The year 1799 in classical music and in lyrical art
1799. With other artists, Luigi Boccherini, Muzio Clementi and Lorenzo da Da Ponte influenced their time (classical era / romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Fromental Halévy, while others would disappear. 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.
1799, from day to day
January
11
Birth of Charles Henry PurdayThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1885)
February
12
Death of František Xaver DušekThat year: 1799, Classical music, Czech composer, pianist and harpsichordist (born in 1731)
16
Birth of François DauvernéThat year: 1799, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1874)
18
Birth of Alexey VerstovskyThat year: 1799, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1862)
Death of Maurus HaberhauerThat year: 1799, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (born in 1746)
24
Birth of Siegfried Wilhelm DehnThat year: 1799, Classical music, German musicologist (dead in 1858)
25
Birth of Théodore-Étienne Moreau-SaintiThat year: 1799, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1860)
March
19
Premiere of The CreationThat year: 1799, Classical music (Work for choir), Georg Philipp Telemann
Premiere of The CreationThat year: 1799, Classical music (Work for choir), Joseph Haydn
21
Birth of Charles MeyerThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1862)
22
Death of Pierre de La GardeThat year: 1799, Classical music, French composer (born in 1717)
28
Death of Bendix Friedrich ZinckThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer, organist (born in 1715)
29
Birth of August ZschiescheThat year: 1799, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1876)
April
01
Death of Narciso CasanovasThat year: 1799, Classical music, Catalan composer, organist and Benedictine (born in 1747)
03
Birth of Massimiliano QuiliciThat year: 1799, Classical music, conductor, kapellmeister, opera singer (dead in 1889)
05
Birth of Vincenzo FioravantiThat year: 1799, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1877)
13
Birth of Klara VespermannThat year: 1799, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1827)
19
Death of Pieter HellendaalThat year: 1799, Classical music, Anglo-Dutch organist, violinist and composer (born in 1721)
27
Death of Amédée RasettiThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (born in 1759)
28
Death of François GiroustThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (born in 1737)
May
02
Death of Henri-Joseph RigelThat year: 1799, Classical music, French composer of German birth (born in 1741)
09
Death of Claude BalbastreThat year: 1799, Classical music, French composer (born in 1724)
14
Birth of Louis PapeThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1855)
27
Birth of Fromental HalévyThat year: 1799, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1862)
June
10
Death of Chevalier de Saint-GeorgeThat year: 1799, Classical music, French musician (born in 1745)
13
Birth of Henri BrodThat year: 1799, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1839)
18
Death of Johann AndréThat year: 1799, Classical music, German composer (born in 1741)
July
03
Birth of Placido MandaniciThat year: 1799, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1852)
04
Birth of Endre BartayThat year: 1799, Classical music, Hungarian theatre director, composer, educator (dead in 1854)
07
Birth of Pierre Julien NargeotThat year: 1799, Classical music, French composer, violinist and conductor (dead in 1891)
August
06
Death of Joseph FriebertThat year: 1799, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1724)
16
Death of Vincenzo ManfrediniThat year: 1799, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1737)
Birth of James Rufus TuttonThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1860)
17
Birth of Franz Josef GreithThat year: 1799, Classical music, Swiss composer (1799-1869) (dead in 1869)
September
02
Birth of Jonathan AldrichThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1862)
11
Birth of Giuseppe PersianiThat year: 1799, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1869)
20
Death of Polly YoungThat year: 1799, Classical music, Soprano, composer and harpsichordist (born in 1749)
October
05
Death of Wilhelm CramerThat year: 1799, Classical music, London violinist and conductor (born in 1746)
16
Death of Antoine-Frédéric GresnickThat year: 1799, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1755)
24
Death of Carl Ditters von DittersdorfThat year: 1799, Classical music, Austrian composer, violinist and silvologist (born in 1739)
November
06
Birth of Karl BöhmerThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1884)
12
Death of André-Noël PaginThat year: 1799, Classical music, French composer (born in 1723)
14
Birth of Auguste BarbereauThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer and pedagog (dead in 1879)
Birth of Andreas NemetzThat year: 1799, Classical music, Czech/Moravian composer and musician (dead in 1846)
December
07
Birth of Jacob KnappThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1874)
31
Birth of Thomas TäglichsbeckThat year: 1799, Classical music, German violinist and composer (dead in 1867)
This was also in 1799
Birth of Olivia BuckleyThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1847). Birth of Rosa MarianiThat year: 1799, Classical music, Italian opera singer 1799-1864 (dead in 1864). Birth of Heinrich HammermeisterThat year: 1799, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1860). Death of João de Sousa CarvalhoThat year: 1799, Classical music, Portuguese composer (born in 1745). Birth of Georg Carl KulenkampThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1850). Birth of Gustavus Valentin von HolstThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1871). Death of Antonio BottiThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (born in 1766). Birth of Carl August HänselThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1867). Death of Robert BarberThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (born in 1750). Birth of Ivan LaskovskyThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer, pianist (dead in 1855). Birth of Daniel PeglerThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1876). Birth of Mary Ann DibdinThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1886). Birth of Gabriel Fernandes da TrindadeThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (dead in 1854). Death of Robert RogersonThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (born in 1721). Birth of Adela CresciniThat year: 1799, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1837). Death of Marcello BernardiniThat year: 1799, Classical music, 18th century Italian composer and librettist (born in 1730). Death of Siegfried SchmiedtThat year: 1799, Classical music, German composer (born in 1756). Death of Markus Heinrich GraulThat year: 1799, Classical music, composer (born in 1742).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Joseph Haydn (age 67) - Mass No. 12 in B-flat major, “Theresienmesse” (Work for choir)
- 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)
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Luigi Cherubini (age 39) - La prisionnière ou La punition (Opera)
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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. 21That 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. 20That year: 1799, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1802
- An die Freude (Vocal music)
- La tiranna, WoO 125 (Vocal music)
- Minnesold (Vocal music)
- Neue Liebe, neues Leben, WoO 127 (Vocal music)
- Plaisir daimer, WoO 128 (Vocal music)
- 7 Ländler, WoO 11 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 2 Piano Sonatas, Opp. 14 (Work for soloist)
- Piano Trio in D major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 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)
