1812 in music

Events

Classical music

*Ludwig van Beethoven
**"Symphony no. 7" (Opus 92)
**"Symphony no. 8" (Opus 93)
**Violin Sonata No. 10

Opera

*Gioachino Rossini
**"Ciro in Babilonia"
**"Demetrio e Polibio"
**"L'inganno felice"
**"La scala di seta"

Births

*January 14 - Karl Graedener, composer (d. 1883)
*January 21 - Eduard Tauwitz, composer (d. 1894)
*April 27 - Friedrich von Flotow, composer (d. 1883)
*June 27 - John Pyke Hullah, composer and music teacher (d. 1884)
*November 28 - Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, composer (d. 1887)
*December 28 - Julius Rietz, cellist, conductor and composer (d. 1877)
*"date unknown" - Sophie Löwe, operatic soprano (d. 1866)

Deaths

*February 9 - Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer and music publisher (b. 1754)
*March 20 - Jan Ladislav Dussek, pianist and composer (b. 1760)
*March 27 - Joachim Albertini, composer (b. 1748)
*May 21 - Joseph Wölfl, pianist and composer (b. 1773)
*June 15 - Anton Stadler, clarinet and basset horn player (b. 1753)
*July 17 - John Broadwood, piano manufacturer (b. 1732)
*September 21 - Emanuel Schikaneder, impresario, actor, singer and librettist (b. 1751)
*December - Michel-Joseph Gebauer, instrumentalist, bandmaster and composer (b. 1763)
*December 13 - Marianne von Martinez, singer, pianist and composer (b. 1744)
*"date unknown" - Christian Benjamin Uber, amateur musician and composer (b. 1746)