1803 In Music

This is a list of music-related events in 1803.

Events

* 5 April – first performance of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto
* 26 December – Haydn performs his last public concert, conducting '' The Seven Last Words of Christ''

Classical music

*Ludwig van Beethoven
** Violin Sonata No. 7 published, composed between 1801 and 1802
** Violin Sonata No. 9
**Trio in E-flat major, Op. 38
**3 Marches, Op. 45
** Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein" started, Op. 53
** Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", Op. 55
**''Christus am Ölberge'', oratorio, Op. 85
**''Das Glück der Freundschaft'', Op. 88
**10 Variations on 'Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu', Op. 121a
**Minuet, WoO 82
*Johann Evangelist Brandl – Symphony in D major, Op. 25
* Bernhard Henrik Crusell – Concerto for Clarinet No. 3 in B-flat major
*Franz Danzi
**Preiss Gottes, P.48
**Sextet in E major, Op. 15
*Jan Ladislav Dussek – Piano Quartet in E-flat Major Op. 53 or 56
*Anton Eberl – Symphony in E-flat major, Op. 33
*Joseph Haydn
**unfinished String Quartet in D minor, Op. 103
**6 Trios, Liv. 1
*Jeremiah Ingalls – "Northfield"
*Franz Krommer
**Concerto No.1 for 2 Clarinets, Op. 35
**Clarinet Concerto No.1, Op. 36
**Concerto for Oboe in F Major (Op. 37)
**Symphony No. 2, Op. 40
* Niccolo Paganini
**Sonata concertata, MS 2
**Grande sonata, MS 3
**''Le streghe'', Op. 8
*Georg von Pasterwitz – ''300 Themata und Versetten'', Op. 4
*Ignaz Pleyel – 3 Keyboard Trios, B.474–476
*Pierre Rode – Violin Concerto No.7 in A minor, Op. 9
* Bernard Romberg
**Cello Concerto No.1, Op. 2
**3 Grand Sonatas, Op. 5
* Antonio Salieri – ''Gesù al limbo für Soli, vierstimmigen Chor und Orchester''
* Louis Spohr – Violin Concerto in C Major
*Giovanni Battista Viotti –
**Trio for 2 Violins and Cello in E major
**Trio for 2 Violins and Cello in G major
*Joseph Wölfl – Symphony in G minor, Op. 40

Opera

*Gaetano Andreozzi – '
*Luigi Cherubini – '' Anacréon''
* Anton Fischer – '
*Ferdinando Paër – ''Sargino''
* Giovanni Paisiello – '' Proserpine''
* Antonio Salieri – ''Die Hussiten vor Naumburg''

Births

*January 1 – Carolina Brunström, ballerina (d. 1855)
*January 6 – Henri Herz, pianist and composer (died 1888)
*February 17 – Joseph-Philippe Simon, librettist and actor (died 1891)
*April 2 – Franz Lachner, Bavarian composer/conductor (died 1890)
* April 12 – Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio, lyricist and composer (died 1869)
* May 12 – Alexandre Montfort, French composer (died 1856)
* June 24 – George James Webb, composer (died 1887)
*June 30 – Thomas Lovell Beddoes, librettist and poet (died 1849)
*July 8 – Julius Mosen, librettist and lawyer (died 1867)
*July 19 – Franz von Kobell, lyricist and mineralogist (died 1882)
* July 20 – Jakob Zeugheer, composer and violininst (died 1865)
* July 24 – Adolphe Adam, French composer (died 1856)
*July 25 – Ferdinand Beyer, arranger and composer (died 1863)
* September 4 – Anna Nielsen, mezzo-soprano (died 1856)
* September 12 – Auguste Brizeux lyricist and artist (died 1858)
* October 11 – Prosper Mérimée, lyricist and writer (died 1870)
* December 5 – Fyodor Tyutchev, lyricist and poet (died 1873)
* December 11 – Hector Berlioz, composer (died 1869)
*date unknown – Jan z Hvězdy, lyricist and writer (died 1853)

Deaths

*January 17 – Franz Ignaz von Beecke, composer (born 1733)
*January 18 – Sylvain Maréchal, lyricist and writer (born 1750)
*January 28 – Karl von Marinelli, theatre manager (born 1745)
*February 5 – Giovanni Battista Casti, librettist and poet (born 1724)
*February 6 – Gasparo Angiolini, dancer, choreographer and composer (born 1731)
*February 16 – Giovanni Punto, composer and horn player (born 1746)
*February 18 – Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, lyricist and poet (born 1719)
*March 14 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, lyricist and poet (born 1724)
*May 8 – John Joseph Merlin, clock- and musical-instrument-maker and inventor (born 1735)
*June 6 – Louis Gallodier, dancer and choreographer (born c.1734)
* July 5 – William Jackson, composer and organist (born 1730)
*July 14 – Esteban Salas y Castro, Cuban composer (born 1725)
* August 29 – Giovanni de Gamerra, librettist and cleric (born 1742)
* September 5 – François Devienne, composer (born 1759)
*September 17 – Franz Xaver Süssmayr, composer (born 1766)
*September 21 – John Christopher Moller, composer and music publisher (born 1755)
* October 7 – Pierre Vachon, composer (born 1738)
*October 8 – Vittorio Alfieri, librettist and dramatist (born 1749)
* December 18 – Johann Gottfried Herder, lyricist and philosopher (born 1744)
*''date unknown''
**Johann Becker, organist and composer (born 1726)
**Johann Christoph Kellner, organist and composer (born 1736)

References

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