1818 in music
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[edit] Events
- December 24 - "Silent Night" written by Josef Mohr and composed by Franz Xaver Gruber
- December 25 - The first performance of "Silent Night" (Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria).
- Johann Nepomuk Schelble founds the Society of St Cecilia at Frankfurt.
[edit] Popular music
- "Silent Night" (words by Joseph Mohr, music by Franz Gruber)
- "Thou Bonnie Wood of Craigielea" (words by Robert Tannahill, music by James Barr)
[edit] Classical music
- Schubert - Symphony no 6
[edit] Opera
- Michele Carafa - Berenice in Siria
- Gaetano Donizetti - Enrico, Conte di Borgogna
- Gioacchino Rossini - Mosè in Egitto
[edit] Births
- March 1 (or 2) - Giulio Briccialdi, composer (d. 1881)
- June 17 - Charles Gounod, composer (d. 1893)
- July 1 - Henrietta Treffz, operatic mezzo-soprano and first wife of Johann Strauss II (d. 1878)
- August 7 - Henry Charles Litolff, composer (d. 1891)
- September 12 - Theodor Kullak, pianist, composer and music teacher (d. 1882)
- October 15 - Alexander Dreyschock, pianist and composer (d. 1869)
- October 26 - Stefano Golinelli, pianist and composer (d. 1891)
[edit] Deaths
- February 1 - Giuseppe Gazzaniga, composer (b. 1743)
- March 20 - Johann Nikolaus Forkel, music theorist (b. 1749)
- March 28 - Giuseppe Capuzzi, violinist and composer (b. 1755)
- May 7 - Leopold Kozeluch, composer (b. 1747)
- August 25 - Elizabeth Billington, opera singer (b. 1768)
- December - Mikhail Kerzelli, pianist, violinist and composer (b. c. 1740)
- December 31 - Jean-Pierre Duport, cellist (b. 1741)
