1811 in music

Events

• None listed

Popular music

• "Bubble, Squeak and Pettitoes" aka "Mr. Grig and Mrs. Snap" sung by Joseph Grimaldi in Harlequin and Blue Beard

Classical music

• Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Piano Trio No. 7 (the "Archduke")
  • Die Ruinen von Athen ("The Ruins of Athens")
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel – 12 German Dances and Coda for Redout-Deutsche
• Peter Casper Krossing – Symphony in C minor
• Giacomo Meyerbeer – Gott und die Natur (oratorio)
• Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major opus 14
• George Onslow – 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 – Piano Concerto No. 6 in D major "Le coucou", Op. 49

Opera

• Carl Maria von Weber – Abu Hassan

Births

• January 21 – Mademoiselle Ambroisine, ballet dancer (d. 1882)
• February 4 – Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, organ builder (d. 1899)
• March 13 – Camille-Marie Stamaty, composer and pianist (d. 1870)
• March 23 – Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer (d. 1891)
• May 22 – Giulia Grisi, operatic soprano (d. 1869)
• July 19 – Vincenz Lachner, composer (d. 1893)
• August 5 – Ambroise Thomas, opera composer (d. 1896)
• August 25 – August Gottfried Ritter, organist and composer (d. 1885)
• August 31 – Adolfina Fägerstedt, ballerina (d. 1902)
• September – Charles Frederick Hempel, organist and composer (d. 1867)
• September 29 – Adam Darr, guitarist, singer and composer (d. 1866)
• October 16 – Gaetano Capocci, conductor and composer (d. 1898)
• October 22 – Franz Liszt, pianist and composer (d. 1886)
• October 24 – Ferdinand Hiller, pianist, composer and conductor (d. 1885)
• November 11 – François Delsarte, operatic tenor and singing teacher (d. 1871)
• November 26 – Franz Brendel, music critic (d. 1868)
• December 8 – Louis Schindelmeisser, clarinettist, conductor and composer (d. 1864)
• December 23 – Yevdokiya Rostopchina, lyricist and noble (died 1858)
• undated – Francis Hartwell Henslowe, public servant and composer (died 1878)
• probable – James Hill, folk musician (d. 1853)

Deaths

• February 27 – Joseph Leutgeb, horn virtuoso, 78
• March 19 – František Adam Míča, composer, 65
• April 15 – Ernest Louis Muller, composer
• May 12 – Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer and cellist, 72
• July 13 – Pierre Laujon, chansonnier (b. 1727)
• July 19 – Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer
• August 18 – Johann Heinrich Zang, composer
• August 20 – Dorothea Wendling, operatic soprano, 75
• September 6
  • Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer
  • Ignaz Fränzl, violinist and composer, 75
• September 14 – Johanna Löfblad, actress and singer (b. 1733)
• 13 October – Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer
• December 7 – Ignaz Spangler, composer
• date unknown
  • John Antes, composer, 71
  • Barbara Ployer, pianist (b. 1765)
  • Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny, composer
  • Sir Peter Beckford, English peerage, patron of Muzio Clementi, 70
  • Thomas Ebdon, composer and organist (b. 1738)

References

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9. Nola Reed Knouse. (2008). "The Music of the Moravian Church in America". University Rochester Press.
10. Marius Flothuis. (2008). "Mozarts Klavierkonzerte: ein musikalischer Werkführer". C.H.Beck.
11. Robert Smith Surtees. (1846). "Handley Cross, Or, The Spa Hunt. A Sporting Tale.". Henry Colburn.
12. William Marshall. (1840). "A collection of anthems used in the cathedral and collegiate churches of England and Wales [ed.] by W. Marshall".