1811 in music
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Events
- None listed
Popular music
- "Bubble, Squeak and Pettitoes" aka "Mr. Grig and Mrs. Snap" sung by Joseph Grimaldi in Harlequin and Blue Beard[1]
Classical music
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Piano Trio No. 7 (the "Archduke")
- Die Ruinen von Athen ("The Ruins of Athens")
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel â 12 German Dances and Coda for Redout-Deutsche
- Peter Casper Krossing â Symphony in C minor[2]
- Giacomo Meyerbeer â Gott und die Natur (oratorio)
- Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart â Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major opus 14[3]
- George Onslow â Duo for Piano 4 hands no 1 in E minor
- Ferdinand Ries
- Horn Sonata, Op. 34
- 3 Violin Sonatas, Op. 38
- Piano Concerto No.2, Op. 42
- String Quintet, Op. 68
- Concerto for 2 Horns, WoO 19
- Joseph Wölfl â Piano Concerto No. 6 in D major "Le coucou", Op. 49
Opera
- Carl Maria von Weber â Abu Hassan
Births
- January 21 â Mademoiselle Ambroisine, ballet dancer (d. 1882)
- February 4 â Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, organ builder (d. 1899)
- March 13 â Camille-Marie Stamaty, composer and pianist (d. 1870)
- March 23 â Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer (d. 1891)
- May 22 â Giulia Grisi, operatic soprano (d. 1869)
- July 19 â Vincenz Lachner, composer (d. 1893)
- August 5 â Ambroise Thomas, opera composer (d. 1896)[4]
- August 25 â August Gottfried Ritter, organist and composer (d. 1885)
- August 31 â Adolfina Fägerstedt, ballerina (d. 1902)
- September â Charles Frederick Hempel, organist and composer (d. 1867)
- September 29 â Adam Darr, guitarist, singer and composer (d. 1866)
- October 16 â Gaetano Capocci, conductor and composer (d. 1898)
- October 22 â Franz Liszt, pianist and composer (d. 1886)[5]
- October 24 â Ferdinand Hiller, pianist, composer and conductor (d. 1885)
- November 11 â François Delsarte, operatic tenor and singing teacher (d. 1871)
- November 26 â Franz Brendel, music critic (d. 1868)
- December 8 â Louis Schindelmeisser, clarinettist, conductor and composer (d. 1864)
- December 23 â Yevdokiya Rostopchina, lyricist and noble (died 1858)
- undated â Francis Hartwell Henslowe, public servant and composer (died 1878)
- probable â James Hill, folk musician (d. 1853)
Deaths
- February 27 â Joseph Leutgeb, horn virtuoso, 78[6]
- March 19 â FrantiÅ¡ek Adam MÃÄa, composer, 65
- April 15 â Ernest Louis Muller, composer
- May 12 â Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer and cellist, 72
- July 13 â Pierre Laujon, chansonnier (b. 1727)
- July 19 â Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer[7]
- August 18 â Johann Heinrich Zang, composer
- August 20 â Dorothea Wendling, operatic soprano, 75
- September 6
- Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer
- Ignaz Fränzl, violinist and composer, 75[8]
- September 14 â Johanna Löfblad, actress and singer (b. 1733)
- 13 October â Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer
- December 7 â Ignaz Spangler, composer
- date unknown
- John Antes, composer, 71[9]
- Barbara Ployer, pianist (b. 1765)[10]
- Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny, composer
- Sir Peter Beckford, English peerage, patron of Muzio Clementi, 70[11]
- Thomas Ebdon, composer and organist (b. 1738)[12]