On This Day

Events in Music in 1792

  • Feb 7 Domenico Cimarosa's opera "Il Matrimonio Segreto" premieres in Vienna
  • Feb 23 Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G premieres
  • Apr 25 "La Marseillaise", later the national anthem of France, is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg
  • Jul 30 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time

Music History

Dec 12 In Vienna, Ludwig van Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn

Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer Ludwig van Beethoven


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