1808, from day to day
1808. With other artists, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, E. T. A. Hoffmann and Luigi Cherubini influenced their time (classical era / romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Maria Malibran, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67” de Ludwig van Beethoven, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1808 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 120 of these moments for 1808.
The year 1808 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
08
Birth of Josef Adolf Leibrock That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (dead in 1886)
14
Birth of Albert Braun That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (dead in 1882)
15
Birth of Ida Wulff That year: 1808, Classical music, Danish opera singer (1808-1876) (dead in 1876)
23
Birth of Franziska Cornet That year: 1808, Classical music, German singer, opera singer and music educator (1808-1870) (dead in 1870)
30
Birth of Friedrich Layriz That year: 1808, Classical music, German theologian (dead in 1859)
February
02
Death of Luciano Xavier Santos That year: 1808, Classical music, Portuguese composer (born in 1734)
03
Birth of Giuseppe Mascia That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (dead in 1870)
14
Birth of Michael Costa That year: 1808, Classical music, Italian conductor and composer (dead in 1884)
23
Birth of Richard Carte That year: 1808, Classical music, (1808-1891) (dead in 1891)
25
Birth of Jan Pavel Martinovský That year: 1808, Classical music, Czech composer and roman catholic priest (dead in 1873)
28
Birth of Elias Parish Alvars That year: 1808, Classical music, English harpist and composer (1808-1849) (dead in 1849)
29
Death of Carles Baguer That year: 1808, Classical music, Catalan organist and composer (1768-1808) (born in 1768)
March
05
Birth of Henri de Ruolz That year: 1808, Classical music, French chemist and composer (dead in 1887)
10
Birth of Napoleone Moriani That year: 1808, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1878)
12
Birth of Alexander Villoing That year: 1808, Classical music, Russian music educator and composer (dead in 1878)
14
Birth of Franz Seraphin Hölzl That year: 1808, Classical music, (1808-1884) (dead in 1884)
17
Birth of Pierre-Louis Dietsch That year: 1808, Classical music, French composer and conductor (dead in 1865)
18
Death of Joseph Rothe That year: 1808, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1759)
20
Birth of Valérie Momy That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (dead in 1889)
22
Birth of Caroline Norton That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (dead in 1877)
24
Birth of Maria Malibran That year: 1808, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (1808–1836) (dead in 1836)
Also in March
Birth of Balbina Steffenone That year: 1808, Classical music, Italian singer (dead in 1896) .
April
07
Birth of Ruggero Manna That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (dead in 1864)
10
Birth of Auguste Franchomme That year: 1808, Classical music, French musician (1808-1884) (dead in 1884)
15
Birth of František Bedřich Kott That year: 1808, Classical music, Czech composer, organist and singer (dead in 1884)
25
Death of Luigi Tomasini That year: 1808, Classical music, Italian violinist and composer (1741-1808) (born in 1741)
May
01
Death of Johann Michael Weissbeck That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (born in 1756)
09
Death of Christian Friedrich Rohrwerder That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (born in 1727)
15
Birth of Michael William Balfe That year: 1808, Classical music, Irish composer (dead in 1870)
Birth of Gottfried Herrmann That year: 1808, Classical music, German conductor, composer and choir director (dead in 1878)
30
Birth of Joaquim Casimiro That year: 1808, Classical music, Portuguese musician (1808-1862) (dead in 1862)
June
11
Death of Giovanni Battista Cirri That year: 1808, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1724)
13
Birth of Wilhelm von Lenz That year: 1808, Classical music, Russian musicologist (dead in 1883)
16
Death of Georg Wenzel Ritter That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (born in 1748)
18
Death of Filippo Maria Gherardeschi That year: 1808, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1738)
19
Birth of Franz Xaver Chwatal That year: 1808, Classical music, Czech composer and music teacher (dead in 1879)
24
Birth of Anna Caroline Oury That year: 1808, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1880)
29
Birth of Wilhelm Georg Dettmer That year: 1808, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1808-1876) (dead in 1876)
July
03
Birth of Théodore Hauman That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (dead in 1878)
09
Birth of Eugenia Tadolini That year: 1808, Classical music, Italian operatic soprano (1808-1872) (dead in 1872)
14
Death of Artem Vedel That year: 1808, Classical music, Ukrainian composer, conductor, and music teacher (born in 1767)
20
Death of François-Hippolyte Barthélémon That year: 1808, Classical music, French composer (born in 1741)
22
Birth of François Schubert That year: 1808, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1878)
28
Birth of Charles Lucas That year: 1808, Classical music, British cellist, composer and Principal of the Royal Academy of Music (1808-1869) (dead in 1869)
30
Birth of Frederick Crouch That year: 1808, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1896)
August
06
Birth of Johann Christian Gebauer That year: 1808, Classical music, Danish musician (1808-1884) (dead in 1884)
10
Birth of Carl Friedrich Weitzmann That year: 1808, Classical music, German music theorist (dead in 1880)
13
Death of Henri Hardouin That year: 1808, Classical music, French composer (born in 1727)
15
Death of Johann Andreas Kauchlitz Colizzi That year: 1808, Classical music, Dutch musician, composer and etcher (born in 1742)
30
Death of Joseph Anton Bauer That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (born in 1725)
September
05
Birth of Louis ne Louis Clapisson That year: 1808, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1866)
17
Birth of Juan Pedro Esnaola That year: 1808, Classical music, Argentine composer of Basque parentage (1808-1878) (dead in 1878)
19
Birth of Claude Paris That year: 1808, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1866)
20
Closing: Theatre Royal, Covent Garden That year: 1808, Classical music (City and Liberty of Westminster, United Kingdom)
29
Death of Paul Wranitzky That year: 1808, Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (born in 1756)
October
01
Death of Regina Mingotti That year: 1808, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer (born in 1722)
02
Birth of Franz Limmer That year: 1808, Classical music, Austrian conductor and composer (dead in 1857)
09
Birth of Just Géraldy That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (dead in 1869)
11
Birth of Hyacinthe Klosé That year: 1808, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1880)
13
Death of François de Cupis That year: 1808, Classical music, French musician and composer (born in 1732)
21
Birth of Jules Bovéry That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (dead in 1868)
24
Birth of Ernst Richter That year: 1808, Classical music, German musical theorist (dead in 1879)
28
Birth of Prosper Dérivis That year: 1808, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1880)
November
03
Birth of Pasquale Bona That year: 1808, Classical music, composer from Italy (dead in 1878)
17
Birth of Alberich Zwyssig That year: 1808, Classical music, Cistercian monk, composer of the Swiss national anthem (1808-1854) (dead in 1854)
19
Birth of Antoine Elwart That year: 1808, Classical music, French composer (1808-1877) (dead in 1877)
December
01
Birth of Wilhelm Meves That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (dead in 1871)
05
Birth of Hippolyte-Raymond Colet That year: 1808, Classical music, French composer and music educator (dead in 1851)
13
Birth of Wilhelm Bauck That year: 1808, Classical music, Swedish composer (1808-1877) (dead in 1877)
22
Premiere of Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 That year: 1808, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Ludwig van Beethoven
Premiere of Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, “Pastorale” That year: 1808, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Ludwig van Beethoven
Premiere of Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra in C minor, Op. 80 That year: 1808, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Ludwig van Beethoven
25
Birth of Albert Grisar That year: 1808, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 1869)
26
Inauguration: Teatro Sociale That year: 1808, Classical music (Bergamo, Italy)
This was also in 1808
Inception: Gewandhaus Quartet That year: 1808, Classical music. Birth of Joseph Eichberger That year: 1808, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 1863) . Birth of Hippolyte Prévost That year: 1808, Classical music, French writer (dead in 1873) . Birth of Auguste Nourrit That year: 1808, Classical music, French actor and singer (dead in 1853) . Birth of Gustav Blessner That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (dead in 1888) . Death of Giuseppe Amendola That year: 1808, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1750) . Birth of William Appo That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (dead in 1877) . Birth of Gabriel Gauthier That year: 1808, Classical music, organist, composer, music teacher (dead in 1853) . Inauguration: Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe That year: 1808, Classical music (Karlsruhe, Germany). Death of Jindřich Krištof Hataš That year: 1808, Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (born in 1739) . Death of Giovanni Andrea Sabatini That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (born in 1740) . Birth of Fitz William Rosier That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (dead in 1882) . Birth of Giovanni de Matteo Mario That year: 1808, Classical music, Italian Opera Singer (dead in 1883) . Birth of Bernhard Breuer That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (dead in 1877) . Death of Elisha West That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (born in 1752) . Birth of Henri Cohen That year: 1808, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1880) . Death of Impératrice Sessi That year: 1808, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1784-1808) (born in 1784) . Death of Franz Mezger That year: 1808, Classical music, composer . Birth of Charles Egan That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (dead in 1869) . Birth of Auguste von Faßmann That year: 1808, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1872) . Inception: Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra That year: 1808, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Count Razumovsky’s Quartet That year: 1808, Classical music. Death of Thomas Haigh That year: 1808, Classical music, English musician and composer (born in 1769) . Birth of Jesse B. Aikin That year: 1808, Classical music, Shape note singing master (dead in 1900) . Birth of Philip Mathias Wolsieffer That year: 1808, Classical music, composer (dead in 1867) . Death of Ignazio Spergher That year: 1808, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1734) . Death of Fabián García Pacheco That year: 1808, Classical music, chapelmaster (born in 1725) . Death of João Cordeiro da Silva That year: 1808, Classical music, Portuguese composer and organist (born in 1735) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (age 38)
- Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60 That year: 1808, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1806
- Allegretto quasi andante for piano in G minor, WoO 61a That year: 1808, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1825
- Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, Op. 61 That year: 1808, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Coriolan, Op. 62 That year: 1808, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1807
- Triple Concerto in C major, Op. 56 That year: 1808, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist) Premiere, composed in 1805, published in 1808
- 2 Piano Trios, Opp. 70 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 64 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sehnsucht in four settings, WoO 134 (Vocal music)
- Andenken, WoO 136 (Vocal music)
- Carl Maria von Weber (age 22)
- Silvana That year: 1808, Classical music (Opera)
- 6 Songs, Opp. 15 (Song, lied)
- 4 Songs and 2 Choruses, Opp. 23 (Song, lied)
- Thème original varié, Op. 9 (Work for soloist)
- Momento capriccioso in B flat major, Op. 12 (Work for soloist)
- Der erste Ton, Op. 14 (Work for choir)
- Grand Potpourri, Op. 20 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Grand Polonaise in E-flat major, Op. 21 (Work for soloist)
- 9 Variations on a Norwegian air (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Komisches musikalisches Sendschreiben (Song, lied)
- Gioachino Rossini (age 16)
- Il pianto d'armonia sulla morte di Orfeo (Work for choir)
- Sinfonia in D major (Work for orchestra)
- 6 Sonatas a quattro (Work for chamber orchestra)