Music year 1811
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Instrumental and vocal music (selection)
- Ludwig van Beethoven : 11th string quartet first version completed; Piano trio op. 97 ; The Ruins of Athens (Festival Music) op.113, completed (first performed in 1812)
- Johann Simon Mayr : Cantata per la nascita del re di Roma (cantata for three voices, choir and orchestra); Numa Pompilio (cantata for one voice, choir and orchestra)
- Carl Maria von Weber : Overture to the ruler of the spirits op. 27; Seven variations for clarinet and piano op.33
- Louis Spohr : Symphony No. 1 in E flat major , op.20
- Giacomo Meyerbeer : God and Nature , Lyrical Rhapsody
- Étienne-Nicolas Méhul : Chant lyrique pour l'inauguration de la statue de Napoléon
- Johann Ladislaus Dussek : Piano Sonata E flat op. 75; 3 sonatas for harp and piano Bb, Eb, F op. 69; 3 sonatas for piano and violin B, G, D op. 69;
- Ferdinand Ries : Concerto for two horns and orchestra in E flat major (without op. Number); Concert [No. 2] for pianoforte and orchestra in E flat major op. 42;
- Andreas Romberg : Rondo for two violins and orchestra
- Peter von Winter : Concerto for oboe and orchestra in F major
Musical theater
- January 29th : The world premiere of the opera Demophoon by Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner takes place in Munich.
- February 27 : The opera La Victime des arts ou La Fête de famille by Henri Montan Berton has its world premiere at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
- May 30th : premiere of the opera Le Poète et le musicien ou Je cherche un sujet by the composer Nicolas Dalayrac, who died in 1809, in Paris, (Opéra-Comique).
- June 4 : At the Munich Residenz Theater is Carl Maria von Weber's Singspiel Abu Hassan premiered. The libretto is by Franz Carl Hiemer based on a story from the Arabian Nights .
- October 26 : The premiere of the opera buffa L'equivoco stravagante by Gioacchino Rossini takes place at the Teatro del Corso in Bologna. The audience is very positive about the two-act opera. However, the censorship banned the work after three performances.
- December 27th : World premiere of the romantic opera The ruins of Paluzzi by Andreas Romberg in Hamburg.
Further world premieres
- Johann Simon Mayr : Il sacrificio d'Ifigenia (opera); Tamerlano (opera)
- Étienne-Nicolas Méhul : Les Amazones ou La Fondation de Thèbes (Opera in three acts)
- ETA Hoffmann : Saul, King of Israel (musical melodrama)
- Peter von Winter : The slippers (Singspiel). The world premiere took place in Hamburg.
Born
- February 4th : Aristide Cavaillé-Coll , French organ builder of the Romantic era († 1899 )
- March 7 : Christian Heinrich Hohmann , Franconian composer, music teacher and violin school writer († 1861 )
- March 23 : Karl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert , German composer († 1891 )
- April 1 : Johann Heinrich Runge , German master organ builder († 1885 )
- April 3 : Heinrich Sattler , German organist and publicist († 1891 )
- April 14 : Félix Le Couppey , French music teacher, pianist and composer († 1887 )
- May 20 : Ernst Methfessel , German composer († 1886 )
- July 10 : Benjamin Franklin Baker , American composer († 1889 )
- July 19 : Lambert Joseph Massart , Belgian violinist († 1892 )
- July 19 : Vinzenz Lachner , German composer and conductor († 1893 )
- July 30 : Franz Schott , German music publisher and Mayor of Mainz († 1874 )
- August 5 : Ambroise Thomas , French composer († 1896 )
- August 25 : August Gottfried Ritter , German composer and organist († 1885 )
- September 15 : Jan Nepomuk Škroup , Czech composer († 1892 )
- October 16 : Gaetano Capocci , Italian church musician, organist and composer († 1898 )
- October 22 : Franz Liszt , Hungarian pianist and composer († 1886 )
- October 24 : Ferdinand Hiller , German composer († 1885 )
- October 29 : Tito Ricordi , Italian music publisher († 1888 )
- November 13 : Yuri Karlowitsch Arnold , Russian composer († 1898 )
- November 23 : Louis Kufferath , German composer († 1882 )
- December 2 : Xavier Boisselot , French composer and piano maker († 1893 )
Died
- February 27 : Joseph Leitgeb , Austrian horn player (* 1732 )
- March 19 : František Adam Míča , Czech composer (* 1746 )
- July 14th : Pierre Laujon, French writer, librettist, chansonnier and member of the Académie française (* 1727 )
- August 18 : Johann Heinrich Zang , baroque composer (* 1733 )
- September 3 : Ignaz Fränzl , German composer, violinist, violist and Kapellmeister (* 1736 )
- November 2 : Adam Moralt , German musician (* 1748 )
See also
Web links
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