# 1810 in music

This is a list of music-related events in 1810.

## Events

* April 27 - Ludwig van Beethoven composes one of his most popular compositions, the piano piece Für Elise.
* Friedrich Kuhlau leaves Hamburg for Copenhagen, to avoid conscription into Napoleon's army.
* Work begins on the San Carlo Opera House at Naples.

## Classical music

* Ludwig van Beethoven
** March for Military Band, WoO 20
** Polonaise for Military Band, WoO 21
** Ecossaise for Military Band, WoO 22
** Ecossaise for Military Band, WoO 23
** Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor for piano, "Für Elise", WoO 59
** 25 Irish Songs, WoO 152
** 26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155
** Egmont, Op. 84, overture and incidental music (first performed, composed 1809)
** 3 Lieder, Op. 83
** String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, "Serioso", Op. 95
** Piano Sonata #26 (Les Adieux)
* Joseph Eybler – Die vier letzen Dinge (oratorio)
* Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Flute Sonata in D major, Op. 50
* Friedrich Kuhlau – Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 7
* Etienne Mehul – Symphony No. 4 in E major
* Ferdinand Ries
** Violin Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 24
** Piano Trio, Op. 28
* Bernard Romberg – Trauer-Symphonie, Op .23
* Louis Spohr
** Clarinet Concerto No.2, Op. 57
** Violin Concerto No.10, Op. 62
* Christoph Bernard Verspoell – "Menschen, die ihr wart verloren"
* Carl Maria von Weber – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 11

## Opera

* Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Mathilde von Guise
* Gioacchino Rossini – La Cambiale di Matrimonio
* Carl Maria von Weber – Silvana

## Publications

* Johann Christoph Kuhnau – Die blinden Tonkünstler

## Births

* February 3 – Ludwig August Frankl, lyricist and poet (died 1894)
* February 5 – Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (died 1880)
* February 22 – Frédéric Chopin, composer, pianist (died 1849)
* February 8 – Norbert Burgmüller, composer (died 1836)
* March 15 – Carl Linger (died 1862)
* May 2 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (died 1874)
* May 5 – Eugène Cormon, librettist (died 1903)
* May 18 – Francesco Maria Piave, Italian librettist (died 1876)
* May 20 – Sara Augusta Malmborg, singer, pianist and painter (died 1860)
* June 7 – Friedrich Julius Hammer, poet and librettist (died 1862)
* June 8 – Robert Schumann, composer (died 1856)
* June 9 – Otto Nicolai, composer and conductor (died 1849)
* June 17 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, lyricist and poet (died 1876)
* June 19 – Ferdinand David, editor and musician (died 1873)
* August 6 – Giorgio Ronconi, operatic baritone (died 1890)
* August 12 – Alfred Novello, music publisher (died 1896)
* September 22 – Paul Barroilhet, operatic baritone (died 1871)
* October 18 – Giovanni Matteo Mario, operatic tenor (died 1883)
* October 24 – Carl Baermann, composer (died 1885)
* November 7 – Ferenc Erkel, opera composer (died 1893)
* November 16 – Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken, conductor and composer (died 1882)
* December 21 - Ludwig Schuncke, German pianist and composer

## Deaths

* January 7 – Joseph Lipavsky, composer
* March 29 – John Garth, composer (born 1721)
* April 8 – Venanzio Rauzzini, castrato singer, composer, pianist and teacher (born 1746)
* July 19 – Joseph Stephenson, composer of West Gallery music (born 1723)
* November 19 – Jean-Georges Noverre, ballet master (born 1727)
* November 27 – Francesco Bianchi, opera composer (born 1752)
* date unknown
** Margaretha Christina Åbergsson, ballet dancer
** Anna Davia, opera singer (born 1743)
** Domenico Fischietti, composer (born 1725)