The year 1798 in classical music and in lyrical art
1798. With other artists, Muzio Clementi, Antonio Salieri and Luigi Boccherini influenced their time (classical era / romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Christian Gottlob Neefe. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “The Creation” de Georg Philipp Telemann, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1798 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 80 of these moments for 1798.
1798, from day to day
January
02
Birth of Désiré-Alexandre BattonThat year: 1798, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1855)
04
Death of Giuseppe GiordaniThat year: 1798, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1751)
05
Death of William FlacktonThat year: 1798, Classical music, English bookseller, viola player and composer (born in 1709)
20
Death of Christian CannabichThat year: 1798, Classical music, German violinist, composer, and Kapellmeister (born in 1731)
26
Death of Christian Gottlob NeefeThat year: 1798, Classical music, German composer (born in 1748)
31
Birth of Carl Gottlieb ReissigerThat year: 1798, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1859)
February
07
Birth of Harriet WaylettThat year: 1798, Classical music, English actress and theatre manager (dead in 1851)
08
Death of James LeachThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (born in 1761)
24
Birth of Charles-Laurent RheinThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (dead in 1864)
March
04
Birth of Giovanni InchindiThat year: 1798, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1876)
09
Birth of Mathilda BerwaldThat year: 1798, Classical music, Finnish-Swedish singer (dead in 1877)
13
Death of Genovefa von WeberThat year: 1798, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1764)
15
Birth of James BlandThat year: 1798, Classical music, English operatic bass (dead in 1861)
20
Birth of Anna BondraThat year: 1798, Classical music, Austrian soprano (dead in 1836)
30
Death of Johann Nepomuk KankaThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer, jurist and lawyer (1744-1798) (born in 1744)
April
18
Birth of Antonio RollaThat year: 1798, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1837)
19
Birth of Franz Joseph GlæserThat year: 1798, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (dead in 1861)
29
Birth of Carlo YvonThat year: 1798, Classical music, Italian oboist/composer (dead in 1854)
May
15
Birth of Jan ŠantlThat year: 1798, Classical music, Czech playwright, historian, composer, notary, judge and mayor (dead in 1858)
16
Death of John DanbyThat year: 1798, Classical music, British composer (born in 1757)
20
Birth of Jean-Baptiste CholletThat year: 1798, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1892)
28
Birth of Josef DessauerThat year: 1798, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 1876)
Also in May
Death of Joseph AgusThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (born in 1749) .
June
05
Birth of Alexei LvovThat year: 1798, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1870)
15
Death of Joseph FrikeThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (born in 1740)
19
Birth of Aimé ParisThat year: 1798, Classical music, French music educator and inventor of writing system (dead in 1866)
20
Birth of John Henry GriesbachThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (dead in 1875)
26
Death of Eugène GodecharleThat year: 1798, Classical music, Belgian violinist and composer (born in 1742)
28
Death of Pierre DutillieuThat year: 1798, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1754)
July
15
Death of Gaetano PugnaniThat year: 1798, Classical music, Italian violinist and composer (born in 1731)
25
Premiere of L'Hôtellerie portugaiseThat year: 1798, Classical music (Opera), Luigi Cherubini
August
15
Death of Felice AlessandriThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (born in 1747)
22
Death of Emerich Václav PetříkThat year: 1798, Classical music, Czech composer and violoncellist (born in 1727)
September
30
Birth of Mikhail YakovlevThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (dead in 1868)
October
21
Death of Johann Christoph SchmügelThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (born in 1727)
28
Birth of Henri BertiniThat year: 1798, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1876)
November
04
Birth of Henriette Méric-LalandeThat year: 1798, Classical music, singer (dead in 1867)
15
Death of Angelo Maria AmorevoliThat year: 1798, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1716)
30
Death of Friedrich FleischmannThat year: 1798, Classical music, German composer (born in 1766)
December
16
Death of Gaetano BrunettiThat year: 1798, Classical music, Italian composer and violinist (born in 1744)
17
Birth of Wilhelmine von WrochemThat year: 1798, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (dead in 1839)
This was also in 1798
Birth of Henry Philerin HudsonThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (dead in 1889). Birth of Antoni TeichmannThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (dead in 1877). Birth of Fortunat PintarićThat year: 1798, Classical music, Croatian composer (dead in 1867). Birth of Vincenzo GalliThat year: 1798, Classical music, Italian singer (dead in 1858). Birth of Johann Georg MeisterThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (dead in 1870). Birth of Joseph De PinnaThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (dead in 1885). Death of John PrestonThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer . Birth of Samuel Lytler MetcalfThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (dead in 1856). Death of Joseph LacherThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (born in 1739). Inauguration: Teatro ComunaleThat year: 1798, Classical music (Ferrara, Italy). Birth of Francesco CalegariThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (dead in 1850). Birth of Jerônimo de Sousa QueirósThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer, violinist (dead in 1828). Death of Walter ClaggetThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (born in 1741). Death of William SelbyThat year: 1798, Classical music, American composer, organist and choirmaster (born in 1738). Inception: United States Marine BandThat year: 1798, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of August FischerThat year: 1798, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1865). Death of Sebastiano NasoliniThat year: 1798, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1768). Death of Longman & BroderipThat year: 1798, Classical music, composer (born in 1767). Birth of Heinrich Anton FöppelThat year: 1798, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1866).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - The CreationThat year: 1798, Classical music (Work for choir), composed in 1796
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Joseph Haydn (age 66) - The CreationThat year: 1798, Classical music (Work for choir), composed in 1796
- Mass No. 11 in D minor, “in angustiis” (Work for choir)
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Luigi Boccherini (age 55) - Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major, “Fandango” (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Ludwig van Beethoven (age 28) - 3 Piano Sonatas, Opp. 10That year: 1798, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Romance No. 2 for violin and orchestra in F major, Op. 50That year: 1798, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 11That year: 1798, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Fugue for string quartet on a theme by Handel (Work for chamber orchestra)
- March for wind sextet, WoO 29 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- March for piano (Work for soloist)
- March in F major, “Grenadiermarsch” (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 3 String Quartets, Opp. 9 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Piano Sonata, WoO 51 (Work for soloist)
- 3 Violin Sonatas, Opp. 12 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 8 Variations for piano from “Mich brennt ein heisses Fieber” (Richard Löwenherz, Grétry), WoO 72 (Work for soloist)
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Carl Maria von Weber (age 12) - 6 Fughettas, Opp. 1 (Work for soloist)
