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Birthdays in Music

  • Jan 24 Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine)
  • Feb 18 John Parry [Bardd Alaw], Welsh composer and harpist, born in Denbigh (d. 1851)
  • Feb 21 Vincenzo Lavigna, composer
  • Apr 8 Thaddaus Weigl, composer
  • May 10 George Thomas Smart, composer
  • May 12 Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer
  • May 13 Charles Ots, Belgian composer, born in Brussels (d. 1845)
  • May 13 Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa, composer
  • Jun 1 John George Schetky, American violoncellist, music teacher and composer, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1831)
  • Aug 4 Wenzel Sedlak, Bohemian clarinetist and composer, born in Jezbořice, Bohemia (d. 1851)
  • Aug 15 Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer
  • Aug 16 Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer
  • Dec 6 Paul Friedrich Struck, composer

Deaths in Music

  • Apr 22 Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theorist and composer, dies at 67
  • Apr 24 Giuseppi Paolucci, composer, dies at 49
  • May 6 James Kent, English composer, dies at 76
  • Nov 22 Johann Caspar Simon, composer, dies at 75