The year 1816 in classical music and in lyrical art
1816. With other artists, Antonio Salieri, Niccolò Paganini and Ludwig van Beethoven 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 Giovanni Paisiello. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “The Barber of Seville” de Gioachino Rossini, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1816 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 140 of these moments for 1816.
1816, from day to day
January
10
Death of Giovanni ValesiThat year: 1816, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1735)
11
Birth of Antonio SuperchiThat year: 1816, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1893)
18
Birth of Ferdinand MöhringThat year: 1816, Classical music, German composer and author (dead in 1887)
21
Premiere of Requiem in C minorThat year: 1816, Classical music (Work for choir), Luigi Cherubini
26
Birth of J. Charles HessThat year: 1816, Classical music, composer (dead in 1900)
February
02
Birth of Louis FeltzThat year: 1816, Classical music, French organist and composer (dead in 1891)
06
Birth of Vicenç CuyàsThat year: 1816, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1839)
10
Birth of Albert EllmenreichThat year: 1816, Classical music, 19th-century German actor, singer, and composer (dead in 1905)
14
Death of Jean-Paul-Égide MartiniThat year: 1816, Classical music, German composer (born in 1741)
15
Birth of Olof StrandbergThat year: 1816, Classical music, Swedish actor (dead in 1882)
16
Birth of Gaetano FraschiniThat year: 1816, Classical music, opera singer (1816-1887) (dead in 1887)
17
Birth of Klara HeinefetterThat year: 1816, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1857)
20
Premiere of The Barber of SevilleThat year: 1816, Classical music (Opera), Gioachino Rossini
29
Birth of Samuel William BassfordThat year: 1816, Classical music, composer (dead in 1861)
March
04
Birth of Jenny DingelstedtThat year: 1816, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (dead in 1877)
07
Birth of Catharine SimonsenThat year: 1816, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1849)
12
Death of Heinrich Christoph KochThat year: 1816, Classical music, German musicologist and composer (born in 1749)
14
Birth of Josef HraběThat year: 1816, Classical music, composer (dead in 1870)
16
Death of Giuseppe JannaconiThat year: 1816, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1740)
19
Birth of Johannes VerhulstThat year: 1816, Classical music, Dutch composer and conductor (dead in 1891)
23
Death of Ignaz VitzthumbThat year: 1816, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1724)
27
Birth of George Job ElveyThat year: 1816, Classical music, English organist and composer (dead in 1893)
April
11
Birth of Theodore EisfeldThat year: 1816, Classical music, German-American conductor and composer (dead in 1882)
13
Birth of William Sterndale BennettThat year: 1816, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1875)
16
Birth of Philipp TietzThat year: 1816, Classical music, composer (dead in 1878)
18
Death of Johann Paul SchulthesiusThat year: 1816, Classical music, German pianist and theologian (born in 1748)
Also in April
Composition of An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98That year: 1816, Classical music (Song, lied), Ludwig van Beethoven .
May
02
Birth of Achille GraffignaThat year: 1816, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (dead in 1896)
13
Birth of Henri-Louis-Stanislas Mortier de FontaineThat year: 1816, Classical music, pianist (dead in 1883)
15
Birth of Franziska PixisThat year: 1816, Classical music, German mezzo-soprano (dead in 1888)
25
Death of Samuel WebbeThat year: 1816, Classical music, English composer (born in 1740)
June
01
Death of Konrad BreunigThat year: 1816, Classical music, composer (born in 1741)
03
Birth of François PrumeThat year: 1816, Classical music, Belgian violinist and composer (dead in 1849)
05
Death of Giovanni PaisielloThat year: 1816, Classical music, Italian composer of the Classical era (born in 1740)
11
Birth of Carl HaslingerThat year: 1816, Classical music, Austrian composer and publisher (dead in 1868)
13
Birth of Edward Francis RimbaultThat year: 1816, Classical music, English musicologist (dead in 1876)
20
Birth of Henri MarxThat year: 1816, Classical music, composer (dead in 1888)
July
03
Birth of Marianne Friederike Cäcilie ZaenglThat year: 1816, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (dead in 1841)
09
Birth of Alexandre BattaThat year: 1816, Classical music, Dutch cellist and composer (dead in 1902)
18
Birth of Antoine François MarmontelThat year: 1816, Classical music, French pianist, teacher and musicographer (dead in 1898)
30
Death of Joseph Willibald MichlThat year: 1816, Classical music, (1745-1816) (born in 1745)
31
Death of Josef FialaThat year: 1816, Classical music, Czech oboist, composer and violoncellist (1748-1816) (born in 1748)
August
08
Death of Blas de LasernaThat year: 1816, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1751)
17
Birth of Benjamin BilseThat year: 1816, Classical music, German composer and conductor (dead in 1902)
September
01
Birth of Gustav SchmidtThat year: 1816, Classical music, composer (dead in 1882)
03
Birth of Karl DüffkeThat year: 1816, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (dead in 1880)
04
Birth of François BazinThat year: 1816, Classical music, French opera composer (dead in 1878)
10
Birth of David KleinThat year: 1816, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1884)
15
Birth of Édouard WolffThat year: 1816, Classical music, Polish composer and pianist (dead in 1880)
21
Death of Matteo BabiniThat year: 1816, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1754)
26
Premiere of The Newspaper, or The Marriage ContestThat year: 1816, Classical music (Opera), Gioachino Rossini
Death of František Martin PecháčekThat year: 1816, Classical music, Violinist and Composer (born in 1763)
October
06
Birth of William Batchelder BradburyThat year: 1816, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1868)
22
Birth of Karl Helmut DammasThat year: 1816, Classical music, German composer and author (dead in 1885)
25
Birth of Ernesta GrisiThat year: 1816, Classical music, Italian ballet dancer and opera singer (dead in 1895)
November
11
Birth of Wilhelm ConradiThat year: 1816, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1904)
14
Birth of John CurwenThat year: 1816, Classical music, British minister, publisher and inventor of Tonic sol-fa singing method (dead in 1880)
17
Birth of August Wilhelm AmbrosThat year: 1816, Classical music, Czech music reviewer, composer and musicologist (dead in 1876)
18
Birth of Ludwig ThieleThat year: 1816, Classical music, composer (dead in 1848)
24
Birth of Matteo SalviThat year: 1816, Classical music, Italian operatic composer and theatre director (dead in 1887)
29
Birth of Carl BinderThat year: 1816, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1860)
December
04
Premiere of Otello, ossia Il Moro di VeneziaThat year: 1816, Classical music (Opera), Gioachino Rossini
08
Birth of Edvard HelstedThat year: 1816, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1900)
17
Birth of Friedrich Wilhelm MarkullThat year: 1816, Classical music, German organist and composer (dead in 1887)
20
Birth of Leopold von MeyerThat year: 1816, Classical music, Austrian pianist (dead in 1883)
This was also in 1816
Death of Pellegrino TomeoniThat year: 1816, Classical music, composer, musicologist (born in 1721). Birth of Ferdinand FriedrichThat year: 1816, Classical music, composer (dead in 1892). Birth of Marcello PepeThat year: 1816, Classical music, composer (dead in 1901). Birth of Henry Wellington GreatorexThat year: 1816, Classical music, English American musician (dead in 1858). Birth of Moritz DietrichThat year: 1816, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1887). Birth of Jean-François DumonThat year: 1816, Classical music, composer (dead in 1890). Death of Johanna Josefa BeckThat year: 1816, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1765). Birth of Hermann SchellenbergThat year: 1816, Classical music, composer (dead in 1862). Birth of Angelika PerechonThat year: 1816, Classical music, actor, opera singer, singer (dead in 1846). Death of W.H.R.R. GieddeThat year: 1816, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1756). Birth of Antoni KocipińskiThat year: 1816, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 1866). Birth of Karl FormesThat year: 1816, Classical music, German opera singer (1816-1889) (dead in 1889). Death of Henry HaringtonThat year: 1816, Classical music, English composer and physician (born in 1727). Birth of Karl Daniel LorenzThat year: 1816, Classical music, composer (dead in 1866). Birth of Giovanni Luigi BazzoniThat year: 1816, Classical music, Italian composer *1816 (dead in 1871). Birth of George LoderThat year: 1816, Classical music, Loder, George (1816–1868), conductor and composer (dead in 1868). Death of Anna de AmicisThat year: 1816, Classical music, Italian soprano (born in 1733). Birth of Ulrica Augusta StageThat year: 1816, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1894). Birth of Charles Chaulieu Jr.That year: 1816, Classical music, composer (dead in 1877). Birth of Agustí RodasThat year: 1816, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 1883). Death of Marianna Franciszka PierożyńskaThat year: 1816, Classical music, actor (born in 1763). Death of Anna de AmicisThat year: 1816, Classical music, Italian soprano (born in 1733). Birth of H. KleberThat year: 1816, Classical music, Kleber, Henry; b. May 4, 1818, Darmstadt; German organist and composer; came to U.S. in 1832 (dead in 1897). Death of Gaetano MontiThat year: 1816, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1750). Birth of Joseph Rudolph SchachnerThat year: 1816, Classical music, composer (dead in 1896).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Luigi Cherubini (age 56) - Mass in C major (Work for choir)
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Ludwig van Beethoven (age 46) - Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92That year: 1816, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1811
- Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101That year: 1816, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1817
- String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, “Serioso”That year: 1816, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1810
- Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96That year: 1816, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1812
- Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 97, “Archduke”That year: 1816, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1810
- Ars longa, vita brevis, WoO 170 (Vocal music)
- Ich küsse Sie, WoO 169 (Vocal music)
- Ruf vom Berge, WoO 147 (Vocal music)
- Sehnsucht, WoO 146 (Vocal music)
- 2 Canons, WoO 168 (Work for choir)
- Der Mann von Wort, Op. 99 (Song, lied)
- March for military orchestra, WoO 24 (Work for orchestra)
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Carl Maria von Weber (age 30) - Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 34 (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1815
- Grand Duo Concertant in E-flat major, Op. 48 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Bei der Musik des Prinzen Louis Ferdinand von Preussen, Op. 43 (Work for choir)
- Arietta for Das Sternenmädchen in Maidlinger Walde (Vocal music)
- 6 Songs, Opp. 47 (Song, lied)
- Die Temperamente beim Verluste der Geliebten, Op. 46 (Song, lied)
- Tedesco (Work for orchestra)
- Divertimento assai facile (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Weil Maria Töne hext (Work for choir)
- Ein König einst gefangen sass (Diana von Poitiers - Castellis) (Song, lied)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in A-flat major, Op. 39 (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 49 (Work for soloist)
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Gioachino Rossini (age 24) - Cinderella, or Goodness TriumphantThat year: 1816, Classical music (Opera)
- Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo (Work for choir)
- Sungbong Choi (age -174)
- Symphony No. 4 in C minor, “Tragische”That year: 1816, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 5 in B-flat majorThat year: 1816, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Der Wanderer (2), Op. 4 No. 1That year: 1816, Classical music (Song, lied), published in 1821
- Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Die Bürgschaft (Opera)
- Der König in Thule, Op. 5 No. 5 (Song, lied)
- Der Unglückliche, “Der Wanderer” (Song, lied)
- Harfenspieler I, Op. 12 No. 1 (Song, lied)
- Lied der Mignon (Song, lied)
- Lied der Mignon (4) (Song, lied)
- Mignon (Song, lied)
- Wiegenlied (Song, lied)
- Magnificat in C major (Work for choir)
- Mass No. 4 in C major (Work for choir)
- Stabat Mater in F major (Work for choir)
- Trio in B-flat major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 4 "Kornische Ländler" in D-Dur (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 11 in E major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Rondo in A major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in E major, “Fünf Klavierstücke” (Work for soloist)
