1803 in music

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

Events

5 April – first performance of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto{{cite journal |last1=Plantinga |first1=Leon |title=When Did Beethoven Compose His Third Piano Concerto? |journal=The Journal of Musicology |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=275–307 |doi=10.2307/763602 |date=1989|jstor=763602 }}
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 "Kreutzer"
Trio in E-flat major, Op. 38
3 Marches, Op. 45
Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein" started{{vague|date=October 2017}}, Op. 53
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", Op. 55 (started)
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 – {{lang|it|Il trionpho di Alessandro}}
Luigi Cherubini – Anacréon
Anton Fischer – {{lang|de|Die Entlarvten}}
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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