1818 in music
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- December 24 – "Silent Night" written by Josef MohrJosef MohrJoseph Mohr, sometimes spelt Josef was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and composer, who wrote the words to the Christmas carol "Silent Night".-Biography:...
and composed by Franz Xaver Gruber - December 25 – The first performance of "Silent Night" (Church of St. Nikolaus in OberndorfOberndorfOberndorf may refer to the following places:*in Germany:**Oberndorf am Neckar, in the district of Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg** Oberndorf , a suburb of Rottenburg am Neckar in the district of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg...
, 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...
). - Johann Nepomuk SchelbleJohann Nepomuk SchelbleJohann Nepomuk Schelble , was a German musician and composer.Schelble was born in Hüfingen in the Black Forest...
founds the Society of St Cecilia at FrankfurtFrankfurtFrankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
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Popular music
- "Silent Night" (words by Joseph Mohr, music by Franz Gruber)
- "Thou Bonnie Wood of Craigielea" (words by Robert TannahillRobert TannahillRobert Tannahill was a Scottish poet. Known as the 'Weaver Poet', his music and poetry is contemporaneous with that of Robert Burns.He was born at Castle Street in Paisley on 3 June 1774, the fourth son in a family of seven...
, music by James BarrJames Barr (composer)James Barr was a Scottish composer who composed the tune which inspired the tune now used for the unofficial Australian anthem "Waltzing Matilda." Born in Tarbolton in South Ayrshire, Barr taught music and worked for a publisher in Glasgow...
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Opera
- Michele CarafaMichele CarafaMichele Enrico Carafa di Colobrano was an Italian opera composer. He was born in Naples and studied in Paris with Luigi Cherubini. He was Professor of counterpoint at the Paris Conservatoire from 1840 to 1858...
– Berenice in Siria - Gaetano DonizettiGaetano DonizettiDomenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. His best-known works are the operas L'elisir d'amore , Lucia di Lammermoor , and Don Pasquale , all in Italian, and the French operas La favorite and La fille du régiment...
– Enrico, Conte di Borgogna - 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...
– Mosè in Egitto
Births
- February 6 or August 7– Henry Litolff, keyboard virtuoso and composer (d. 1891)
- March 1 (or 2) – Giulio BriccialdiGiulio BriccialdiGiulio Briccialdi was an Italian flautist and composer.Briccialdi was born in Terni. His contributions include inventing the B-flat thumb key for the Boehm flute. He died in Florence.- External links :...
, composer (d. 1881) - April 19 – Manuel SaumellManuel SaumellManuel Saumell Robredo , was a Cuban composer of the highest importance for his invention and development of genuinely creolized forms of music...
, composer (d. 1870) - June 17 – Charles GounodCharles GounodCharles-François Gounod was a French composer, known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette.-Biography:...
, composer (d. 1893) - July 1 – Henrietta TreffzHenrietta TreffzHenrietta "Jetty" Treffz was best known as the first wife of Johann Strauss II and a well-known mezzo-soprano appearing in England in 1849 to great acclaim.-Biography:...
, operatic mezzo-soprano and first wife of Johann Strauss IIJohann Strauss IIJohann Strauss II , also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son , was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas...
(d. 1878) - September 12 – Theodor KullakTheodor KullakTheodor Kullak was a German pianist, composer, and teacher.-Background:Kullak was born in Krotoschin in the Grand Duchy of Posen, in Wielkopolska - western part of Poland taken during the second partition of Poland by Kingdom of Prussia. He began his piano studies as a pupil of Albrecht Agthe in...
, pianist, composer and music teacher (d. 1882) - October 15 – Alexander DreyschockAlexander DreyschockAlexander Dreyschock was a Czech pianist and composer.Born in Žáky in Bohemia, his musical talents were first noticed at age of eight, and at age fifteen he travelled to Prague to study piano and composition with Václav Tomášek...
, pianist and composer (d. 1869) - October 26 – Stefano GolinelliStefano GolinelliStefano Golinelli was an Italian piano virtuoso and composer.In 1840 he was appointed by Rossini, then an Honorary Councillor of the Liceo Musicale di Bologna, professor for piano at the Liceo, a post he held until 1871...
, pianist and composer (d. 1891)
Deaths
- February 1 – Giuseppe GazzanigaGiuseppe GazzanigaGiuseppe Gazzaniga was a member of the Neapolitan school of opera composers. He composed fifty-one operas and is considered to be one of the last Italian opera buffa composers.-Biography:...
, composer (b. 1743) - March 20 – Johann Nikolaus ForkelJohann Nikolaus ForkelJohann Nikolaus Forkel , was a German musician, musicologist and music theorist.-Biography:...
, music theorist (b. 1749) - March 28 – Antonio Capuzzi, violinist and composer (b. 1755)
- May 7 – Leopold KozeluchLeopold KozeluchLeopold Kozeluch was a Czech composer and teacher of classical music. He was born in the town of Velvary, in Bohemia .-Life:...
, composer (b. 1747) - May 18 – Maddalena Laura SirmenMaddalena Laura SirmenMaddalena Sirmen was an Italian composer, violinist, and later unsuccessful singer.-Biography:Sirmen was born in Venice to poverty-stricken parents, noble by birth...
, violinist, singer and composer (b. 1745) - August 25 – Elizabeth BillingtonElizabeth BillingtonElizabeth Billington was a British opera singer born in London, her father being a German clarinetist named Carl Friedrich Weichsel , and her mother Fredericka Weichsel née Weirman , a popular singer. Her brother, Charles Weichsel Elizabeth Billington (1765 or 1768 in London – 25 August 1818 in...
, opera singer (b. 1768) - December – Mikhail KerzelliMikhail KerzelliMikhail Franzevich Kerzelli was a pianist, violinist, teacher and composer of string quartets, violin duets, orchestral and liturgical compositions.Kerzelli was born at Vienna...
, pianist, violinist and composer (b. c. 1740) - December 31 – Jean-Pierre DuportJean-Pierre DuportJean-Pierre Duport was a cellist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Along with his brother, Jean-Louis Duport , he was active in the musical life of France and Germany...
, cellist (b. 1741)