1796 in music

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See also: 1795 in music, other events of 1796, 1797 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

• The father of Gioacchino Rossini is imprisoned for collaborating with the French, and Rossini's mother takes him to Bologna.

Popular Music

Classical Music

• Muzio Clementi - Concerto for piano in C major
• Joseph Haydn - Mass No.8 in Bb ("Heiligmesse")

Opera

• Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac - Marianne
• Simon Mayr - La Lodoiska
• Gaspare Spontini - Li puntigli delle donne
• Peter Winter - Das unterbrochene Opferfest

Births

• February 17 - Giovanni Pacini, composer
• July 23 - Franz Berwald, composer
• July 28 - Ignaz Bösendorfer, piano manufacturer
• November 30 - Carl Loewe, German composer

Deaths

• September 22 - George Wilhelm Gruber, composer
• December 30 - Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer