1811 in music

Events

* "None listed"

Classical Music

*Ludwig van Beethoven - "Piano Trio No. 7" (the "Archduke"); Singspiel - "Die Ruinen von Athen" ("The ruins of Athens")
*William Crotch - "Palestine" (oratorio) with libretto by Reginald Heber
*Johann Nepomuk Hummel - "12 German Dances and Coda for Redout-Deutsche"
*Giacomo Meyerbeer - "Gott und die Natur" (oratorio)
*Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart - "Piano Concerto No. 1" in C major opus 14 ( [http://www.classicalmusicguide.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11151&sid=9ff2150eecccdc30652092b43683a2c6] )
*George Onslow - "Duo for Piano 4 hands no 1 in E minor"

Opera

*Carl Maria von Weber - "Abu Hassan"

Births

*January 21 - Mademoiselle Ambroisine, ballet dancer (date of death unknown)
*March 13 - Camille-Marie Stamaty, composer and pianist (d. 1870)
*March 23 - Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer (d. 1891)
*May 22 - Giulia Grisi, operatic soprano (d. 1869)
*July 19 - Vincenz Lachner, composer (d. 1893)
*August 5 - Ambroise Thomas, opera composer (d. 1896)
*August 25 - August Gottfried Ritter, organist and composer (d. 1885)
*September - Charles Frederick Hempel, organist and composer (d. 1867)
*October 16 - Gaetano Capocci, conductor and composer (d. 1898)
*October 24 - Ferdinand Hiller, pianist, composer and conductor (d. 1885)
*October 22 - Franz Liszt, pianist and composer (d. 1886)
*November 11 - François Delsarte, operatic tenor and singing teacher (d. 1871)
*November 26 - Franz Brendel, music critic (d. 1868)
*December 8 - Louis Schindelmeisser, clarinettist, conducto and composer (d. 1864)
*"date unknown"
**Adam Darr, guitarist, singer and composer (d. 1866)
**Karl Bärmann, clarinet player (d. 1885)
*"probable" - James Hill, folk musician (d. 1853)

Deaths

*February 27 - Joseph Leutgeb, horn virtuoso (b. 1732)
*March 19 - Frantisek Adam Mica, composer
*April 15 - Ernest Louis Muller, composer
*May 12 - Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer
*July 19 - Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer
*August 18 - Johann Heinrich Zang, composer
*August 20 - Dorothea Wendling, operatic soprano (b. 1736)
*September 6 - Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer
*December 7 - Ignaz Spangler, composer
*December 17
**John Antes, composer (b. 1740)
**Barbara Ployer, pianist (b. 1765)
**Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny, composer
*"unknown date" - Sir Peter Beckford, patron of Muzio Clementi


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