Music year 1801

Music year 1801

Instrumental music (selection)

Ludwig van Beethoven : The 1st Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 15. has its world premiere on April 2nd at the Burgtheater in Vienna; 2nd piano concerto , B flat major, op. 19; Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23; Piano Sonata No. 14 op. 27 No. 2 ( Moonlight Sonata ); Piano Sonata No. 15 op.28.
François-Adrien Boieldieu : Waltz for small orchestra ; Concerto for harp
Johann Ladislaus Dussek : Sonata C op. 48 c186 (around 1801); 2 sonatas D, G op. 47 c184–185
Franz Krommer : 3 quartets for 2 violins, viola and violoncello op.3
Anton Eberl : Sonata in D minor op.14

January 21 : The premiere of the opera Le Grand Deuil by Henri Montan Berton takes place at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
February 27th : The opera Flaminius à Corinthe by Rodolphe Kreutzer is premiered in Paris.
March 9th : The world premiere of the play Frohsinn und Schwärmerey by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel takes place at the Court Opera in Berlin.
March 28th : The ballet The Creatures of Prometheus by Ludwig van Beethoven and Salvatore Viganò has its world premiere at the Vienna Hofburgtheater for the benefit of the prima ballerina Maria Cassentini .
April 21 : At the opening of the Teatro Nuovo in Trieste , the opera Ginevra di Scozia by the German composer Johann Simon Mayr is premiered. The libretto is by Gaetano Rossi .
April 24th : Joseph Haydn's oratorio The Seasons is premiered in Vienna. The work is the composer's last oratorio
19th May World premiere of the opera Annibale in Capua by Antonio Salieri in Trieste on the occasion of the opening of the new theater there.
August 18th : Premiere of the opera Le due giornate by Johann Simon Mayr at the Scala in Milan.
September 13 : The Creation Mass in B flat major by Joseph Haydn is premiered in the Bergkirche in Eisenstadt .
November 3rd : Premiere of the opera Gli amanti in cimento by Gaspare Spontini in Rome.
November 7th : Premiere of the opera ballet Le casque et les colombes by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry at the Paris Opera.

December 12 : premiere of the opera Léhéman ou La Tour de Neustadt (3 acts) by Nicolas Dalayrac in Paris, (Opéra-Comique).

December 28 : Premiere of the opera Argene by Johann Simon Mayr in Venig.

Further world premieres

Domenico Cimarosa : Artemisia (Opera)
Étienne-Nicolas Méhul : L'Irato ou l'Emporté (musical comedy in one act)
Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg : The Peacock Festival (musical melodrama)
Anton Eberl : The Queen of the Black Islands , (magic opera in two acts); Erwine von Steinheim , (parody in three acts)
Gaspare Spontini : Il geloso e l'audace

0February 1 : Adolf Fredrik Lindblad , Swedish composer († 1878 )
February 21 : Jan Václav Kalivoda , Bohemian composer, conductor and violinist († 1866 )
0March 2 : Andreas Peter Berggreen , Danish composer and organist († 1880 )
April 12 : Joseph Lanner , Austrian composer and violinist († 1843 )
0June 3 : František Škroup , Czech composer and conductor († 1862 )
July 11 : John Hill Hewitt , American composer, poet and newspaper publisher († 1890 )
0August 1 : Philipp Spitta , German composer, Protestant theologian and poet († 1859 )
August 27 : Anna Kraus-Wranitzky , Austrian opera singer († 1851 )
September 19 : Jean-Valentin Bender , Belgian composer and conductor († 1873 )
October 23 : Albert Lortzing , German composer, actor and singer († 1851 )
0November 3 : Vincenzo Bellini , Italian composer († 1835 )
November 27 : Alexander Varlamow , Russian composer († 1848 )
December 25th : Antonio Angelèri , Italian pianist and music teacher († 1880 )

January 11 : Domenico Cimarosa , Italian composer of classical music (* 1749 )
March 21 : Andrea Lucchesi , Italian composer (* 1741 )
May 14 : Johann Ernst Altenburg , German composer and organist (* 1734 )
October 21 : Johann Stapfer , Swiss Protestant clergyman, composer and university professor (* 1719 )
October 23 : Johann Gottlieb Naumann , German composer (* 1741 )
0November 9 : Carl Stamitz , German violinist and composer (* 1745 )

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