1801 in music
music-related events during 1801
Events
January 12 – Domenico Cimarosa is buried at Chiesa di Sant’Angelo, Venice, with a requiem mass performed by local musicians.
March 28 – Ludwig van Beethoven's ballet The Creatures of Prometheus (Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus) premières in Vienna's Burgtheater.
April 12 – Théâtre Feydeau in Paris closes down as a result of its director's other commitments.
April 21 – The Teatro Nuovo in Trieste is inaugurated with a performance of Johann Simon Mayr's Ginevra di Scozia.
April 24 – Joseph Haydn's oratorio The Seasons is premièred as Die Jahreszeiten in Vienna for its aristocratic patrons at the Palais Schwarzenberg; it has its public première on May 19 at the Redoutensaal.
December 27 – Nineteen-year-old Niccolò Paganini becomes first violin of Lucca's national orchestra.
Publication of Introduction to the Art of Playing on the Piano Forte by Muzio Clementi in London.
Probable publication of A Favorite Collection of Tunes with Variations Adapted for the Northumberland Small Pipes, Violin, or Flute by William Wright in Newcastle upon Tyne with contributions by John Peacock (piper).
Published popular music
"'Twas in the Solemn Midnight Hour", composed and sung by Mrs Bland
Classical music
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 4, Op.
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