1818 in music

1818 in music

Events

* December 24 - "Silent Night" written by Josef Mohr and composed by Franz Xaver Gruber
* December 25 - The first performance of "Silent Night" (Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria).
*Johann Nepomuk Schelble founds the Society of St Cecilia at Frankfurt.

Popular music

*"Silent Night" (words by Joseph Mohr, music by Franz Gruber)
*"Thou Bonnie Wood of Craigielea" (words by Robert Tannahill, music by James Barr)

Classical music

*Schubert - Symphony no 6

Opera

*Michele Carafa - "Berenice in Siria"
*Gaetano Donizetti - "Enrico, Conte di Borgogna"
*Gioacchino Rossini - "Mosè in Egitto"

Births

*June 17 - Charles Gounod, composer
*August 7 - Henry Charles Litolff, composer
*October 15 - Alexander Dreyschock, pianist and composer
*October 26 - Stefano Golinelli, pianist and composer

Deaths

*February 1 - Giuseppe Gazzaniga, composer
*March 20 - Johann Nikolaus Forkel, music theorist
*March 28 - Giuseppe Capuzzi, violinist and composer
*December - Mikhail Franzevich Kerzelli, pianist, violinist and composer
*December 31 - Jean-Pierre Duport, cellist


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