1805 in music

Events

* Beethoven's opera "Leonore" (the first version of "Fidelio") is premiered in Vienna.
*Louis Spohr is appointed musical director to the court of Gotha.
*Niccolò Paganini begins touring Europe.

Classical music

*Franz Krommer - "Concerto for Oboe in F Major" (op 52)

Opera

* "The Soldier's Return" - James Hook
* "Faniska" - Luigi Cherubini
*"Il Fantasma" - Michele Carafa

Births

*March 17 - Manuel Patricio Rodríguez García, singer and music teacher
*November 1 - Alessandro Nini, composer
*November 14 - Fanny Hensel, composer

Deaths

*February 4 - Johann George Tromlitz, flautist
*April 6 Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer
*May 10 - Johann Evangelist Haydn, tenor, brother of Joseph Haydn and Michael Haydn
*May 28 - Luigi Boccherini, composer