (* around 1705 )
- April 9th : Johann Christian Schramm , royal Prussian chamber musician and harpsichordist
- April 13 : Eleonora Zucker , German actress and singer (* 1768 )
- May 4th : Benjamin Friedrich Köhler , German hymn poet and civil servant (* 1730 )
- June 8 : Felice Giardini , Italian violinist, composer and opera director (* 1716 )
- April 16 : Johann Friedrich Doles the Younger , German composer and lawyer (* 1746 )
- July 17th : Thomas Sanders Dupuis , English composer and organist of French descent (* 1733 )
- September 14th : Samuel Green , English organ builder (* 1740 )
- December 30th : Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne , French composer (* 1751 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Joseph Kaffka , German violinist and composer (* 1730 )
See also
Web links
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