Music year 1799
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Instrumental and vocal music (selection)
- Luigi Boccherini : 6 piano quintets , op. 57; 6 string quartets , op.58
- Luigi Cherubini : Hymn pour la fête de la Jeunesse, 10 germinal
- Ludwig van Beethoven : Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique); Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1; Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2; Septet in E flat major op.20; 1st string quartet in F major op.18.1; 2nd String Quartet in G major Op. 18 No. 2; 3rd String Quartet in D major, Op. 18.3; 4th String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4; 5th String Quartet No. 5 in A major op.18.5
- Antonio Salieri : Der Tyroler Landsturm for soprano, tenor, bass, four-part choir and orchestra (secular cantata); Mass in C major for double choir and orchestra ; Venite gentes in C major for double choir and orchestra (Gradualie); Cantate Domino omnis terra in C major for double choir and orchestra
- Joseph Haydn : Lobkowitz Quartets, Opus 77 (commissioned by Prince Joseph Maximilian Lobkowitz). They consist of the following two individual numbers: Quartet in G major , op. 77, No. 1 ( complimenting quartet ); Quartet in F major , op.77, no.2
- François-Adrien Boieldieu : Sonata for piano op.4
- Johann Ladislaus Dussek : Sonata for piano, violin and violoncello E flat op. 37 c169; Duet for piano / harp, piano and 2–3 horns ad lib. It op. 38 c170; 3 piano sonatas G, C, B op. 39 c166–168
- Andreas Romberg : Skolie im Abendrot (Köpken), choral song for two tenors, two basses and orchestra , SteR 250; Bundeslied (Goethe), choral song for two tenors, two basses and orchestra , SteR 251; Das Saitenspiel (Herder), song for tenor and orchestra , SteR 252; Im Grünen (Voss), choral song for two tenors, two basses and orchestra , SteR 253; Die Tobackspfeife (Pfeffel), duet for tenor, bass and orchestra , SteR 257
- Anton Eberl : La gloria d'Imeneo, cantata for solos, choir and orchestra op. 11; 2 sonatas for piano, clarinet or violin and bass ad lib. A minor, B flat major op.10 (around 1799)
Musical theater
- 1st January : World premiere of the opera Elisca ou L'amour maternel by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry in Paris (Comédie-Italienne)
- January 3rd : The opera Falstaff ossia Le tre burle ( Falstaff or The Three Pranks ) is premiered at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna . The opera based on a text by Carlo Prospero De Franceschi and based on the comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare is an extraordinary success. Numerous numbers have to be repeated, the composer Antonio Salieri is brought before the curtain several times.
- February 10 : World premiere of the opera Adolphe et Clara ou Les deux Prisonniers by Nicolas Dalayrac in Paris, (Opéra-Comique)
- February 23 : The world premiere of the opera La Punition by Luigi Cherubini takes place at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris.
- March 8 : Premiere of the opera Primerose by Nicolas Dalayrac in Paris, (Opéra-Comique)
- March 21 : The opera gratitude of a rescued by Johann Nepomuk Hummel will be premiered in Vienna.
- April 15 : The premiere of the opera Montano et Stéphanie by Henri Montan Berton takes place at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
- May 1st : premiere of the opera Adelaide di Guesclino by Johann Simon Mayr in Venice, La Fenice
- June 8 : premiere of the opera Béniovski ou Les Exilés du Kamchattka by François-Adrien Boieldieu in Paris, (Opéra-Comique)
- June 14th : The opera La Nouvelle au camp ou Le Cri de vengeance by Henri Montan Berton is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
- 3rd July : Premiere of the opera L'isola disabitata by Giovanni Paisiello based on a libretto by Pietro Metastasio, which has been set to music many times
- July 31 : World premiere of the opera The Wreath of Loyalty, or British Volunteer by James Hook
- August 30 : The world premiere of the opera L'Amour bizarre ou Les Projets dérangés by Henri Montan Berton also takes place at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
- September 16 : Premiere of the opera Le calife de Baghdad by François-Adrien Boieldieu in Paris, (Opéra-Comique)
- September 27 : Premiere of the opera Laure ou L'Actrice chez elle by Nicolas Dalayrac in Paris, (Opéra-Comique)
- October 9 : World premiere of the opera Labino e Carlotta by Johann Simon Mayr in Venice, (San Benedetto)
- December 7th : With the opera Le Délire ou Les Suites d'une erhur , the third work by Henri Montan Berton will be premiered this year at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
Other works
- Johann Simon Mayr : L'accademia di musica (opera); L'avaro (opera)
- Joseph Haydn : Theresienmesse premier on September 8th in the mountain church of Eisenstadt
- Étienne-Nicolas Méhul : Adrien (opera);
- ETA Hoffmann : The Mask (Singspiel)
- Domenico Cimarosa : Semiramide (Opera)
- Franz Danzi : The Kiss (Opera in three acts)
- Giuseppe Sarti : Two stage works (1) Enea nel Lazio ; (2) La famille indienne en Angleterre
- Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli : Two stage works (1) Il ritratto ; (2) Il ratto delle Sabine
- Anton Eberl : The Temple of Immortality (Opera, lost)
- Johann Baptist Henneberg : two operas (1) Konrad Langbart von Friedburg ; Mina and Peru
- Thomas Attwood : The Castle of Sorrento (comic opera)
- Vicente Martín y Soler : Two ballets: (1) Tancrède ; (2) Amour et Psyché
Born
- January 13 : Ludwig Achleitner , German composer, organist and music teacher († 1873 )
- February 24 : Siegfried Dehn , German music theorist and counterpoint teacher († 1858 )
- March 1 : Alexei Werstowski , Russian composer († 1862 )
- April 1 : Daniel Jelensperger , French musicologist († 1831 )
- April 13 : Ludwig Rellstab , German journalist, music critic and poet († 1860 )
- May 20 : Hippolyte de Fontmichel , French composer († 1874 )
- May 27 : Jacques Fromental Halévy , French composer († 1862 )
- May 30 : Ferdo Livadić , Croatian composer († 1879 )
- June 16 : Friedrich Leopold Morgenstern , German organ builder († 1852 )
- July 4th : András Bartay , Hungarian composer († 1854 )
- July 7th : Pierre-Julien Nargeot , French composer († 1891 )
- July 9 : Théophile Tilmant , French violinist and conductor († 1878 )
- August 21 : Alexander Robert Reinagle , English organist and composer († 1877 )
- November 7th : Christian Gottlob Höpner , German composer, organist and music teacher († 1859 )
- November 14 : Auguste Barbereau , French composer († 1879 )
- November 14 : Edouard Boilly , French composer († 1854 )
- December 31 : Thomas Tailysbeck , German violinist, conductor and composer. († 1867 )
Died
- April 1st : Narcís Casanoves i Bertran , Catalan composer, organist and Benedictine monk (* 1747 )
- April 19 : Pieter Hellendaal , Dutch composer, organist and violinist (* 1721 )
- April 28 : François Giroust , French composer (* 1737 )
- May 2nd : Henri-Joseph Rigel , German composer who worked in France. (* 1741 )
- May 9 : Claude Balbastre , French composer, organist and harpsichordist. (* 1724 )
- June 10 : Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges , French violin virtuoso, composer and conductor (* 1745 )
- June 18 : Johann André , German musician, composer and music publisher (* 1741 )
- July 1st : Christian Heinrich Kersten , German organ builder (* 1732 or 1733 )
- July 28 : Johann Georg Distler , Austrian violinist and composer (* 1765 )
- August 16 : Vincenzo Manfredini , Italian harpsichordist, composer and music theorist (* 1737 )
- October 5 : Johann Wilhelm Cramer , violinist and conductor (* 1746 )
- October 16 : Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick , Belgian classical composer (* 1755 )
- October 24 : Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf , Austrian composer (* 1739 )
- December 12th : Franz Xaver Duschk , Czech composer, harpsichordist, pianist (* 1731 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Padre Sojo , Venezuelan priest and music teacher (* 1739 )
See also
Web links
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