Events

• Michael Haydn takes on Carl Maria von Weber as a pupil, free of charge
• First edition of Niemetschek's biography of Mozart published.

Classical Music

• Joseph Haydn The Creation

Published popular music

• Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) Popular Cheshire Melodies

Births

• January 31 Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, kappellmeister and composer (d. 1859)
• March 9 Mathilda Berwald, Hovs ngare (d. 1877)
• October 28 Henri Bertini, pianist and composer (d. 1876)
• date unknown
  • Andrea Maffei, librettist (d. 1885)
  • Louis-D sir V ron, opera manager (d. 1867)

Deaths

• January 4 Giuseppe Giordani, opera composer (b. 1751)
• January 20 Christian Cannabich, composer (b. 1731)
• January 28 Christian Gottlob Neefe, composer and conductor (b. 1748)
• July 15 Gaetano Pugnani, violinist (b. 1731)
• November 30 Friedrich Fleischmann, composer (b. 1766)
• December 16 Gaetano Brunetti, composer (b. 1744)

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