Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

4 January: STEPHAN HALE ALONZO MARSH = English composer = [died: 1888]
7 January: PHILIP KLITZ = British composer = [died: 1854]
4 February: GEORG ANDREAS HENKEL = composer = [died: 1871]
5 March: THÉODORE LABARRE = French harpist and composer = [died: 1870]
17 March: MANUEL PATRICIO RODRÍGUEZ GARCÍA = Spanish singer and music teacher = [died: 1906]
2 April: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN = Danish, author of 150 fairy tales = [died: 1875]
14 May: JOHANN PETER EMILIUS HARTMANN = Danish composer = [died: 1900]
21 June: KARL FRIEDRICH CURSCHMANN = German composer =[died: 1841]
27 June: STEPHEN ELVEY = British composer = [died: 1860]
28 June: NAPOLEON COSTE = French guitarist and composer = [died: 1883]
8 July: LUIGI RICCI = Italian opera composer = [died: 1859]
9 July: HENRY JOHN GAUNTLETT = English composer = [died: 1876]
27 July: LUIGI FELICE ROSSI = Italian composer and musicologist = [died: 1863]
28 October: JOHN THOMSON = Scottish composer = [died: 1841]
1 November: ALESSANDRO NINI = Italian composer = [died: 1880]
14 November: FANNY CACILIA MENDELSSOHN HENSEL = German pianist and composer = [died: 1847]
6 December: ADOLF REUBKE = German organ builder = [died: 1875]
26 December: JOSEPH-LEON GATAYES = French harpist and composer = [died: 1877]
28 December: TOMAS GENOVES Y LAPETRA = Spanish composer = [died: 1861]

Timeline of Musical Events

15 February: Harmony Society is officially formed.
7 April: premier of BEETHOVEN's Symphony No. 3, Eroica held in Vienna (conducted by himself)
20 November: BEETHOVEN's opera Leonore (the first version of Fidelio) is premiered at Vienna's Theater an der Wien.
25 November: Opera "Thaïs" 1st American performance
LOUIS SPOHR is appointed musical director to the court of Gotha.