1806 in music
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[edit] Events
- Carl Czerny publishes his first composition at the age of 15.
- The marimba is described for the first time by Juan Domingo Juarros, a Spanish historian, in his Compendium of the History of Guatemala.
- Johann Simon Mayr founds a new music school at Bergamo, Italy. Gaetano Donizetti is one of its first pupils.
- Marcussen & Søn, Danish organ-building firm, founded.
[edit] Classical Music
- Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 4, Piano Concerto No 4, Violin Concerto, 3 String Quartets, Op 59.
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel - 7 Hungarian Dances; 12 Minuets
[edit] Births
- January 27 - Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio Arriaga y Balzola, "the Spanish Mozart"
- June 28 - Napoleon Coste
- August 17 - Johann Kaspar Mertz, guitarist and composer
- September 2 - Josef Gusikov, klezmer musician
- December 4 - Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmuller, composer
- unknown date
- Johann Friedrich Kittl, composer
- Henriette Sontag, operatic soprano
[edit] Deaths
- January 30 - Vicente Martín y Soler, opera and ballet composer
- February 23 - John Alcock, composer
- March 23 - George Pinto, composer
- August 10 - Michael Haydn, composer
- date unknown - Charles le Picq, dancer and choreographer
