1802 in music

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This is a list of music-related events in 1802.

Events

• January 9 - The Harmonic Society of Philadelphia is founded, with native composer Andrew Law as its president.^[1]
• January 20 - Luigi Boccherini receives a pension from Joseph Bonaparte.^[1]
• February 15 - Muzio Clementi publishes the second volume of his Practical Harmony.^[1]
• March 19 - Composer François-Adrien Boieldieu marries dancer Clotilde Mafleuray.^[1]
• April 30 - Louis Spohr begins his violin studies under Franz Eck.^[1]
• May 5
  • Composer Giovanni Paisiello, recently arrived in Paris, meets his host, Napoleon, for the first time.^[1]
  • Composers Jan Ladislav Dussek and Louis Spohr are introduced by Herr Kiekhöver in Hamburg.
• July 20 - The chapel created by Napoleon in the Tuileries is officially opened, with Giovanni Paisiello as its musical director.^[1]
• August 15 - Luigi Cherubini, Étienne-Nicolas Méhul, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Pierre Rode and Nicolò Isouard go into business as publishers of their own music.^[1]
• October 6 - Ludwig van Beethoven writes to his brother Carl from Heiligenstadt, in despair over his increasing deafness.^[1]
• Simon Mayr becomes maestro di cappella at Bergamo Cathedral.^[2]

Publications

• Johann Nikolaus Forkel - Life of Johann Sebastian Bach^[3]

Classical music

• Beethoven – Second Symphony^[4]
• Joseph Haydn – Harmoniemesse, his last major work ^[5]
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Piano quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello and bass, Op. 87 (inspiration for Schubert's "Trout" quintet)^[6]
• Franz Krommer – Concerto for 2 Clarinets in E flat major, Op. 35^[7]
• Johann Friedrich Reichardt - Das Zauberschloss (singspiel)^[1]
• Samuel Wesley - Symphony in B flat^[1]

Opera

• Michael Kelly – Urania
• William Reeve – Family Quarrels (comic opera)
• Carl Maria Von Weber - Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn

Births

• March 3 – Adolphe Nourrit, operatic tenor^[8] (died 1839)
• July 12 – Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer^[9] (died 1852)
• July 27 – Ida Henriette da Fonseca, alto, composer (died 1858)
• August 23 - Manuel Inocêncio Liberato dos Santos, musician and composer (died 1887)
• October 7 – Bernhard Molique, composer (died 1869)
• date unknown
  • George Alexander Lee, singer and composer (died 1851)
  • José Zapiola, conductor and composer (died 1885)

Deaths

• January 27 - Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, conductor and composer, 42
• April 10 – Charlotte Brent, operatic soprano, 66
• July 26 - Rose-Adélaïde Ducreux, painter and musician, 41 (yellow fever)^[10]
• July 28 – Giuseppe Sarti, composer, 72
• August 10 – Antonio Lolli, violinist and composer (born c. 1725)
• August 23 – Corona Schröter, singer, 51
• October 2 – Giuseppe Millico, castrato singer, composer and music teacher, 65
• October 22 – Samuel Arnold, composer and organist, 62

References

1. MusicandHistory.com 1802. Accessed 28 February 2014
2. Randel, Don Michael (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. United States: President and Fellows of Harvard College. p. 569. ISBN 0-674-37299-9.
3. Geck, Martin. "Johann Sebastian Bach: Life and Work". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
4. "Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 21". NPR. 2006-06-06. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
5. Haydn, Franz Joseph (1802), Harmoniemesse in B-Flat Major, Kalmus Edition, ISBN 9780769244761
6. "Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in E flat major/minor, Op. 87". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
7. "Concerto for 2 clarinets & orchestra in E flat major, Op. 35". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
8. "Adolphe Nourrit". Find A Grave .Com. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
9. "Charles Louis Hanssens". Requiem Survey. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
10. Émile Bellier de La Chavignerie, Les Artistes français du xviiie siècle oubliés ou dédaignés, Paris, Vve Jules Renouard, 1865, p. 75