1795 in music
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- 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...
returns to ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
following second LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
visit. - Franz KrommerFranz KrommerFranz Krommer was a Czech composer of classical music, whose seventy-year life began the year of the death of George Frideric Handel and ended a few years after that of Ludwig van Beethoven.-Life:The main events of his life were somewhat as follows:* From 1773 to 1776,...
settles in ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
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Classical music
- 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...
– Three Piano Trios, Op. 1Piano Trios Nos. 1 - 3, Opus 1 (Beethoven)Ludwig van Beethoven's Opus 1 is a set of three piano trios , first performed in 1793 in the house of Prince Lichnowsky, to whom they are dedicated. The trios were published in 1795.Despite the Op... - 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...
- Symphonies 103 in E-flat "Drum Roll"Symphony No. 103 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 103 in E-flat major, Hoboken 1/103, is the eleventh of the twelve so-called London Symphonies written by Joseph Haydn.This symphony is nicknamed "The Drumroll", after the long roll on the timpani with which it begins....
and 104 in D "London"Symphony No. 104 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 104 in D major is Joseph Haydn's final symphony. It is the last of the twelve so-called London Symphonies, and is known as the London Symphony.... - Piano Trio in G, Hob. XV:25Piano Trio No. 39 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Piano Trio No. 39 in G major Hob. XV/25 was written in 1795. It is perhaps Haydn's most well-known piano trio and sometimes nicknamed the "Gypsy" or "Gypsy Rondo" trio because of its Rondo finale in 'Hungarian' style...
- Symphonies 103 in E-flat "Drum Roll"
- Hans Georg NägeliHans Georg NägeliHans Georg Nägeli was a composer and music publisher.Nägeli was born in Wetzikon, Switzerland. He studied under his father as a child, and then opened a private music shop and publishing firm in the 1790s...
– Freut euch des Lebens (song) - Friedrich WittFriedrich WittFriedrich Jeremias Witt was a German composer and cellist. He is perhaps best known as the likely author of a Symphony in C major known as the Jena Symphony, once attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven.-Biography:...
– Horn concerto in E major
Births
- March 14 – Robert Lucas de PearsallRobert Lucas de PearsallRobert Lucas Pearsall was an English composer.-Biography:Pearsall was born at Clifton in Bristol on 14 March 1795 into a rich, Quaker family. His father, Richard Pearsall , was an army officer and amateur musician...
, composer (d. 1856) - April 14 – Pedro AlbénizPedro AlbénizPedro Albéniz y Basanta was a Spanish pianist and composer. He was unrelated to Isaac Albéniz.Albéniz was born Logroño, La Rioja. He began his studies with his father Mateo Albéniz, a notable church musician in Spain...
, pianist and composer (d. 1855) - June 13 – Anton Felix SchindlerAnton Felix SchindlerAnton Felix Schindler was an associate, secretary, and early biographer of Ludwig van Beethoven.His Life of Beethoven was first published in 1840 and, in its subsequently expanded form , had a great deal of influence on later Beethoven biography...
, biographer of Beethoven (d. 1864) - August 16 – Heinrich MarschnerHeinrich MarschnerHeinrich August Marschner , was the most important composer of German Romantic opera between Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner, and is remembered principally for his operas Hans Heiling , Der Vampyr , and Der Templer und die Jüdin...
, composer (d. 1861) - November 17 – Antonio BagioliAntonio BagioliGiuseppe Antonio Bagioli of Bologna, Italy and New York City, New York was a successful composer, music teacher and author, and the father of Teresa Bagioli Sickles, wife of Dan Sickles, central figures in a notorious murder trial in 1859.He is sometimes confused with Antonio Bagioli , a...
, composer and music teacher (d. 1871) - date unknown
- Friedrich August BelckeFriedrich August BelckeFriedrich August Belcke was a celebrated trombonist in Berlin in the 19th century.In 1815, after two solos with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Belcke had a 30-year career as a trombone soloist....
, trombonist (d. 1874) - Joseph BöhmJoseph BöhmJoseph Böhm was a violinist and teacher.He was born in Pest. He was taught by his father and by Pierre Rode. His brother Franz Böhm was too the well-known violinist and the soloist in the Russian empire in an imperial orchestra....
, violinist and music teacher (d. 176)
- Friedrich August Belcke
Deaths
- January 21- Michel CorretteMichel CorretteMichel Corrette was a French organist, composer and author of musical method books.-Life:Corrette was born in Rouen, Normandy. His father, Gaspard Corrette, was an organist and composer. Corrette served as organist at the Jesuit College in Paris from about 1737 to 1780. It is also known that he...
, organist and composer (b. 1707) - January 26 – Johann Christoph Friedrich BachJohann Christoph Friedrich BachJohann Christoph Friedrich Bach , the ninth son of Johann Sebastian Bach, sometimes referred to as the "Bückeburg Bach"...
, composer (b. 1732) - February 11 – Carl Michael BellmanCarl Michael Bellmanwas a Swedish poet and composer. Bellman is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a very important influence in Swedish music, as well as in Scandinavian literature in general, to this day....
, composer (b. 1740) - March 5 – Josef ReichaJosef ReichaJosef Reicha was a Czech cellist, composer and conductor. He was the uncle of composer and music theorist Anton Reicha....
, cellist, conductor and composer (b. 1752) - May 22 – Friedrich Wilhelm MarpurgFriedrich Wilhelm MarpurgFriedrich Wilhelm Marpurg was a German music critic, music-theorist and composer. He was friendly and active with many figures of the Enlightenment of the 18th century.-Life:...
, composer and music critic (b. 1718) - July – Ranieri de' CalzabigiRanieri de' CalzabigiRanieri de' Calzabigi was an Italian poet and librettist, most famous for his collaboration with the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck on his "reform" operas....
, librettist (b. 1714) - November 6 – Georg BendaGeorg BendaJiří Antonín Benda, also Georg Anton Benda or J.A. Benda was a Czech kapellmeister, violinist and composer of the classical period.-Biography:...
, composer (b. 1722) - November 19 – Thomas Linley the elder, conductor and composer (b. 1733)
- December 6 – Sofia LiljegrenSofia LiljegrenSofia Ulrika Liljegren, married surname Uttini, , was a Swedish-Finnish soprano. She was likely the first professional opera singer from Finland, although she was active in Sweden. She was given the title Hovsångare.- Biography :...
, Finnish soprano (b. 1765)