Music year 1818
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Events
- December 24th : In the Schifferkirche St. Nikola in Oberndorf near Salzburg the Christmas carol Silent Night, composed by the village school teacher Franz Xaver Gruber based on a text by the vicar Joseph Mohr , is performed for the first time.
Instrumental and vocal music (selection)
- Ludwig van Beethoven : Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 (Hammerklavier Sonata ). The work was considered unplayable for a long time and was only played in public for the first time decades after Beethoven's death by Franz Liszt .
- Antonio Salieri : Do re mi fa for four-part a cappella choir
- Johann Simon Mayr : Arianna e Nasso , (cantata for one voice and orchestra); Cantata per la morte di Antonio Capuzzi (cantata for two voices, choir and orchestra)
- Carl Maria von Weber : Missa sancta No. 1 ; Jubilation Overture op.59
- Franz Schubert : 6th Symphony ; D major symphony draft
- Ferdinand Ries : Symphony No. 4 in F major, Op. 110 ; Quintet for flute, violin, two violas and violoncello in B minor, Op. 107;
- Ignaz Moscheles : Piano Concerto No. 1, F major , op.45
- Andreas Romberg : Blandine , melodrama for soprano and orchestra; Cantata for the Johannesfest 1818 for two tenors, two basses, male choir, horn and piano ; Quintet in E flat major for clarinet, violin, two violas and violoncello op. 57; Arrangement (of op.57) for two violins, two violas and violoncello op.58
- Franz Berwald : String Quartet No. 1 in G minor
Musical theater
- March 5th : The opera Mosè in Egitto by Gioachino Rossini based on the libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola is premiered with great success at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. Due to lack of time, the composer Michele Carafa, who is a friend of Rossini, has also contributed an aria.
- May 16 : World premiere of the opera Orestes by Conradin Kreutzer in Prague
- May 30th : World premiere of the opera Die Rosenmädchen by Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna
- June 30th : Premiere of the opera Le Petit Chaperon rouge ( Little Red Riding Hood ) by François-Adrien Boieldieu at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
- July 29th : World premiere of the opera Berenice in Siria by Michele Carafa in Naples
- September 25th : World premiere of the opera Il Barone di Dolsheim by Giovanni Pacini at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in Milan
- October 12 : The National Theater in Munich , built according to plans by Karl von Fischer , opens after almost seven years of construction with the world premiere of Ferdinand Fränzl's opera Die Weihe .
- November 14th : Premiere of the opera Enrico di Borgogna by Gaetano Donizetti in Venice
- December 3 : The opera Ricciardo e Zoraide by Gioachino Rossini has its successful premiere at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, several weeks late .
- December 17th : World premiere of the opera Una follia by Gaetano Donizetti in Venice. (The work is lost).
- December 26th : World premiere of the opera Elisabetta in Derbyshire, ossia Il castello di Fotheringhay by Michele Carafa in Venice
Further world premieres
- Carl Maria von Weber : Heinrich IV. King of France (music for the tragedy by Eduard Gehe); Lieb um Liebe , (music for the play by Anton Rublack, 4 song numbers)
- Victor Dourlen : Le Mariage en poste (opera); À deux de jeu (opera)
- Ferdinand Hérold : Le Premier venu ou Six lieues de chemin (Opera)
- Joseph Weigl : The Nightingale and the Raven , (opera in one act).
- Peter von Winter : Etelinda (opera), premiered in Milan.
Born
- January 5 : James Monroe Deems , American composer and brigadier-general in the Civil War († 1901 )
- January 6th : Rudolph von Hertzberg , German music director and singing teacher († 1893 )
- January 25 : Théodore Mozin , French composer and music teacher († 1850 )
- February 6 : Henry Litolff , English piano virtuoso, composer and music publisher († 1891 )
- March 11th : Marius Petipa , French-Russian dancer and choreographer († 1910 )
- March 12 : Georges Bousquet , French composer, conductor and music critic († 1854 )
- March 27 : Jacob Axel Josephson , Swedish composer († 1880 )
- April 3 : Luther Whiting Mason , American music teacher († 1896 )
- April 9 : Walther Wolfgang von Goethe , German composer († 1885 )
- April 22 : Ferdinand Gumbert , German composer, singing teacher, music critic († 1896 )
- May 10 : František Hegenbarth , Czech cellist and music teacher († 1887 )
- June 10 : Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath , German composer († 1896 )
- June 17 : Charles François Gounod , French composer († 1893 )
- June: Cesare Ciardi , Italian flautist and composer († 1877 )
- August 30th : Friedrich Ladegast , German organ builder († 1905 )
- September 7 : Miroslav Vilhar , Slovenian author, composer and politician († 1871 )
- September 12 : Theodor Kullak , German pianist and composer († 1882 )
- October 15 : Alexander Dreyschock , Bohemian piano virtuoso and composer († 1869 )
- October 15 : Johann Gungl , Hungarian-German violinist, composer and conductor († 1883 )
- October 29 : Catherine Hayes , Irish opera soprano († 1861 )
- November 26 : Louis Lacombe , French composer († 1884 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Caroline Reinagle , English composer, pianist and music teacher († 1892 )
Died
- March 20 : Johann Nikolaus Forkel , German musician and music historian (* 1749 )
- March 23 : Nicolas Isouard , Maltese composer (* 1775 )
- March 28 : Antonio Capuzzi , Italian violinist and composer (* 1755 )
- April 11 : Carl Andreas Göpfert , German composer (* 1768 )
- May 7 : Leopold Koželuh , Bohemian composer (* 1747 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Iwan Pratsch , Czech composer (* around 1750)
See also
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