This is a list of music-related events in 1810.
Events
April 27 - Ludwig van Beethoven composes one of his most popular compositions, the piano piece Für Elise. Friedrich Kuhlau leaves Hamburg for Copenhagen, to avoid conscription into Napoleon's army. Work begins on the San Carlo Opera House at Naples.
Classical music Ludwig van Beethoven March for Military Band, WoO 20 Polonaise for Military Band, WoO 21 Ecossaise for Military Band, WoO 22 Ecossaise for Military Band, WoO 23 Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor for piano, "Für Elise", WoO 59 25 Irish Songs, WoO 152 26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155 Egmont, Op. 84, overture and incidental music (first performed, composed 1809) 3 Lieder, Op. 83 String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, "Serioso", Op. 95 Piano Sonata #26 (Les Adieux) Joseph Eybler – Die vier letzen Dinge (oratorio) Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Flute Sonata in D major, Op. 50 Friedrich Kuhlau – Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 7 Etienne Mehul – Symphony No. 4 in E major Ferdinand Ries Violin Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 24 Piano Trio, Op. 28 Bernard Romberg – Trauer-Symphonie, Op .23 Louis Spohr Clarinet Concerto No.2, Op. 57 Violin Concerto No.10, Op. 62 Christoph Bernard Verspoell – "Menschen, die ihr wart verloren" Carl Maria von Weber – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 11
Opera Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Mathilde von Guise Gioacchino Rossini – La Cambiale di Matrimonio Carl Maria von Weber – Silvana
Publications
Johann Christoph Kuhnau – Die blinden Tonkünstler
Births February 3 – Ludwig August Frankl, lyricist and poet (died 1894) February 5 – Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (died 1880) February 22 – Frédéric Chopin, composer, pianist (died 1849) February 8 – Norbert Burgmüller, composer (died 1836) March 15 – Carl Linger (died 1862) May 2 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (died 1874) May 5 – Eugène Cormon, librettist (died 1903) May 18 – Francesco Maria Piave, Italian librettist (died 1876) May 20 – Sara Augusta Malmborg, singer, pianist and painter (died 1860) June 7 – Friedrich Julius Hammer, poet and librettist (died 1862) June 8 – Robert Schumann, composer (died 1856) June 9 – Otto Nicolai, composer and conductor (died 1849) June 17 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, lyricist and poet (died 1876) June 19 – Ferdinand David, editor and musician (died 1873) August 6 – Giorgio Ronconi, operatic baritone (died 1890) August 12 – Alfred Novello, music publisher (died 1896) September 22 – Paul Barroilhet, operatic baritone (died 1871) October 18 – Giovanni Matteo Mario, operatic tenor (died 1883) October 24 – Carl Baermann, composer (died 1885) November 7 – Ferenc Erkel, opera composer (died 1893) November 16 – Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken, conductor and composer (died 1882) December 21 - Ludwig Schuncke, German pianist and composer
Deaths January 7 – Joseph Lipavsky, composer March 29 – John Garth, composer (born 1721) April 8 – Venanzio Rauzzini, castrato singer, composer, pianist and teacher (born 1746) July 19 – Joseph Stephenson, composer of West Gallery music (born 1723) November 19 – Jean-Georges Noverre, ballet master (born 1727) November 27 – Francesco Bianchi, opera composer (born 1752) date unknown Margaretha Christina Åbergsson, ballet dancer Anna Davia, opera singer (born 1743) Domenico Fischietti, composer (born 1725)
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