See also: 1805 in music, other events of 1806, 1807 in music and the list of 'years in music'. See also: 1804 in music, other events of 1805, 1806 in music and the list of years in music. Events Beethovens Opera Fidelio premiers in Vienna Opera The Soldiers Return - James Hook Faniska - Luigi Cherubini Births November 14 - Fanny Hensel, composer Deaths April 6 Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1806 in music, other events of 1807, 1808 in music and the list of years in music. Events Muzio Clementi begins negotiating for British publication rights to the music of Ludwig van Beethoven Published popular music None listed Opera Joseph - Etienne-Nicolas Méhul La Vestale (The Vestal... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

Events

• Carl Czerny publishes his first composition at the age of 15.
• The marimba is described for the first time by Juan Domingo Juarros, a Spanish historian, in his Compendium of the History of Guatemala.
• Simon Mayr founds a new music school at Bergamo, Italy. Gaetano Donizetti is one of its first pupils.

Carl Czerny (sometimes Karl; February 21, 1791 – July 15, 1857) was an Austrian pianist, composer and teacher. ... It has been suggested that Balafon be merged into this article or section. ... Johann Simon Mayr aka Giovanni Simone Mayr, Simone Mayr, also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier. ... Bergamo is a town in Lombardy, Italy, about 40km northeast of Milan. ... Gaetano Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was a famous Italian opera composer. ...

Classical Music

• Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 4, Piano Concerto No 4, Violin Concerto, 3 String Quartets, Op 59.
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel - 7 Hungarian Dances; 12 Minuets

Ludwig van Beethoven by Carl Jäger (date unknown). ... Johann Nepomuk Hummel Johann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 1778 – 17 October 1837) was a composer and virtuoso pianist of Austrian origin who was born in today Slovakia. ...

Popular Music

• None listed

Births

• January 27 - Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio Arriaga y Balzola, "the Spanish Mozart"
• June 28 - Napoleon Coste
• August 17 - Johann Kaspar Mertz
• December 4 - Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmuller
• unknown date - Johann Friedrich Kittl

January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... Napoléon Coste (June 28, 1806 – February 17, 1883) was a French guitarist and composer. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Johann Kaspar Mertz (August 17, 1806 - October 14, 1856) was an Austrian-based guitarist and composer, born in Pressburg, now Bratislava, Slovakia. ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Johann Burgmüller (1806-1874) was born in Regensburg, Germany and was part of a musical family. ...

Deaths

• February 23 - John Alcock
• August 10 - Michael Haydn