1804 in music
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Events
- 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...
angrily renames his Third SymphonySymphony No. 3 (Beethoven)Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat major , also known as the Eroica , is a landmark musical work marking the full arrival of the composer's "middle-period," a series of unprecedented large scale works of emotional depth and structural rigor.The symphony is widely regarded as a mature...
from the Napoleon to the Eroica after Napoleon crowns himself emperor. - Nicolas DalayracNicolas DalayracNicolas-Marie d'Alayrac, known as Nicolas Dalayrac , was a French composer, best known for his opéras-comiques.- Biography :...
is awarded the Légion d'honneurLégion d'honneurThe Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
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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...
- Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major written
- Opus 85 Christus am Ölberge (completed)
- Symphony No. 2 (published)
- Louis SpohrLouis SpohrLouis Spohr was a German composer, violinist and conductor. Born Ludewig Spohr, he is usually known by the French form of his name. Described by Dorothy Mayer as "The Forgotten Master", Spohr was once as famous as Beethoven. As a violinist, his virtuoso playing was admired by Queen Victoria...
– Concerto for Violin no 2 in D minor, Op. 2
Opera
- Pierre GaveauxPierre GaveauxPierre Gaveaux was a French operatic tenor and composer, notable for creating the role of Jason in Cherubini's Médée and for composing the first operatic version of the story that later found fame as Fidelio....
– - Adalbert GyrowetzAdalbert GyrowetzVojtěch Matyáš Jírovec was a Bohemian composer.- Biography :...
– Selico - Ferdinando PaerFerdinando Paer-Biography:Paer was born at Parma. His father was a trumpeter with the Ducal Bodyguards and also performed at church and court events. His name, Ferdinando, was after Duke Ferdinand of Parma and was given to him by Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Duke Ferdinand's wife...
– LeonoraLeonora (opera)Leonora, ossia L’amore coniugale is an opera in two acts by the Italian composer Ferdinando Paer. The libretto, by Giovanni Schmidt, is based on Léonore ou L’Amour conjugal by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, which was also the source of Beethoven's Fidelio... - Gaspare SpontiniGaspare SpontiniGaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini was an Italian opera composer and conductor, extremely celebrated in his time, though largely forgotten after his death.-Biography:...
– MiltonMilton (opera)Milton is an opéra comique in one act by Gaspare Spontini. The French libretto, by Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy and Armand-Michel Dieulafoy, is based on the life of the English poet John Milton. Milton was first performed on 27 November 1804 by the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Feydeau in Paris . It...
Births
- March 14 – Johann Strauss IJohann Strauss IJohann Strauss I , born in Vienna, was an Austrian Romantic composer famous for his waltzes, and for popularizing them alongside Joseph Lanner, thereby setting the foundations for his sons to carry on his musical dynasty...
, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
(d. 1849) - March 30 – Salomon SulzerSalomon SulzerSalomon Sulzer was an Austrian hazzan and composer. His family, which prior to 1813 bore the name of Levi, removed to Hohenems from Sulz in 1748. He was educated for the cantorate, studying first under the cantors of Endingen and Karlsruhe, with whom he traveled extensively, and later under...
, composer (d. 1890) - May 31 – Louise FarrencLouise FarrencLouise Farrenc was a French composer, virtuosa pianist and teacher. Born Jeanne-Louise Dumont in Paris, she was the daughter of Jacques-Edme Dumont, a successful sculptor, and sister to Auguste Dumont.-Biography:...
, pianist and composer (d. 1875) - June 1 – Mikhail GlinkaMikhail GlinkaMikhail Ivanovich Glinka , was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country, and is often regarded as the father of Russian classical music...
, RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n composer (d. 1857) - August 19 – Christina EnbomChristina EnbomChristina Wilhelmina Enbom , was a Swedish operatic soprano. She was active at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm in 1819–25, in 1830–41 and 1850–57.-Biography:...
(d. 1880) - November 27 – Sir Julius BenedictJulius BenedictSir Julius Benedict was a German-born composer and conductor, resident in England for most of his career.-Life:...
, conductor and composer (d. 1885) - date unknown – Ferdinand Giovanni SchediwyFerdinand Giovanni SchediwyFerdinand Giovanni Schediwy was a conductor, composer, organist and teacher. He immigrated from Prague to Bergen, Norway, where he became very active in the musical environment...
, organist, conductor and composer (d. 1877)
Deaths
- March 29 (or 30) – Ivan KhandoshkinIvan KhandoshkinIvan Yevstafyevich Khandoshkin was a Russian violinist and composer. He has been described as "the finest Russian violinist of the eighteenth century". He studied under Tito Porta with other Italian influences being Domenico dall’Oglio and Pietro Peri...
, violinist and composer (b. 1747) - June 16 – Johann Adam Hiller, conductor, composer and music writer (b. 1728)
- August 24 – Valentin AdambergerValentin AdambergerValentin Adamberger, also known by his Italian name Adamonti, was a German operatic tenor...
, operatic tenor (b. 1740) - November 5 – Maria Anna AdambergerMaria Anna AdambergerMaria Anna Adamberger , born Jaquet, was an Austrian actress. She was known for her roles in various comedies, while her sister Katharina Adamberger preferred tragic roles...
, actress and singer, wife of Valentin Adamberger (b. 1752) - November 19 – Pietro Guglielmi, composer (b. 1728)
- date unknown
- Gioacchino CocchiGioacchino CocchiGioacchino Cocchi was an Italian composer.He was particularly famous for his theatre music . His first works were performed at Naples and Rome. From 1750 to 1757 he stayed in Venice, where he became chapel master of the Ospedale degli Incurabili . He also taught composition to Andrea Luchesi...
, opera composer (b.c.1720) - Marie Louise MarcadetMarie Louise MarcadetMarie Louise Marcadet was a Swedish opera singer and a dramatic stage actor. She was active in both the Royal Swedish Opera, and at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. She is regarded as the greatest tragedienne in Sweden during the 1780s decade, before the first noted native tragedienne, Maria Franck...
, actress and singer (b. 1758) - Lorenzo QuaglioLorenzo QuaglioLorenzo Quaglio was a German stage designer of Italian extraction. He worked mainly in Mannheim and in Munich, where he designed the first production of Idomeneo.-References:James Anderson, The Complete Dictionary of Opera and Operetta....
, stage designer (b. 1730) - Giovanni ValentiniGiovanni Valentini (classical composer)Giovanni Valentini was an Italian classical era composer, poet and painter. He is best remembered for his innovative instrumental music. Among his many works are two operas, La statua matematica and Le nozze in contrasto, the latter of which premiered at the Teatro San Moisè, Venice, in November...
, composer, poet and painter (b. c. 1730) - Abraham WoodAbraham Wood (composer)Abraham Wood was one of the first American composers.Wood was born in Massachusetts Bay Colony and was a drummer during the American Revolutionary War...
, early American composer (b. 1752)
- Gioacchino Cocchi