1793 in music
Encyclopedia
Events
- September 25 – The Chevalier de Saint-GeorgesChevalier de Saint-GeorgesJoseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George was an important figures in the Paris musical scene in the second half of the 18th century as composer, conductor, and violinist. Prior to the revolution in France, he was also famous as a swordsman and equestrian...
, the "black Mozart", loses his command and is imprisoned at Houdainville. - Niccolò PaganiniNiccolò PaganiniNiccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was one of the most celebrated violin virtuosi of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique...
debuts as a violin virtuoso at age 11
Classical Music
- Jan Ladislav DussekJan Ladislav DussekJan Ladislav Dussek was a Czech composer and pianist. He was an important representative of Czech music abroad in the second half of 18th century and the beginning of 19th century...
– The Sufferings of the Queen of France - 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...
- String Quartets, Opp. 71 & 74 "Apponyi"
- Variations in F minorVariations in F minorThe Andante with variations in F minor , also known as Un piccolo divertimento, was composed for piano by Joseph Haydn in 1793, and is among his most popular piano works. The variations here are a set of double variations, the first theme is in F minor and the second theme in F major...
- Pavel Vranicky – Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 24
Opera
- Felice AlessandriFelice AlessandriFelice Alessandri was an Italian keyboardist and composer who was internationally active; working in Berlin, London, Paris, St. Petersburg, and Turin. He is best known for his stage works, and he produced a total of 32 operas between 1764 and 1794...
– Virginia - Samuel ArnoldSamuel Arnold (composer)Samuel Arnold was an English composer and organist.Arnold was born in London , and began writing music for the theatre in about 1764. A few years later he became director of music at the Marylebone Gardens, for which much of his popular music was written...
– The Mountaineers - Thomas AttwoodThomas AttwoodThomas Attwood was a British economist, the leading figure of the underconsumptionist Birmingham School of economists, and, as the founder of the Birmingham Political Union, a leading figure in the public campaign for the Great Reform Act of 1832.He was born in Halesowen, and attended Halesowen...
– Ozmyn and Daraxa - François-Adrien BoïeldieuFrançois-Adrien BoïeldieuFrançois-Adrien Boieldieu was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart".-Biography:...
– La fille coupable - Francesco Gardi – Pirro
- Johann Baptist Henneberg – Die Waldmänner
- Étienne 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:...
- Le jeune sage et le vieux fouLe jeune sage et le vieux fouLe jeune sage et le vieux fou is an opera by the French composer Étienne Méhul with a libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman. It takes the form of a comédie mêlée de musique in one act. It was first performed at the Théâtre Favart on 28 March 1793. A revised version appeared in 1801.The opera was...
Births
- January 18 – William Henry HavergalWilliam Henry HavergalWilliam Henry Havergal was an Anglican clergyman, writer, composer and hymnwriter, and a publisher of sermons and pamphlets...
, hymn-writer and composer (d. 1870) - February 14 – William CrathernWilliam CrathernWilliam Crathern was a composer of sacred and secular music.He was baptised on 18 March 1793 at St Leonard’s, Shoreditch, the son of Thomas Anthony Crathern and his wife Martha....
, composer of sacred music (d. c.1851) - February 27 – Elisabeth FrösslindElisabeth FrösslindKristina Elisabet Frösslind, also called Elise Frösslind, Kristina Elisabet Frösslind, also called Elise Frösslind, Kristina Elisabet Frösslind, also called Elise Frösslind, (27 February 1793 - 24 October 1861, was a Swedish opera singer and actor at the Royal Swedish Opera and the Royal Dramatic...
, opera singer (d. 1861) - August 21 – Peter Casper KrossingPeter Casper KrossingPeter Casper Krossing was a Danish composer.-External links:...
, composer (d. 1838) - September 2 – Caroline RidderstolpeCaroline RidderstolpeCaroline Johanna Lovisa Ridderstolpe, née Kolbe was a Swedish composer and singer.Ridderstolpe was the daughter of the chapell conductor in Berlin, Carl Koble, and in 1816 married to the Swedish governor count Fredrik Ludvig Ridderstolpe...
, composer (d. 1878)
Deaths
- March 17 – Leopold HofmannLeopold HofmannLeopold Hofmann was an Austrian composer of classical music.-Biography:...
, composer (b. 1738) - May 3 – Martin GerbertMartin GerbertMartin Gerbert , German theologian, historian and writer on music, belonged to the noble family of Gerbert von Hornau, and was born at Horb am Neckar, Württemberg, on the 12th of August 1720....
, music writer (b. 1720) - May 7 – Pietro NardiniPietro NardiniPietro Nardini was an Italian composer and violinist.-Life:He was born in Fibiana and studied music at Livorno, later becoming a pupil of Giuseppe Tartini. Having been a student of Giuseppe Tartini, he moved to Germany where he joined the court chapel in Stuttgart where he became conductor in 1762...
, composer (b. 1722) - September 10 – Marc-Antoine Désaugiers, opera composer (b. 1742)
- September 14 – Benjamin CookeBenjamin CookeBenjamin Cooke was an English composer, organist and teacher.Cooke was born in London and named after his father, a music publisher based in Covent Garden...
, organist and composer (b. 1734) - October 21 – Johann HartmannJohann HartmannJohann Hartmann was a Danish composer. Two of his sons were composers, Johan Ernst Hartmann and August Wilhelm Hartmann...
, composer (b. 1726) - October 25 – Giovanni Battista FerrandiniGiovanni Battista FerrandiniGiovanni Battista Ferrandini , an Italian composer of the Baroque and Classical eras, was born in Venice, Italy and died in Munich, at the age of 81....
, composer (b. 1710) - date unknown – Philip PhilePhilip PhilePhilip Phile was an American composer and violinist. His year of birth is uncertain, but believed to be approximately 1734. His works include a lost Violin Concerto , but he is best known for " The President's March", written and performed at the inauguration of President George Washington.He died...
, violinist and composer (b. c.1734)