1796, from day to day
1796. With other artists, Giovanni Paisiello, Antonio Salieri and Joseph Haydn influenced their time (classical era / romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Franz Berwald, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “The Creation” de Joseph Haydn, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1796 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 90 of these moments for 1796.
The year 1796 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
01
Birth of Feliks Horecki That year: 1796, Classical music, Polish composer and guitarist (1796-1870) (dead in 1870)
09
Death of Giuseppe Avossa That year: 1796, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1708)
16
Death of Augustin Šenkýř That year: 1796, Classical music, Czech violinist, composer, organist and roman catholic priest (born in 1736)
23
Birth of Heinrich Soussmann That year: 1796, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1848)
26
Birth of Paul Hippolyte Camus That year: 1796, Classical music, composer (dead in 1869)
February
13
Birth of Karl Wilhelm Greulich That year: 1796, Classical music, composer (dead in 1837)
16
Death of Caterina Gabrielli That year: 1796, Classical music, Italian coloratura singer (1730-1796) (born in 1730)
17
Birth of Giovanni Pacini That year: 1796, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1867)
21
Birth of Jozef Michal Poniatowski That year: 1796, Classical music, Polish szlachcic, composer and operatic tenor (1916-1873) (dead in 1873)
Death of Johan David Zander That year: 1796, Classical music, violinist, conductor, composer (born in 1753)
25
Death of Giovanni Battista Borghi That year: 1796, Classical music, Italian composer (1738-1796) (born in 1738)
28
Death of Friedrich Wilhelm Rust That year: 1796, Classical music, German violinist and composer (born in 1739)
Birth of Heinrich Carl Breidenstein That year: 1796, Classical music, German musicologist (1796-1876) (dead in 1876)
Also in February
Death of John Jones That year: 1796, Classical music, English organist, who served at the St Paul's Cathedral (born in 1728) .
March
14
Birth of Anton Haizinger That year: 1796, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (dead in 1869)
19
Death of Stephen Storace That year: 1796, Classical music, British composer (born in 1762)
22
Death of Gaspare Gabellone That year: 1796, Classical music, Italian composer (1727-1796) (born in 1727)
April
04
Death of Nicola Sabatino That year: 1796, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1705)
20
Birth of Friedrich Leopold von Plessen That year: 1796, Classical music, composer (dead in 1847)
May
01
Death of Alexandre Guy Pingré That year: 1796, Classical music, French canon regular, astronomer and naval geographer (born in 1711)
02
Birth of Giuseppe Balducci That year: 1796, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1845)
04
Birth of Giuseppe Gabetti That year: 1796, Classical music, Italian composer, violinist and conductor (1796-1862) (dead in 1862)
17
Death of Jacob Wilhelm Lustig That year: 1796, Classical music, Dutch composer (1706-1796) (born in 1706)
June
08
Death of Felice Giardini That year: 1796, Classical music, Italian composer and violinist (born in 1716)
Death of Ignaz Umlauf That year: 1796, Classical music, Austrian composer (1746-1796) (born in 1746)
11
Death of Luffman Atterbury That year: 1796, Classical music, English composer and musician (born in 1740)
23
Birth of Ferdinando Giorgetti That year: 1796, Classical music, Italian composer, violinist, publicist, musical teacher and conductor (dead in 1867)
24
Birth of Friedrich Genée That year: 1796, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1856)
July
14
Birth of Domenico Reina That year: 1796, Classical music, Swiss singer (1796-1843) (dead in 1843)
15
Birth of J. Augustine Wade That year: 1796, Classical music, Irish composer (1796-1845) (dead in 1845)
17
Death of Thomas Sanders Dupuis That year: 1796, Classical music, English composer and organist (born in 1733)
Birth of Christian Gottlieb Belcke That year: 1796, Classical music, composer (dead in 1875)
23
Birth of Franz Berwald That year: 1796, Classical music, Swedish composer (dead in 1868)
August
12
Death of Mary Ann Wrighten That year: 1796, Classical music, composer (1751-1796) (born in 1751)
15
Birth of Ignazio Pasini That year: 1796, Classical music, Italian tenor (dead in 1875)
September
02
Birth of Josef Spitzeder That year: 1796, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1796-1832) (dead in 1832)
20
Birth of Franz Wilhelm Ferling That year: 1796, Classical music, German oboist, composer, and clarinetist (dead in 1874)
22
Death of Joseph Lederer That year: 1796, Classical music, German composer (born in 1733)
25
Birth of Christian Heinrich Heinemeyer That year: 1796, Classical music, musician (dead in 1872)
October
04
Birth of August Wilhelm Bach That year: 1796, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1869)
13
Birth of Joseph Stadler That year: 1796, Classical music, composer (dead in 1859)
17
Death of Franz Paul Rigler That year: 1796, Classical music, Slovak composer (born in 1747)
November
04
Birth of Adolphe Miné That year: 1796, Classical music, musician, composer (dead in 1854)
14
Birth of Friederike Funk That year: 1796, Classical music, German soprano (dead in 1830)
15
Birth of Pietro Massini That year: 1796, Classical music, Italian musician
17
Birth of Aloys Dobler That year: 1796, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1841)
Birth of Carl Friedrich Müller That year: 1796, Classical music, composer (dead in 1846)
20
Birth of Giuseppe Ghébart That year: 1796, Classical music, composer (dead in 1870)
25
Birth of Traugott Gey That year: 1796, Classical music, singer, actor, stage actor, opera singer (dead in 1875)
30
Birth of Carl Loewe That year: 1796, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1869)
December
03
Birth of Henriette Widerberg That year: 1796, Classical music, Swedish opera soprano (dead in 1872)
09
Birth of Emilie Zumsteeg That year: 1796, Classical music, German composer, music teacher, choir conductor, singer and pianist (dead in 1857)
19
Birth of Juan Aulí That year: 1796, Classical music, Spanish composer and organist (1796-1870) (dead in 1870)
30
Death of Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne That year: 1796, Classical music, French composer (born in 1751)
This was also in 1796
Death of F. Sigismund Sander That year: 1796, Classical music, composer (born in 1760) . Death of Franz Anton Spitzeder That year: 1796, Classical music, Austrian tenor (born in 1735) . Birth of Cornelius Ward I That year: 1796, Classical music, composer (dead in 1872) . Birth of Charles Child Spencer That year: 1796, Classical music, composer (dead in 1869) . Death of Franziska Romana Koch That year: 1796, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1748) . Death of Carl Friedrich Rudorf That year: 1796, Classical music, composer . Birth of Henric Herdlizka That year: 1796, Classical music, composer (dead in 1821) . Birth of Gotthelf Leberecht Berthold That year: 1796, Classical music, German opera singer (buffo bass), actor and comedian, 1796-1851 (dead in 1851) . Birth of Alexis Dupont That year: 1796, Classical music, French opera singer (1796-1874) (dead in 1874) . Death of Salvadore Pelleschi That year: 1796, Classical music, composer (born in 1786) . Death of Pierre Hyacinthe Azaïs That year: 1796, Classical music, French Classical composer (born in 1743) . Birth of Giovanni Battista Verger That year: 1796, Classical music, Italian operatic tenor (dead in 1860) . Birth of Mathilda Gyllenhaal That year: 1796, Classical music, composer (dead in 1863) . Birth of Franz Jäger That year: 1796, Classical music, Austrian opera singer and composer (dead in 1852) . Birth of Carolina Sessi That year: 1796, Classical music, Italian soprano (dead in 1874) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
- The Creation That year: 1796, Classical music (Work for choir), published in 1798
- Joseph Haydn (age 64)
- The Creation That year: 1796, Classical music (Work for choir), published in 1798
- Concerto for trumpet in E-flat That year: 1796, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), published in 1929
- Mass No. 9 in B-flat major, “sancti Bernardi von Offida, Heiligmesse” (Work for choir)
- Mass No. 10 in C major, “Paukenmesse” (Work for choir)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (age 26)
- 3 Piano Sonatas, Opp. 2 That year: 1796, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1793
- Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 7 That year: 1796, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1797
- Quintet for piano and winds, Op. 16 That year: 1796, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1801
- Serenade for string trio in D major, Op. 8 That year: 1796, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1797
- 2 Cello Sonatas, Opp. 5 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Rondo for piano in B-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Ah perfido!, Op. 65 (Vocal music)
- 12 Variations for cello and piano from “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” (Mozart), Opp. 66 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Wind Sextet in E-flat, Op. 71 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Abschiedsgesang an Wiens Bürger, WoO 121 (Song, lied)
- Wind Quintet in E-flat major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 6 Allemandes for piano and violin, WoO 42 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sonatina for mandolin and harpsichord, WoO 43a (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Adagio for mandolin and harpsichord, WoO 43b (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sonatina for mandolin and piano, WoO 44a (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Andante for mandolin and harpsichord, WoO 44b (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 12 Variations for cello and piano, WoO 45 (Work for chamber orchestra)