# 1814 in music
## Events

* Invention of the metronome by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel
* February 27 – Première of Beethoven's Eighth Symphony in Vienna
* September 14 – Francis Scott Key, inspired by the sight of the American flag over Fort McHenry, writes the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner".
* November – Romani composer János Bihari plays to the court during the Congress of Vienna.

## Classical music

* Ludwig van Beethoven
** Polonaise in C major, Op. 89
** Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
** Merkenstein, Op. 100
** Overture in C major, Op. 115
** Elegischer Gesang, Op. 118
** Der glorreiche Augenblick, Op. 136 (Cantata)
** Germania, WoO 94
** Chorus for the Allied Princes, WoO 95
** Abschiedsgesang, WoO 102
** Des Krieger's Abschied, WoO 143
** Merkenstein, WoO 144
** Resignation, WoO 149
** 20 Irish Songs, WoO 153
* Johann Ludwig Böhner – Fantaisie and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 21
* Luigi Cherubini – String Quartet No.1
* Franz Danzi – Horn Sonata, Op. 44
* Anton Diabelli – 30 Sehr leichte übungsstücke, Op. 39
* Friedrich Ernst Fesca – 3 String Quartets, Op. 1
* John Field
** Piano Concerto No.4, H 28
** Nocturnes Nos. 1, 2, and 3 for piano
* Mauro Giuliani – 6 Variations on 'I bin a Kohlbauern Bub', Op. 49
* Johann Nepomuk Hummel
** Serenade No.1, Op. 63
** Piano Trio in G major, Op. 65
** Serenade No.2, Op. 66
** Piano Concerto No.4, Op. 110
** 6 Polonaises for piano
* Franz Krommer – Concerto No.2 for 2 Clarinets, Op.91
* Nikolaus von Krufft – Sonata for Horn and Piano
* Friedrich Kuhlau – Rondo, WoO 203
* Ferdinand Ries
** Symphony No. 2 in C minor, op. 80
** Symphony No.5, Op. 112 (premiered Feb. 14 in London)
** Sextet, Op. 142
** 3 Flute Quartets, Op. 145
** Sonate sentimentale, Op. 169
* Franz Schubert
** String Quartet No.7, D.94
** Trost: an Elisa, D.97
** Die Betende, D. 102
** String Quartet Movement, D. 103
** Die Befreier Europas in Paris, D. 104
** Mass No.1, D. 105
** Wer ist gross?, D.110
** String Quartet No.8, D. 112
** An Emma, D. 113
** Der Geistertanz, D. 116
** Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118
** Schäfers Klagelied, D. 121
** Am See, D.124
** Symphony No.2, D.125
** Ballade, D. 134
** Tantum ergo, D. 739
* Louis Spohr
** Violin Concerto No. 7 in E minor, Op. 38
** Das befreite Deutschland (cantata), WoO 64
* Carl Maria von Weber – Piano Sonata No.2 in A-flat major, Op. 39
* Johann Wilhelm Wilms – Wilhelmus van Nassauwe, Op.37

## Opera

* Ludwig van Beethoven – Fidelio (Vienna, 3rd version)
* Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Die Eselshaut, S.101
* Friedrich Kuhlau – Røverborgen (The Robbers' Castle)
* Giovanni Pacini – La ballerina raggiratrice
* Gioacchino Rossini
** Il Turco in Italia
** Sigismondo, premiered Dec. 26 in Venice.
* Franz Schubert – Des Teufels Lustschloss, D.84

## Popular music

* "All the World's in Paris" by Joseph Grimaldi
* "Sadak and Kalasrade, or the Waters of Oblivion" by Henry Bishop
* "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key

## Publications

* Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch – Gesanglehre
* Anton Reicha – Traité de mélodie

## Births

* January – Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, violinist and composer (died 1865)
* January 26 – Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis II, organist, composer and teacher, the first Canadian to study music in Europe (died 1871)
* February 21
** Nicolò Gabrielli, opera composer (died 1891)
** Franz Hoffmann, publisher (died 1882)
* February 26 – Giuseppe Lillo, opera composer (died 1863)
* March 3 – Charles Kensington Salaman, pianist and composer (died 1901)
* April 9 – Félix Battanchon, composer and cellist (died 1893)
* April 21 – Béni Egressy, composer and librettist (died 1851)
* May 1 – Emma Albertazzi, contralto (died 1847)
* May 7 – Henriette Hansen, Norwegian ballerina, singer and actor (died 1892)
* May 9 – John Brougham, lyricist and librettist (died 1880)
* May 10 – Stanislas Verroust, oboist and composer (died 1863)
* May 12 – Adolf von Henselt, pianist and composer (died 1889)
* May 25 – William H. C. Hosmer, lyricist (died 1877)
* June 14 – Alexander John Ellis, musicologist (died 1890)
* July 2 – Thérèse Wartel, pianist and composer (died 1865)
* July 15 – Edward Caswall, hymnist (died 1878)
* October 28 – Annette Julie Nicolò-Isouard, composer (died 1876)
* November 6 – Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone (died 1894)
* December 19 – Robert Campbell, hymnist (died 1868)

## Deaths

* January 4 – Johann Georg Jacobi, lyricist and poet (born 1740)
* February 3 – Jan Antonín Koželuh, composer (born 1738)
* April 12 – Charles Burney, English music historian (born 1726)
* April 15 – Karl Alois, dedicatee and patron (born 1761)
* April 30 – Joseph Harris, composer and organist (born 1745)
* May 6 – Georg Joseph Vogler, organist, composer and music theorist (born 1749)
* June 8 – Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer (born 1765)
* June 19 – Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda, musician (born 1745)
* June 27 – Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer and music critic (born 1752)
* July 14 – Giovanna Sestini, opera singer (b. ca 174)
* July 25
** Charles Dibdin, musician, songwriter, author of A Musical Tour through England (born c. 1745)
** Franz Xaver Huber, librettist (born 1755)
* August 19 – Angelo Tarchi, opera composer (born c. 1760)
* September 1 – Erik Tulindberg, first Finnish classical composer of note (born 1761)