1803 in music
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This is a list of music-related events in 1803.
Events
- 5 April â first performance of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto[1]
- 26 December â 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], Op. 53
- Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", Op. 55 (started)
- Christus am Ãlberge, 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 â Symphony in D major, Op. 25
- Bernhard Henrik Crusell â Concerto for Clarinet No. 3 in B-flat major
- Franz Danzi
- Preiss Gottes, P.48
- Sextet in E major, Op. 15
- Jan Ladislav Dussek â Piano Quartet in E-flat Major Op. 53 or 56
- Anton Eberl â Symphony in E-flat major, Op. 33
- Joseph Haydn
- unfinished String Quartet in D minor, Op. 103
- 6 Trios, Liv. 1
- Jeremiah Ingalls â "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 â 300 Themata und Versetten, Op. 4
- Ignaz Pleyel â 3 Keyboard Trios, B.474â476
- Pierre Rode â Violin Concerto No.7 in A minor, Op. 9
- Bernard Romberg
- Cello Concerto No.1, Op. 2
- 3 Grand Sonatas, Op. 5
- Antonio Salieri â Gesù al limbo für Soli, vierstimmigen Chor und Orchester
- Louis Spohr â Violin Concerto in C Major
- Giovanni Battista Viotti â
- Trio for 2 Violins and Cello in E major
- Trio for 2 Violins and Cello in G major
- Joseph Wölfl â Symphony in G minor, Op. 40
Opera
- Gaetano Andreozzi â Il trionpho di Alessandro
- Luigi Cherubini â Anacréon
- Anton Fischer â Die Entlarvten
- Ferdinando Paër â Sargino
- Giovanni Paisiello â Proserpine
- Antonio Salieri â Die Hussiten vor Naumburg
Births
- January 1 â Carolina Brunström, ballerina (d. 1855)
- January 6 â Henri Herz, pianist and composer (died 1888)
- February 17 â Joseph-Philippe Simon, librettist and actor (died 1891)
- April 2 â Franz Lachner, Bavarian composer/conductor (died 1890)
- April 12 â Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio, lyricist and composer (died 1869)
- May 12 â Alexandre Montfort, French composer (died 1856)
- June 24 â George James Webb, composer (died 1887)
- June 30 â Thomas Lovell Beddoes, librettist and poet (died 1849)
- July 8 â Julius Mosen, librettist and lawyer (died 1867)
- July 19 â Franz von Kobell, lyricist and mineralogist (died 1882)
- July 20 â Jakob Zeugheer, composer and violininst (died 1865)
- July 24 â Adolphe Adam, French composer (died 1856)
- July 25 â Ferdinand Beyer, arranger and composer (died 1863)
- September 4 â Anna Nielsen, mezzo-soprano (died 1856)
- September 12 â Auguste Brizeux lyricist and artist (died 1858)
- October 11 â Prosper Mérimée, lyricist and writer (died 1870)
- December 5 â Fyodor Tyutchev, lyricist and poet (died 1873)
- December 11 â Hector Berlioz, composer (died 1869)
- date unknown â Jan z HvÄzdy, lyricist and writer (died 1853)
Deaths
- January 17 â Franz Ignaz von Beecke, composer (born 1733)
- January 18 â Sylvain Maréchal, lyricist and writer (born 1750)
- January 28 â Karl von Marinelli, theatre manager (born 1745)
- February 5 â Giovanni Battista Casti, librettist and poet (born 1724)
- February 6 â Gasparo Angiolini, dancer, choreographer and composer (born 1731)
- February 16 â Giovanni Punto, composer and horn player (born 1746)
- February 18 â Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, lyricist and poet (born 1719)
- March 14 â Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, lyricist and poet (born 1724)
- May 8 â John Joseph Merlin, clock- and musical-instrument-maker and inventor (born 1735)
- June 6 â Louis Gallodier, dancer and choreographer (born c.1734)
- July 5 â William Jackson, composer and organist (born 1730)
- July 14 â Esteban Salas y Castro, Cuban composer (born 1725)
- August 29 â Giovanni de Gamerra, librettist and cleric (born 1742)
- September 5 â François Devienne, composer (born 1759)
- September 17 â Franz Xaver Süssmayr, composer (born 1766)
- September 21 â John Christopher Moller, composer and music publisher (born 1755)
- October 7 â Pierre Vachon, composer (born 1738)
- October 8 â Vittorio Alfieri, librettist and dramatist (born 1749)
- December 18 â 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)