1816 in music

none thumb|alt=Title page of the first edition (1816), Bonn, Beethoven-Haus|Title page of the first edition (1816), Bonn, Beethoven-Haus 1816 music This is a list of music-related events in 1816. Events January 9 – Ludwig van Beethoven obtains custody of his nephew Karl, after a legal battle with the boy's mother.https://archive.today/20131124150029/http://musicandhistory.com/music-and-history-by-the-year/75-1816.html MusicandHistory.com – 1816. Accessed 24 November 2013 January 12 – The première of Gioacchino Rossini's new cantata, Giunone, takes place at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, where the composer is musical director. February 12 – The Teatro di San Carlo in Naples burns down; reconstruction starts almost immediately, at the behest of King Ferdinand IV.Beauvert, Thierry, Opera Houses of the World, The Vendome Press, New York, 1995. 0-86565-978-8 February 20 – Rossini's opera, Almaviva, ossia L’inutile precauzione (later better known as The Barber of Seville), receives its première at the Teatro Argentina, Rome.20-02-1816 March 21 – Prominent Jewish couple Abraham and Lea Mendelssohn arrange for their four children, Fanny, Felix, Rebecka and Paul, to be secretly baptized as Lutherans in the Jerusalemkirche, Berlin. April 9 – Returning to Prague after a twenty-year absence, Johann Nepomuk Hummel gives a public recital. April 17 – Josef von Spaun writes to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for permission to have his poems set to music by the youthful Franz Schubert. April 29 – Luigi Cherubini's cantata Inno alla primavera, commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society, is given its première in London, a year later than scheduled and without the composer present. June 16 – In recognition of the 50th anniversary of his arrival in Vienna, Antonio Salieri is presented with a gold medal by the Lord Chamberlain on behalf of the Emperor Francis II. July 13 – Carl Maria von Weber meets Count Vitzthum von Eckstädt at Carlsbad; the encounter leads to Weber being appointed Kapellmeister at Dresden. October 2 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel is offered a post at Stuttgart by Duke Frederick I of Württemberg. October 18 – Louis Spohr and Niccolò Paganini meet in Venice. November 19 – Carl Maria von Weber becomes engaged to soprano Caroline Brandt. November 25 – Muzio Clementi leaves London after a six-month stay. Popular music "The Clown's Bazaar" "Grimaldi's Bazaar" sung by Joseph Grimaldi in Gnomes and Fairies or Harlequin Hurry SkurryMemoirs Of Joseph Grimaldi by Joseph Grimaldi, a Project Gutenberg eBook. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/46709/46709-h/46709-h.htm 2026-01-11 www.gutenberg.org Classical music Ludwig van Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 Der Mann von Wort, Op. 99 Piano Sonata No. 28 Sehnsucht, WoO 146 Luigi Cherubini – Requiem in C minor Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Septet No.1, Op. 74 Conradin Kreutzer – String Quintet, Op. 62 Franz Krommer – 3 String Quartets, Op. 92 Joseph Mayseder – Polonaise No.3, Op. 12 Giacomo Meyerbeer – Gli amori di Teolinda (cantata) Ignaz Moscheles – Grande sonate, Op. 41 George Onslow – 3 String Quartets, Op. 9 Franz Schubert Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen, D. 343 Stabat Mater in F minor Overture in B-flat major, D.470 String Trio in B-flat major, D 471 Lieder: Stimme der Liebe, D.412; 3 Gesänge des Harfners, Op. 12, D.478; Der Wanderer, D.489; Loda's Gespenst, D.150; Die Erwartung, D.159 Jan Václav Voříšek – 6 Impromptus, Op. 7 Carl Maria von Weber – Divertimento assai facile, Op. 38 Opera François Adrien Boieldieu La fête du village voisin Charles de France (with Ferdinand Hérold) Michele Carafa – Gabriella di Vergy Gaetano Donizetti – Il Pigmalione Étienne Méhul – La journée aux aventures Gioachino Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia Otello Franz Schubert – Die Bürgschaft, D.435 (unfinished) Carlo Soliva – La Testa di Bronzo Louis Spohr – Faust Births February 26 – Franz Krenn, composer and music teacher (d. 1897) March 19 – Johannes Verhulst, conductor and composer (d. 1891) April 13 – William Sterndale Bennett, pianist and composer (d. 1875) April 26 – Eugène Albert, woodwind instrument maker (d. 1890) July 16 – Antoine François Marmontel, French pianist (died 1898) August 17 – Benjamin Bilse, conductor and composer (d. 1902) September 4 – François Bazin, opera composer (d. 1878) November 17 – August Wilhelm Ambros, composer and music historian (d. 1876) November 24 – Matteo Salvi, composer (d. 1887) December 8 – Edvard Helsted, composer (d. 1900) date unknown – Edward Edwards, musician and composer (d. 1897) Deaths February 10 – Jean Paul Egide Martini, composer (born 1741) February 19 – Margareta Alströmer, singer and artist (born 1763) March 16 – Giuseppe Jannaconi, composer (born 1740) March 23 – Ignaz Vitzthumb, conductor and composer (born 1724) May 4 – Marie-Madeleine Guimard, ballerina (born 1743) May 25 – Samuel Webbe, composer (born 1740) June 5 – Giovanni Paisiello, composer (born 1740) July 31 – Josef Fiala, musician and composer (born 1748) December 15 – Prince Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, patron of Beethoven (born 1772) date unknown – João José Baldi, pianist and composer (born 1770) References Category:19th century in music Category:Music by year