1816 in music

1816 in music

Events

*Louise Reichardt becomes the first woman conductor when she takes charge of a performance of work by Handel in Lubeck.
*Carl Maria von Weber is appointed Kappellmeister at Dresden.

Classical music

*"Piano Sonata No. 28" - Ludwig van Beethoven
*"Requiem in C-minor" - Luigi Cherubini
*"Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen" - Franz Schubert

Opera

*Michele Carafa - "Gabriella di Vergy"
*Gioachino Rossini - "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" ; "Otello"
*Carlo Soliva - "La Testa di Bronzo"

Births

*February 26 - Franz Krenn, composer and music teacher (d. 1897)
*March 19 - Johannes Verhulst, conductor and composer (d. 1891)
*April 13 - William Sterndale Bennett, pianist and composer (d. 1875)
*April 26 - Eugène Albert, woodwind instrument maker (d. 1890)
*September 4 - François Bazin, opera composer (d. 1878)
*November 17 - August Wilhelm Ambros, composer and music historian (d. 1876)
*November 24 - Matteo Salvi, composer (d. 1887)
*"date unknown" - Edward Edwards, musician and composer (d. 1897)

Deaths

*February 10 - Jean Paul Egide Martini, composer (b. 1741)
*March 16 - Giuseppe Jannaconi, composer (b. 1741)
*March 23 - Ignaz Vitzthumb, conductor and composer (b. 1724)
*May 4 - Marie-Madeleine Guimard, ballerina (b. 1743)
*June 5 - Giovanni Paisiello, composer (b. 1740)
*July 31 - Josef Fiala, musician and composer (b. 1748)
*"date unknown" - Margareta Alströmer, singer and artist (b. 1763)


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