See also: 1799 in music, other events of 1800, 1801 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents

1 Events 2 Popular Music 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• January 16 - Luigi Cherubini's opera, Les Deux Journées ("The Water Carrier"), debuts in Paris at the Salle Feydeau.
• September 16 - François-Adrien Boildieu 's opera, Le Calife de Bagdad, opens at Paris's Salle Favart.

Popular Music

Births

• January 14 - Ludwig von Köchel, music researcher and composer
• November 4 - Eduard Brendler , composer

Deaths

• May 7 - Niccola Piccinni, composer
• September 26 - William Billings, America's first major composer