1803 in music
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Events
- 5 April - first performance of Beethoven's third piano concertoPiano Concerto No. 3 (Beethoven)The Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37, was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1800 and was first performed on 5 April 1803, with the composer as soloist. During that same performance, the Second Symphony and the oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives were also debuted. The composition...
- 26 December - Haydn performs his last public concert, conducting The Seven Last Words of ChristThe Seven Last Words of ChristThe Seven Last Words of Our Saviour On the Cross is an orchestral work by Joseph Haydn, commissioned in 1785 or 1786 for the Good Friday service at Cádiz Cathedral in Spain...
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...
- Christus am ÖlbergeChristus am ÖlbergeChristus am Ölberge , Op. 85, is an oratorio by Ludwig van Beethoven portraying the emotional turmoil of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane prior to his crucifixion. It was begun in the fall of 1802, soon after his completion of the Heiligenstadt Testament, as indicated by evidence in the...
, oratorio - Piano Sonata No. 21 'Waldstein'Piano Sonata No. 21 (Beethoven)The Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, also known as the Waldstein, is considered to be one of Beethoven's greatest piano sonatas, as well as one of the three particularly notable sonatas of his middle period . The sonata was completed in the summer of 1804...
started - Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'Symphony 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...
- Violin Sonata No. 7Violin Sonata No. 7 (Beethoven)The Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, the second of his opus 30 set, was composed between 1801 and 1802, published in May 1803, and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia...
published, composed between 1801 and 1802 - Violin Sonata No. 9Violin Sonata No. 9 (Beethoven)Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, commonly known as the Kreutzer Sonata, is a violin sonata which Ludwig van Beethoven published as his Opus 47...
- Christus am Ölberge
- Bernhard Henrik CrusellBernhard Henrik CrusellBernhard Henrik Crusell was a Swedish-Finnish clarinetist, composer and translator, "the most significant and internationally best-known Finnish-born classical composer and indeed, — the outstanding Finnish composer before Sibelius".-Early life and training:Crusell was born in Uusikaupunki ,...
– Concerto for Clarinet no 3 in B flat major - 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...
– unfinishedUnfinished workAn unfinished work is creative work that has not been finished. Its creator may have chosen never to finish it or may have been prevented from doing so by circumstances outside of their control such as death. Such pieces are often the subject of speculation as to what the finished piece would have...
String Quartet in D minor, Op 103 - 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,...
– Concerto for Oboe in F Major (op 37) - Georg von PasterwitzGeorg von PasterwitzGeorg Robert von Pasterwitz was an Austrian composer and teacher. He was born in Bierhütten, near Passau. First educated at Niederaltaich, he entered the Benedictine monastery in Kremsmünster in 1749. He then enrolled at the University of Salzburg, studying theology, law and mathematics...
- 300 Themata und Versetten, op. 4 - Giovanni Battista ViottiGiovanni Battista ViottiGiovanni Battista Viotti was an Italian violinist whose virtuosity was famed and whose work as a composer featured a prominent violin and an appealing lyrical tunefulness...
– Trio for 2 Violins and Cello in E major; Trio for 2 Violins and Cello in G major
Opera
- Gaetano Andreozzi – Il trionpho di Alessandro
- Luigi CherubiniLuigi CherubiniLuigi Cherubini was an Italian composer who spent most of his working life in France. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest of his contemporaries....
– AnacréonAnacréon (Cherubini)Anacréon, ou L'amour fugitif is an opera in two acts by Luigi Cherubini with a French libretto by C.R.Mendouze. It received its premiere at the Paris Opéra on 4 October 1803 but proved to be a complete failure, ending its run after only seven performances. The subject matter, a love affair of the... - Anton Fischer – Die Entlarvten
- Giovanni PaisielloGiovanni PaisielloGiovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era.-Life:Paisiello was born at Taranto and educated by the Jesuits there. He became known for his beautiful singing voice and in 1754 was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and...
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Births
- January 6 – Henri HerzHenri HerzHenri Herz was a pianist and composer, Austrian by birth, and French by domicile.Herz was born Heinrich Herz in Vienna...
, pianist and composer (died 18881888 in music- Events :* Wax phonograph cylinders are mass marketed.* Hamish MacCunn marries Alison, daughter of John Pettie, RA.* July : first performance of The Internationale in Lille, France- Published popular music:...
) - April 2-Franz LachnerFranz LachnerFranz Paul Lachner was a German composer and conductor.Lachner was born in Rain am Lech to a musical family . He studied music with Simon Sechter and Maximilian, the Abbé Stadler. He conducted at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna. In 1834, he became Kapellmeister at Mannheim...
, Bavarian composer/conductor (died 18901890 in music- Events :* September 9 - Edward Elgar's concert overture Froissart is premiered at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester* George W. Johnson records phonograph cylinders...
) - June 24 – George James WebbGeorge James WebbGeorge James Webb, born on June 24, 1803 near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England, died on October 7, 1887 in Orange, New Jersey was an English-American composer.-External links:*...
, composer (died 18871887 in music-Events:25 May - A fire during the 745th performance there of Mignon largely destroys the second Salle Favart, home of the Opéra-Comique in Paris; 84 people are recorded dead.-Published popular music:* "Angels Without Wings" w.m. George Dance...
) - July 24 – Adolphe AdamAdolphe AdamAdolphe Charles Adam was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle and Le corsaire , his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau , Le toréador and Si j'étais roi , and his Christmas...
, French composer (died 18561856 in music- Events :*January - Evan James and his son James James write the words and music of Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, which later becomes the Welsh national anthem.*March 23 - Richard Wagner completes the score of Die Walküre...
) - December 11 – Hector BerliozHector BerliozHector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts . Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works; as a...
, composer (died 18691869 in music- Events :* April 3 - Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto is premiered at Copenhagen's Casino.* September 22 - Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold debuts at the Königlich Hof- und Nationaltheater in Munich.- Published popular music :...
) - September 4 – Anna NielsenAnna Nielsen (1803-1856)Anna Helena Dorothea Nielsen, née Brenöe, , was a Danish stage actress and opera singer . She was one of the most famous female stage artists in Denmark of her time....
, mezzo-soprano (died 18561856 in music- Events :*January - Evan James and his son James James write the words and music of Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, which later becomes the Welsh national anthem.*March 23 - Richard Wagner completes the score of Die Walküre...
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Deaths
- January 2 – Franz Ignaz von BeeckeFranz Ignaz von BeeckeFranz Ignaz von Beecke was a classical music composer born in Wimpfen am Neckar, Germany.Von Beecke served in the Bavarian Dragoon Regiment of Zollern from 1756, during which time he fought in the Seven Years' War...
, composer (born 17331733 in music- Events :*Susannah Maria Arne makes her stage début in the first opera written by her brother, Thomas.*Wilhelm Friedemann Bach is appointed organist of St Sophia's Church, Dresden.*Jean-Marie Leclair becomes musical director to King Louis XV of France....
) - January 28 – Karl von MarinelliKarl von MarinelliKarl Edler von Marinelli was an actor, theatre manager and playwright....
, theatre manager (born 17451745 in music- Events :*April 16 Johann Sebastian Bach revives the anonymous St Luke Passion BWV 246 with an additional chorale by Bach himself at St...
) - February 5 – Giovanni Battista CastiGiovanni Battista CastiGiovanni Battista Casti was an Italian poet, satirist, and author of comic opera librettos, born in Acquapendente...
, librettist (born 17241724 in music-Events:*Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Sanctus for his later Mass in B minor.*John Frederick Lampe arrives in Britain.*Joseph Bodin de Boismortier moves to Paris from Perpignan....
) - February 6 – Gasparo AngioliniGasparo AngioliniGasparo Angiolini , real name Domenico Maria Angiolo Gasparini, was an Italian dancer and choreographer, and composer. He was born in Florence and died in Milan....
, dancer, choreographer and composer (born 17311731 in music-Events:*The Academy of Vocal Music changes its name to the Academy of Ancient Music.*Jean-Philippe Rameau meets his patron, La Pouplinière.*Antonio Stradivari makes a viola that will be owned a hundred years later by Niccolò Paganini....
) - June 6 – Louis GallodierLouis GallodierLouis Gallodier was a French ballet dancer and choreographer who spent the majority of his career in Sweden, were he was to have a great importance for the development of the ballet in Sweden as the ballet master of the Royal Swedish Ballet.- Biography and career:Louis Gallodier was born in France...
, dancer and choreographer (born c.1734) - August 29 – Giovanni de GamerraGiovanni de GamerraGiovanni de Gamerra was a cleric, a playwright, and a poet. He is best known as a prolific librettist....
, librettist (born 17421742 in music- Events :*March 23 Johann Sebastian Bach revives his St Matthew Passion BWV 244 with some further revisions of instrumentation and voicing at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig...
) - September 5 – François DevienneFrançois DevienneFrançois Devienne was a French composer and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory.François Devienne was born in Joinville , as the youngest of fourteen children of a saddlemaker...
, composer (born 17591759 in music- Events :*Johann Friedrich Agricola succeeds Carl Heinrich Graun as director of Frederick the Great's royal opera.*Castrato Gaspare Pacchierotti makes his debut at the Perugia carnival, in a female role.*Tommaso Traetta becomes court composer at Parma....
) - September 17 – Franz Xaver SüssmayrFranz Xaver SüssmayrFranz Xaver Süssmayr was an Austrian composer, now famous for his completion of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem.-Early life:...
, composer (born 17661766 in music- Events :*Joseph Haydn becomes Kapellmeister to the Esterházys. The orchestra is increased to 22 players.*Niccolò Piccinni is invited to Paris by Queen Marie Antoinette.*Dom Bédos de Celles publishes his influential L'art du facteur d'orgues.- Opera :...
) - September 21 – John Christopher MollerJohn Christopher MollerJohn Christopher Moller was one of the first American composers, as well as one of the first music publishers in the United States.John Christopher Moller was also an organist, concert manager, pianist, harpsichordist, and violinist...
, composer and music publisher (born 17551755 in music-Events:*In Britain, William Boyce is appointed Master of the King's Musick.*After a tour of Ireland fraught with disagreements, Thomas Arne and his wife, the soprano Cecilia Young, agree to separate....
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- Johann Becker, organist and composer (born 17261726 in music-Events:*The Academy of Ancient Music is founded in London.*George Frideric Handel becomes a British subject.*Johann Sebastian Bach copies and performs 18 church cantatas written by his cousin, Johann Ludwig Bach....
) - Johann Christoph KellnerJohann Christoph KellnerJohann Christoph Kellner was a German organist and composer. He was the son of Johann Peter Kellner.-Life:He was born in Gräfenroda, Thuringia, Germany where he studied music with his father, moving to Gotha to study with Georg Benda in 1754, returning home in 1755...
, organist and composer (born 17361736 in music-Events:*January 21 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel gives a public concert in New York City, the first documented event of its kind. Pachelbel, son of the more famous Johann Pachelbel, settles in Charleston, South Carolina, where he works as an organist, harpsichordist, composer and music teacher for...
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- Johann Becker, organist and composer (born 1726