Music year 1797
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Events
- Józef Wybicki writes the text for Mazurek Dąbrowskiego ( Poland is not yet lost ), today's national anthem of Poland .
- On February 12th, the birthday of Emperor Franz II , the Austrian imperial hymn, God keep Franz the Emperor , will be heard for the first time . The melody composed by Joseph Haydn is also used in the Kaiserquartett . The song remains the official emperor anthem in the Habsburg monarchy until 1918. The melody was also added to the Germany song . Since 1922 this has been the German national anthem, initially with all stanzas, and after the Second World War with the third stanza the national anthem of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Instrumental music (selection)
- Ludwig van Beethoven : Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7; Piano sonata for 4 hands in D major op. 6; Serenade for string trio in D major op.8
- Luigi Boccherini : 6 quintets for oboe (or flute), 2 violins, viola and violoncello , op 55; : 6 piano quintets op 56
- Luigi Cherubini : Hymn Funebre sur la mort du General Hoche
- Joseph Haydn : Opus 76 "Erdődy-Quartets" (6 quartets on behalf of Count Joseph Erdődy) below are the Imperial Quartet and the Sunrise Quartet
- Étienne-Nicolas Méhul : Overture to La Chasse du Jeune Henri ; Symphony [No. 0] C major (available: III. Andante IV. Presto)
- Johann Ladislaus Dussek : 3 piano sonatas B, G, c op. 35 c149–151; 2 sonatas for harp, violin and violoncello E- flat , B op. 34 c147–148
- Johann Baptist Cramer : 2nd Piano Concerto in D minor op.16
- Andreas Romberg : Trio “Ah fermate!” For soprano, tenor, bass and orchestra , SteR 247; The Harmony of the Spheres (Kosegarten), hymn for solos, choir and orchestra op. 45; Symphony No. 3 in C major op. 33, SteR 16 (completed, first performed in 1812); Violin Concerto X in E minor, SteR 51
Musical theater
- January 10 : World premiere of the opera Lisbeth by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry in Paris (Comédie-Italienne)
- January 16 : World premiere of the opera Telemaco nell'isola di Calipso by Johann Simon Mayr in Venice, (La Fenice)
- January 17th : Premiere of the opera Anacréon chez Polycrate by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry at the Paris Opera
- February 11 : World premiere of the opera La Famille suisse by François-Adrien Boieldieu in Paris (Opéra-Comique)
- March 13 : At the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris, the Opéra-comique Médée by Luigi Cherubini based on the libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman is premiered. The literary model is the tragedy Medea by Euripides .
- March 15th : World premiere of the opera Ponce de Léon by Henri Montan Berton at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
- May 6 : premiere of the opera Le barbier de village ou Le revenant by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris
- May 11 : Premiere of the opera La Maison isolée ou Le Vieillard des Vosges by Nicolas Dalayrac in Paris, (Opéra-Comique)
- May 23 : World premiere of the opera Diamond Cut Diamond, or Venetian Revels by James Hook (location of the world premiere not specified).
- May 24th : World premiere of the opera La Leçon ou La Mug de glaces by Nicolas Dalayrac in Paris, (Théâtre Feydeau)
- June 9 : World premiere of the opera Chi la dura la vince by Giovanni Paisiello in Milan (Scala)
- June 26 : World premiere of the opera La Daunia felice by Giovanni Paisiello in Foggia, (Palazzo Dogana)
- September 24 : premiere of the one-act opera L'intrigo della lettera by Johann Simon Mayr in Venice, (San Moisé) at the same time the opera Il secreto by the same composer was premiered at the same location .
- October 10 : World premiere of the opera Adelina Senese o sia l'Amore secreto by Gaspare Spontini in Venice, (Teatro San Samuele)
- November 4th : World premiere of the opera Andromaca by Giovanni Paisiello in Naples, (Teatro San Carlo)
- November 7th : Premiere of the opera L'Heureuse Nouvelle by François-Adrien Boieldieu in Paris, (Opéra-Comique)
- November 10 : World premiere of the opera Le Dénouement inattendu by Henri Montan Berton at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
- December 15 : Premiere of the opera Le Pari ou Mombreuil et Merville by François-Adrien Boieldieu in Paris, (Opéra-Comique)
- December 30th : Premiere of the opera Gulnare ou L'Esclave persanne by Nicolas Dalayrac in Paris, (Opéra-Comique)
Other works
- Antonio Salieri : I tre filosofi (opera fragment)
- Étienne-Nicolas Méhul : Two operas (1) Le Jeune Henri ; Le Pont de Lodi
- Domenico Cimarosa : Six operas (1) Gli Orazi ed i Curiazi ; (2) Achille all'assedio di Troy ; (3) L'imprudente fortunato ; (4) Artemisia regina di Caria ; (5) Attilio Regolo ; (6) Le nozze di Lauretta ; La morte di Assalonne (oratorio)
- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf : The Girls' Market (Opera)
- Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli : La morte di Mitridate (opera); Giuseppe in Egitto (opera, based on a libretto by Pietro Metastasio that has been set to music many times )
- Joseph Weigl : I solitari (opera in three acts); L'amor marinaro ossia Il corsaro (Opera in two acts)
- Louis Emmanuel Jadin : Les Bons Voisins (opera in one act)
- Peter von Winter : Babylon's pyramids (heroic-comic opera, libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder); Pigmalione (opera)
Born
- January 20 : Carl August Abmeyer , German cantor and composer († 1875 )
- January 27 : Narcisse Girard , French conductor († 1860 )
- January 31 : Franz Schubert , Austrian composer († 1828 )
- February 22nd : Heinrich Steinweg , piano maker († 1871 )
- March 7th : Carl Schwencke , German musician and composer († 1870 )
- March 8 : Maximilien Simon , French composer and civil servant († 1861 )
- May 12 : Johann Hermann Kufferath , German composer († 1864 )
- May 17 : Mariane Bargiel , German pianist, singer (soprano), piano teacher and the mother of Clara Schumann († 1872 )
- May 30 : Johann Christian Lobe , German composer and music theorist († 1881 )
- July 29th : Anton Dominikus Biber , German piano maker († 1863 )
- August 5 : Friedrich August Kummer the Younger , cellist, cello teacher and composer († 1879 )
- November 29 : Gaetano Donizetti , Italian composer († 1848 )
- December 12 : Lucy Anderson , English pianist († 1878 )
- December 29 : Simon Leborne , French composer and music teacher († 1866 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Gustaf Andersson , Swedish organ builder and musician († 1872)
- Toussaint Poisson , French composer and music teacher († 1861 )
Died
- February 8 : Johann Friedrich Doles , German composer and Thomas Cantor (* 1715 )
- February 12 : Antoine Dauvergne , French violinist, composer and opera director of the pre-classical period. (* 1713 )
- February: Pasquale Anfossi , Italian composer of the 18th century, (* 1727 )
- March 9 : Wassili Alexejewitsch Paschkewitsch , Russian composer (* around 1742)
- March 19 : Philip Hayes , English composer (* 1738 )
- March 30th : Franz Aumann , Austrian composer (* 1728 )
- April 12 : Josef Anton Steffan , Austrian classical composer, harpsichordist and music teacher (* 1726 )
- April 23 : Giovanni Battista Andreoni , Italian opera singer (* 1720 )
- May 28 : Anton Raaff , German opera singer (* 1714 )
- November 27 : Johann Baptist Wendling , German composer and flautist (* 1723 )
- November 27 : Carl Christian Agthe , German composer and organist (* 1762 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Juan Manuel Olivares , Venezuelan composer (* around 1760)
See also
Web links
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