1799, from day to day
1799. With other artists, Muzio Clementi, Domenico Cimarosa and Joseph Haydn 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 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, “Pathetique”” de Ludwig van Beethoven, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1799 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 1799.
The year 1799 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
11
Birth of Charles Henry Purday That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1885)
February
12
Death of František Xaver Dušek That year: 1799, Classical music, Czech composer, pianist and harpsichordist (born in 1731)
16
Birth of François Dauverné That year: 1799, Classical music, French musician (1799-1874) (dead in 1874)
18
Birth of Alexey Verstovsky That year: 1799, Classical music, Russian composer (1799-1862) (dead in 1862)
Death of Maurus Haberhauer That year: 1799, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (1746-1799) (born in 1746)
24
Birth of Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn That year: 1799, Classical music, German musicologist (dead in 1858)
25
Birth of Théodore-Étienne Moreau-Sainti That year: 1799, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1860)
March
19
Premiere of The Creation That year: 1799, Classical music (Work for choir), Joseph Haydn
Premiere of The Creation That year: 1799, Classical music (Work for choir), Georg Philipp Telemann
21
Birth of Charles Meyer That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (1799-1862) (dead in 1862)
22
Death of Pierre de La Garde That year: 1799, Classical music, French composer (born in 1717)
28
Death of Bendix Friedrich Zinck That year: 1799, Classical music, organist, composer (born in 1715)
29
Birth of August Zschiesche That year: 1799, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1876)
April
01
Death of Narciso Casanovas That year: 1799, Classical music, Spanish composer, organist and Benedictine (born in 1747)
03
Birth of Massimiliano Quilici That year: 1799, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1889)
05
Birth of Vincenzo Fioravanti That year: 1799, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1877)
13
Birth of Klara Vespermann That year: 1799, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1799-1827) (dead in 1827)
19
Death of Pieter Hellendaal That year: 1799, Classical music, Anglo-Dutch organist, violinist and composer (born in 1721)
27
Death of Amédée Rasetti That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (born in 1759)
28
Death of François Giroust That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (born in 1737)
May
02
Death of Henri-Joseph Rigel That year: 1799, Classical music, French composer of German birth (1741-1799) (born in 1741)
09
Death of Claude Balbastre That year: 1799, Classical music, French composer (born in 1724)
14
Birth of Louis Pape That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1855)
27
Birth of Fromental Halévy That year: 1799, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1862)
June
10
Death of Chevalier de Saint-Georges That year: 1799, Classical music, French virtuoso violinist, composer, conductor, and fencing master (born in 1745)
13
Birth of Henri Brod That year: 1799, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1839)
18
Death of Johann André That year: 1799, Classical music, German composer (born in 1741)
July
03
Birth of Placido Mandanici That year: 1799, Classical music, Italian composer (1799-1852) (dead in 1852)
04
Birth of Endre Bartay That year: 1799, Classical music, Hungarian theatre director, composer, educator (dead in 1854)
07
Birth of Pierre Julien Nargeot That year: 1799, Classical music, French composer, violinist and conductor (1799-1891) (dead in 1891)
August
06
Death of Joseph Friebert That year: 1799, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1724)
16
Death of Vincenzo Manfredini That year: 1799, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1737)
Birth of James Rufus Tutton That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1860)
17
Birth of Franz Josef Greith That year: 1799, Classical music, Swiss composer (1799-1869) (dead in 1869)
September
02
Birth of Jonathan Aldrich That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1862)
11
Birth of Giuseppe Persiani That year: 1799, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1869)
20
Death of Polly Young That year: 1799, Classical music, Soprano, composer and harpsichordist (born in 1749)
October
05
Death of Wilhelm Cramer That year: 1799, Classical music, London violinist and conductor (born in 1746)
16
Death of Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick That year: 1799, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1755)
24
Death of Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf That year: 1799, Classical music, Austrian composer, violinist and silvologist (born in 1739)
November
06
Birth of Karl Böhmer That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1884)
10
Birth of Edward Holmes That year: 1799, Classical music, English music critic and musicologist (dead in 1859)
12
Death of André-Noël Pagin That year: 1799, Classical music, French composer (born in 1723)
14
Birth of Auguste Barbereau That year: 1799, Classical music, composer and pedagog (dead in 1879)
Birth of Andreas Nemetz That year: 1799, Classical music, Czech/Moravian composer and musician (dead in 1846)
December
07
Birth of Jacob Knapp That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1874)
31
Birth of Thomas Täglichsbeck That year: 1799, Classical music, German violinist and composer (dead in 1867)
This was also in 1799
Birth of Daniel Pegler That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1876) . Death of João de Sousa Carvalho That year: 1799, Classical music, Portuguese composer (born in 1745) . Birth of Gustavus Valentin von Holst That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1871) . Death of Marcello Bernardini That year: 1799, Classical music, 18th century Italian composer and librettist (born in 1730) . Death of Siegfried Schmiedt That year: 1799, Classical music, German composer (born in 1756) . Death of Robert Barber That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (born in 1750) . Death of Antonio Botti That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (born in 1766) . Birth of Carl August Hänsel That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1867) . Death of Markus Heinrich Graul That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (born in 1742) . Birth of Mary Ann Dibdin That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1886) . Birth of Gabriel Fernandes da Trindade That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1854) . Birth of Olivia Buckley That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1847) . Birth of Rosa Mariani That year: 1799, Classical music, Italian opera singer 1799-1864 (dead in 1864) . Birth of Virginie Morel-du Verger That year: 1799, Classical music, Composer and pianist (dead in 1870) . Birth of Georg Carl Kulenkamp That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1850) . Birth of Ivan Laskovsky That year: 1799, Classical music, composer, pianist (dead in 1855) . Death of Robert Rogerson That year: 1799, Classical music, composer (born in 1721) . Birth of Heinrich Hammermeister That year: 1799, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1860) . Birth of Adela Crescini That year: 1799, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1837) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Joseph Haydn (age 67)
- String Quartet No. 66 in G major, Op. 77 No. 1 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 67 in F major, Op. 77 No. 2 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Mass No. 12 in B-flat major, “Theresienmesse” (Work for choir)
- Luigi Cherubini (age 39)
- La prisionnière ou La punition (Opera)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (age 29)
- Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, “Pathetique” That year: 1799, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1797
- Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 That year: 1799, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1801
- Septet for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass in E-flat major, Op. 20 That year: 1799, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1802
- 2 Piano Sonatas, Opp. 14 (Work for soloist)
- Piano Trio in D major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 7 Ländler, WoO 11 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- La tiranna, WoO 125 (Vocal music)
- Neue Liebe, neues Leben, WoO 127 (Vocal music)
- Plaisir daimer, WoO 128 (Vocal music)
- Minnesold (Vocal music)
- An die Freude (Vocal music)
- 10 Variations for piano from “La stessa, la stessissima” (Falstaff, Salieri), WoO 73 (Work for soloist)
- 7 Variations for piano from “Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen” (Winter), WoO 75 (Work for soloist)
- 8 Variations for piano from “Tandeln und scherzen” (Soliman II, Süssmayr), WoO 76 (Work for soloist)