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1794 in music

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Events

  • Joseph Haydn begins his second visit to London
  • Classical music

  • Ludwig van Beethoven - String Trio No. 1 in E-flat major
  • Joseph Eybler – Christmas Oratorio
  • Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 100 in G major, "Military"
  • Symphony No. 101 in D major, "Clock"
  • Piano Sonata No. 51 in D major, Hob XVI:51
  • Piano Sonata No. 52 in E-flat, Hob XVI:52
  • Opera

  • Luigi Cherubini – Eliza
  • Friedrich Heinrich Himmel – Il primo navigatore
  • Johann Simon Mayr – Saffo
  • Étienne Méhul – Horatius Coclès, Mélidore et Phrosine
  • Births

  • January 6 – Kašpar Mašek, composer (d. 1873)
  • April 7 – Giovanni Battista Rubini, tenor
  • May 23 – Ignaz Moscheles, composer and piano virtuoso (d. 1870)
  • August 10 – Princess Amalie of Saxony, composer (d. 1870)
  • September 10 – François Benoist, organist and composer (d. 1878)
  • September 29 – William Michael Rooke, violinist and composer (d. 1849)
  • October 4 – Justina Casagli, operatic soprano
  • October 13 – Anselm Hüttenbrenner, composer (d. 1868)
  • December 6 – Luigi Lablache, operatic bass
  • Deaths

  • April 26 – Johan Foltmar, composer (b. 1714)
  • July 17 – Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, composer (b. 1749) (executed)
  • August 25 – Leopold August Abel, composer (b. 1717)
  • November 9 – Gregory Skovoroda, poet and composer (b. 1722)
  • References

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