1794 in music

Events

• Joseph Haydn begins his second visit to London
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf is expelled from the palace in Johannesberg after a dispute with his patron Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch ending nearly a quarter of a century in his service there.

  Classical music

• Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio No. 1 in E-flat major
• William Billings – The Continental Harmony
• Benjamin Carr – The Federal Overture
• Muzio Clementi – 3 Piano Sonatas, Op. 33
• Jan Ladislav Dussek – 12 Leçons progressives
• Anton Eberl – Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 1
• Joseph Eybler
• *Christmas Oratorio
• *3 String Quartets, Op. 1
• Joseph Haydn
• *Symphony No. 100 in G major, "Military"
• *Symphony No. 101 in D major, "Clock"
• *Divertimento in C major, Hob.IV:1
• *Divertimento in G major, Hob.IV:4
• *Piano Trios, Op.36
• *Piano Sonata No. 51 in D major, Hob XVI:51
• *Piano Sonata No. 52 in E-flat, Hob XVI:52
• *6 Psalms, Hob.XXIII:suppl.
• *6 English Canzonettas, Hob.XXVIa:25-30
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel – 3 Fugues, Op. 7
• Jean Xavier Lefèvre – Clarinet Concerto No.4 in G minor, IJL 1
• Etienne Nicolas Méhul – Chant du départ
• William Parkinson – 3 Sonatas for the pianoforte or harpsichord, Op. 1
• William Parsons – The Court Minuets for His Majesty's Birth Day, 1794
• Ignaz Pleyel – 3 Keyboard Trios, B.446-448
• Antonio Rosetti – Symphony in F major, M.A49/I:25 or 24
• Friedrich Wilhelm Rust – Keyboard Sonata No. 12 in D major, CzaR 11
• Christian Gotthilf Tag – 12 Kurze und leichte Orgelvorspiele, 1 Orgelsinfonie
• Giovanni Battista Viotti – Violin Concerto No.27 in C major

  Opera

• Luigi Cherubini – Eliza
• Domenico Cimarosa
• *Le astuzie femminili
• *Penelope
• Francois-Joseph Gossec – Le triomphe de la République, RH 618
• Friedrich Heinrich Himmel – Il primo navigatore
• Johann Simon Mayr – Saffo
• Étienne Méhul – Horatius Coclès, Mélidore et Phrosine
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Das Gespenst mit der Trommel

  Methods and theory writings

• Matthew Camidge – Instructions, 8 Sonatinas, and Useful Preludes
• Francois Devienne – Nouvelle méthode théorique et pratique pour la flûte
• Anton Joseph Hampel – Méthode pour Cor

  Births

• January 6 – Kašpar Mašek, composer
• April 7 – Giovanni Battista Rubini, tenor
• April 9 – Theobald Boehm, composer and flautist
• May 23 – Ignaz Moscheles, composer and piano virtuoso
• August 10 – Princess Amalie of Saxony, composer
• September 10 – François Benoist, organist and composer
• September 29 – William Michael Rooke, violinist and composer
• October 4 – Justina Casagli, operatic soprano
• October 13 – Anselm Hüttenbrenner, composer
• October 18 – Ferdinand Schubert, Austrian composer
• October 23 – Joseph Panny, composer and violinist
• November 3 – William Cullen Bryant, patron of the arts and poet
• December 6 – Luigi Lablache, operatic bass

  Deaths

• April 26 – Johan Foltmar, composer
• May 6 – Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier, composer and organist
• July 13 – Josse-François-Joseph Benaut, composer and musician
• July 17 – Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, composer
• August 11 – Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, German composer
• August 25 – Leopold August Abel, composer
• November 9 – Gregory Skovoroda, poet and composer
• November 20 – Mattia Verazi, Italian librettist