1810 in music
This is a list of music-related events in 1810.Events
- 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
- *3 Lieder, Op. 83
- *String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, "Serioso", Op. 95
- Joseph Eybler – Die vier letzen Dinge
- 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
- 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
Popular music
Births
- January 20 – Ferdinand David, violinist and composer
- February 22 – Frédéric Chopin, composer, pianist
- February 8 – Norbert Burgmüller, composer
- March 15 – Carl Linger
- May 2 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer
- May 18 – Francesco Maria Piave, Italian librettist
- 20 May – Sara Augusta Malmborg, singer, pianist and painter
- June 8 – Robert Schumann, composer
- June 9 – Otto Nicolai, composer and conductor
- June 17 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, lyricist and poet
- June 19 – Ferdinand David, editor and musician
- August 6 – Giorgio Ronconi, operatic baritone
- September 22 – Paul Barroilhet, operatic baritone
- October 18 – Giovanni Matteo Mario, operatic tenor
- November 7 – Ferenc Erkel, opera composer
- November 16 – Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken, conductor and composer
Deaths
- January 7 – Joseph Lipavsky, composer
- March 29 – John Garth, composer
- April 8 – Venanzio Rauzzini, castrato singer, composer, pianist and teacher
- July 19 – Joseph Stephenson, composer of West Gallery music
- November 19 – Jean-Georges Noverre, ballet master
- November 27 – Francesco Bianchi, opera composer
- date unknown
- *Margaretha Christina Åbergsson, ballet dancer
- *Anna Davia, opera singer
- *Domenico Fischietti, composer