1792 in music
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Events
- April 13 – Joseph Martin KrausJoseph Martin KrausJoseph Martin Kraus , was a composer in the classical era who was born in Miltenberg am Main, Germany. He moved to Sweden at age 21, and died at the age of 36 in Stockholm...
's Symphonie funèbre is played at the funeral of Gustavus III of Sweden.
Popular Music
- "Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin" aka "La MarseillaiseLa Marseillaise"La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. The song, originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin" was written and composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in 1792. The French National Convention adopted it as the Republic's anthem in 1795...
" by Claude Joseph Rouget de LisleClaude Joseph Rouget de LisleClaude Joseph Rouget de Lisle , was a French Army officer of the Revolutionary Wars. He is known for writing the words and music of the Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin in 1792, which would later be known as La Marseillaise and become the French national anthem.- Biography :Rouget de Lisle was... - "The Irish Washerwoman" trad. Irish
Classical Music
- Joseph HaydnJoseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
– Surprise SymphonySymphony No. 94 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 94 in G major is the second of the twelve so-called London symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It is usually called by its nickname, the Surprise Symphony, although in German it is more often referred to as the Symphony "mit dem Paukenschlag" .-Date of composition:Haydn wrote... - Johann Nepomuk HummelJohann Nepomuk HummelJohann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.- Life :...
– Trio for piano, violin and cello, no 1
Opera
- Maria Theresia AhlefeldtMaria Theresia AhlefeldtMaria Theresia Ahlefeldt was a member of the House of Thurn and Taxis and a Princess of Thurn and Taxis...
– Telemak på Calypsos - Domenico CimarosaDomenico CimarosaDomenico Cimarosa was an Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school...
– Il Matrimonio Segreto - Giuseppe FarinelliGiuseppe FarinelliGiuseppe Farinelli was an Italian composer active at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century who excelled in writing opera buffas...
– I dotorato di Pulcinella - Louis Emmanuel Jadin – Amélie de Montfort
- Etienne MéhulÉtienne MéhulEtienne Nicolas Méhul was a French composer, "the most important opera composer in France during the Revolution." He was also the first composer to be called a "Romantic".-Life:...
– StratoniceStratonice (opera)Stratonice is a one-act opéra comique by Étienne Méhul to a libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman, first performed at the Théâtre Favart, Paris, on 3 May 1792...
Births
- February 29 – Gioacchino RossiniGioacchino RossiniGioachino Antonio Rossini was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces...
, composer (died 1868) - March 11 – Natale AbbadiaNatale AbbadiaNatale Abbadia, Italian composer , composed the opera Giannina di Pontieu , the musical farce L'imbroglione ed il castigamatti, masses, motets, and other religious music....
, composer (died 1861) - August 28 – Karolina BockKarolina BockKarolina Sofia Bock née Richter, , was a Swedish dancer, actor and singer. She was also the principal for the Dramatens elevskola for two periods; in 1831-1834 and 1841-1856. She was the most known female comedian in her country during her years at the stage.- Background :Karolina Richter, child of...
, singer, actress, dancer, drama teacher - October 2 – Cipriani PotterCipriani PotterPhilip Cipriani Hambly Potter was a British composer, pianist and educator.-Life and career:Born in London, the son of a piano teacher named Richard Huddleston Potter, Cipriani was named after his godmother...
, pianist and composer (died 1871) - October 13 – Moritz HauptmannMoritz HauptmannMoritz Hauptmann , was a German music theorist, teacher and composer.Hauptmann was born in Dresden, and studied violin under Scholz, piano under Franz Lanska, composition under Grosse and Francesco Morlacchi,...
, writer and composer (died 1868) - date unknown – Matteo CarcassiMatteo CarcassiMatteo Carcassi was a famous Italian guitarist and composer.Carcassi began with the piano, but learned guitar when still a child. He quickly gained a reputation as a virtuoso concert guitarist....
, guitarist and composer (died 1853)
Deaths
- February 29 – Johann Andreas SteinJohann Andreas SteinJohann Andreas Stein, was an outstanding German maker of keyboard instruments, a central figure in the history of the piano...
, maker of keyboard instruments (born 1728) - June 28 – Elizabeth Ann LinleyElizabeth Ann LinleyElizabeth Ann Sheridan was the second daughter of the composer Thomas Linley and his wife Mary Johnson, and was herself the wife of the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan.-Life:Of the 7 Linley children destined for musical careers, it is said that Elizabeth had the greatest talent and beauty...
, singer (born 1754) - June 30 – Antonio RosettiAntonio RosettiAntonio Rosetti was a classical era composer and double bass player, and was a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart....
, double bass player and composer (born c. 1750) - October 11 – Gaetano GuadagniGaetano GuadagniGaetano Guadagni was an Italian mezzo-soprano castrato singer, most famous for singing the role of Orpheus at the premiere of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice in 1762.- Career :...
, castrato singer (born 1728) - November 29 (or 30) – Ernst Wilhelm WolfErnst Wilhelm WolfErnst Wilhelm Wolf was a German composer.-Life:Wolf was born in Grossen Behringen in Thuringia, today part of the Hörselberg-Hainich municipality. His elder brother Ernst Friedrich was a composer and organist who studied under Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel...
, composer (b. 1735) - December 15 – Joseph Martin KrausJoseph Martin KrausJoseph Martin Kraus , was a composer in the classical era who was born in Miltenberg am Main, Germany. He moved to Sweden at age 21, and died at the age of 36 in Stockholm...
, composer ("the Swedish Mozart") (born 1756) - December 18 – Johann van BeethovenJohann van BeethovenJohann van Beethoven was a German musician, teacher, and singer who sang in the chapel of the Archbishop of Cologne, whose court was at Bonn. He is best known as the father of the celebrated composer Ludwig van Beethoven...
, singer, father of Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
(born 1740) - date unknown
- Giovanni Battista CasaliGiovanni Battista CasaliGiovanni Battista Casali was an Italian musician.Casali was born in Rome in 1715. From 1759 until his death he held the position of choir-master in the Basilica of St. John Lateran...
, choir-master and choral composer (b. 1715) - Mian Ghulam Nabi ShoriMian Ghulam Nabi ShoriMian Ghulam Nabi Shori popularly known as Shori Mian was an Indian composer of Hindustani classical music. He was a court singer of Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, Nawab of Awadh. He composed tappa, one of the most difficult classical forms, in Punjab...
, composer of Hindustani classical music (b. 1742)
- Giovanni Battista Casali