Music year 1803

Music year 1803

Instrumental and vocal music (selection)

Ludwig van Beethoven : The 2nd Symphony in D major, op. 36, will be premiered on April 5th at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. At the same time, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37, is played for the first time with the composer at the piano. It is dedicated to Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia . In the same year appear u. a. the following Beethoven works: 1st violin romance in G major op 40; the oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives and the spiritual song The honor of God from nature based on a poem by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert .
Antonio Salieri : L'Oracolo for solos, four-part choir and orchestra ; Gesù al limbo for solos, four-part choir and orchestra ; Miserere nostri in E flat major for four-part choir and orchestra ;
François-Adrien Boieldieu : Quarto Duo for harp and piano
Anton Eberl : Symphony in E flat major op. 33; Potpourri for piano, clarinet and violoncello op. 44; Sonata for piano and violin in D major op.20,

January 13th : Premiere of the opera Ma Tante Aurore ou Le Roman impromptu by François-Adrien Boieldieu at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
January 29, world premiere of the opera Ercole in Lidia by Johann Simon Mayr in the Vienna Burgtheater.
February 15th : Premiere of the opera Delphis et Mopsa by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry at the Paris Opera. It is the last published stage work by the composer, who published around 70 stage works in his long time as a musician.
March 28 : Premiere of the opera Proserpine by Giovanni Paisiello in Paris.
June 18th : Premiere of the opera Le Baiser et la quittance ou Une aventure de garnison by François-Adrien Boieldieu at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

August 20 : Premiere of the opera Le finte rivali by Johann Simon Mayr at the Scala in Milan.

October 4 : Luigi Cherubini's ballet opera Anacréon, ou L'Amour fugitif ( Anakreon or Fleeting Love ) is premiered at the Grand Opéra Paris .

December 13 : The premiere of the opera Les Sabots et le cerisier by François-Joseph Gossec takes place in Paris.

December 26th : Premiere of the opera Alonso e Cora by Johann Simon Mayr at the Scala in Milan.

Further world premieres

Antonio Salieri : Palmira (German version of the opera Palmira, regina di Persia , published in 1795 )
Johann Simon Mayr : Gl'intrighi amorosi (opera) performed in the 1803 carnival in Parma
Louis Emmanuel Jadin : Mahomet II (opera in 3 acts)
Peter von Winter : La grotta di Calipso (Opera seria). The libretto is by Lorenzo da Ponte. The world premiere takes place in London.

January 15 : Heinrich Daniel Rühmkorff , German mechanic, instrument maker († 1877 )
February 20 : Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich , Swiss composer († 1836 )
March 18 : Johann Petzmayer , German zither player († 1884 )
0April 2 : Franz Lachner , German composer († 1890 )
April 12 : Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio , German poet musician († 1869 )
April 29 : Carl Gottlob Abela , German musician († 1841 )
May 12 : Alexandre Montfort , French composer († 1856 )
June 24 : George J. Webb , American organist and composer († 1887 )
July 24th : Adolphe Adam , French opera and ballet composer († 1856 )
0September 3 : Alexander Lwowitsch Guriljow , Russian composer († 1858 )
September 23 : Jean Désiré Montagney Artôt , Belgian horn player († 1887 )
October 15 : Camille Durutte , French music theorist and composer († 1881 )
November 29 : Gottfried Semper , German architect, builder of the Semperoper († 1879 )
December 11 : Hector Berlioz , French composer († 1869 )
December 24 : Karl Ludwig Drobisch , German composer († 1854 )

0January 2 : Ignaz von Beecke , German composer and pianist (* 1733 )
February 16 : Giovanni Punto , Bohemian horn player, violinist and composer (* 1746 )
July 14 : Esteban Salas y Castro , Cuban composer and church musician (* 1725 )
0September 5 : François Devienne , French flautist (* 1759 )
September 17th : Franz Xaver Süßmayr , Austrian composer; Pupil of Antonio Salieri (* 1766 )

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