Music year 1808
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Events
December 20th : The first theater building in Covent Gardens in London is destroyed by fire.
Instrumental and vocal music (selection)
- Ludwig van Beethoven : Piano Concerto in D major op. 61a; 5th Symphony in C minor, Opus 67; 6th Symphony ( Die Pastorale ) 6 in F major op. 68; Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major op. 69; Fantasy for piano, choir and orchestra in C minor op. 80; Piano Trio, Op. 70.1 in D major, Op. 70.1 ( Ghost Trio ) (published 1809); Piano trio op.70.2 in E flat major op.70.2 (published 1809)
- Gioachino Rossini : Messa (Bologna) ; Messa (Ravenna)
- Louis Spohr : Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor , op. 26; Concertante for two violins and orchestra No. 1 in A major , op.48
- Étienne-Nicolas Méhul : Symphony No. 1. in G minor ; Le chant du retour pour la Grande Armée ;
- Anton Reicha : Symphony No. 3 in F ; Missa pro defunctis for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, choir and orchestra ;
- ETA Hoffmann : 5 piano sonatas: A major, F minor, F major, F minor, C sharp minor (1805–1808); 6 canzoni per 4 voci a cappella (6 a cappella songs)
Musical theater
- March 19 : World premiere of the opera I pittagorici by Giovanni Paisiello in Naples. It is the composer's last stage work.
- April 16 : Premiere of the opera Les Voitures versées (Le Séducteur en voyage) by François-Adrien Boieldieu in St. Petersburg.
- September 10 : World premiere of the comic opera Linnée ou Les Mines de Suède by Victor Dourlen at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
- September 26 : World premiere of the opera Ninon chez Madame de Sévigné by Henri Montan Berton at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
- October 29th : World premiere of the comic opera Jadis et aujourd'hui by Rodolphe Kreutzer at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
- November 10 : World premiere of the opera The Siege of St Quintin, or Spanish Heroism op. 122 by James Hook .
Further world premieres or completions
- Friedrich Heinrich Himmel : The Sylphs (Opera).
- Johann Simon Mayr : Un vero originale (opera); I Cherusci (opera).
- François-Adrien Boieldieu : La Dame invisible (comic opera) premiered in St. Petersburg.
- Louis Spohr : Alruna , (Great Romantic Opera in three acts).
- Étienne-Nicolas Méhul : Valentine de Milan (lyrical drama).
- ETA Hoffmann : The Drink of Immortality (Opera) composed in 1808, performed for the first time in 2012.
- Joseph Weigl : Il rivale di se stesso , (opera in two acts) and Das Waisenhaus , (opera in two acts).
- Peter von Winter : Solomon's Judgment (Opera). The world premiere took place in Munich.
Born
- January 17 : Joseph Menter , German cellist and music teacher († 1856 )
- January 23 : Franziska Cornet , German opera singer († 1870 )
- February 13 : Edouard Millault , French composer, violinist and music teacher († 1887 )
- February 28 : Elias Parish Alvars , English harpist and composer († 1849 )
- March 14th : Franz Seraphin Hölzl , Austrian composer, choir director and church musician († 1884 )
- March 24 : Maria Malibran , French opera singer (mezzo-soprano) († 1836 )
- March 25 : Vincent Delacour , French composer († 1840 )
- April 26 : August Müller , German double bass player († 1867 )
- May 15 : Michael Balfe , Irish composer († 1870 )
- June 19 : Franz Xaver Chwatal , Czech composer and music teacher († 1879 )
- June 29 : Wilhelm Georg Dettmer , German opera singer (bass) († 1876 )
- July 22nd : François Schubert , German concertmaster and composer († 1878 )
- September 15 : Louis Clapisson , French composer († 1866 )
- September 17 : Juan Pedro Esnaola , Argentine composer († 1878 )
- September 19 : Claude Paris , French composer († 1866 )
- October 1 : Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski , American composer († 1872 )
- October 2 : Franz Limmer , Austrian composer († 1857 )
- October 24 : Ernst Friedrich Richter , Music Director at the University of Leipzig († 1879 )
- November 17 : Alberich Zwyssig , Cistercian and composer († 1854 )
- November 19 : Antoine Elwart , French composer, music teacher and musicologist († 1877 )
- December 5 : Hippolyte Colet , French composer, music teacher and theorist († 1853 )
- December 6th : Johan Christian Gebauer , Danish composer, music theorist and organist († 1884 )
Died
- April 12 : Johann Samuel Petri , German composer, pedagogue, cantor and author (* 1738 )
- Johann Adam Aulhorn , German actor, singer and dancer (* 1729 ) (date unknown)
See also
Web links
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