1798 in music

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See also: 1797 in music, other events of 1798, 1799 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents 1 Events 2 Popular Music 3 Classical music 4 Opera 5 Births 6 Deaths

Events

• Michael Haydn takes on Carl Maria von Weber as a pupil, free of charge

Popular Music

• None listed

Classical music

• Luigi Boccherini - Quintet for Guitar and Strings
• Joseph Eybler - Concerto for Clarinet in B flat major
• Joseph Haydn - The Creation; 'Nelson' Mass

Opera

• Jean Nicolas Bouilly and Pierre Gaveaux - Léonore, ou L'amour Conjugal (the forerunner of Beethoven's Fidelio)
• Giuseppe Mosca - I matrimoni liberi
• Gaspare Spontini - Il Teseo riconosciuto

Births

• October 28 - Henri-Jerome Bertini

Deaths

• January 20 - Christian Cannabich
• August 7 - Johann Gottlieb Sollner