1801 in music
Events
- "'Twas in the Solemn Midnight Hour", composed and sung by Mrs Bland
Classical music
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- *Violin Sonata No. 4, Op. 23
- *Violin Sonata No. 5, Op. 24
- *Piano Sonata No. 12, Op. 26
- *Piano Sonata No. 13 & No. 14 (Moonlight), Op. 27
- *Piano Sonata No. 15, Op. 28
- *String Quintet, Op. 29
- *The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
- Johann Baptist Cramer – Piano Sonatas, Op. 25
- Jan Ladislav Dussek
- *Two Piano Sonatas C.184-5
- *Piano Concerto, Op. 49
- John Field – Three Piano Sonatas Op. 1
- Joseph Haydn
- *Mass in B-flat major, Hob.XXII:13
- *The Spirit's Song, Hob.XXVIa:41
- *The Seasons
- Franz Krommer – 3 String Quartets, Op. 19
- John Marsh – Symphony no. 30 in E minor
- Pavel Vranický – Ballet Das Urteil des Paris
- Johann Baptist Wanhal – Clarinet Sonata in C major
- Joseph Woelfl – Duet for Cello and Piano, Op. 31
- Anton Wranitzky – 3 String Quintets, Op. 8
- Carl Friedrich Zelter – 12 Lieder am Clavier zu singen, Z.122
Opera
Methods and theory writings
Births
- January 11 – John Lodge Ellerton, composer
- January 29 – Johannes Bernardus van Bree, composer
- February 1 – Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, Swedish Composer
- February 21 – Jan Kalivoda, composer
- February 22 – William Barnes, lyricist and writer
- March 11 – Frédéric Bérat, composer and songwriter
- March 19 – Salvatore Cammarano, Italian librettist
- March 26 – Sophie Daguin, ballerina and choreographer
- April 12 – Joseph Lanner, composer
- June 20 – Gustavo Carulli, composer
- June 25 – Antonio D'Antoni, composer and conductor
- August 1 – Karl Johann Philipp Spitta, librettist and poet
- September 13 – Stefan Witwicki, lyricist and poet
- October 17 – Alessandro Curmi, pianist and composer
- October 23 – Albert Lortzing, composer
- November 3 – Vincenzo Bellini, composer
- November 27 – Aleksandr Varlamov, Russian composer
Deaths
- January 11 – Domenico Cimarosa, composer, 51
- March 2 – Charles-Albert Demoustier, lyricist and writer
- March 14 – Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer, 63
- March 21 – Andrea Luchesi, composer, 59
- March 25 – Friedrich von Hardenberg, librettist and poet
- May 13 – Bartholomeus Ruloffs, Dutch conductor and composer, 59
- May 14 – Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, organist and trumpeter, 66
- August 31 – Nicola Sala, composer and music theorist, 88
- October 23 – Johann Gottlieb Naumann, conductor and composer, 60
- November – Thomas Augustine Geary, Irish composer
- November 9 – Carl Stamitz, composer, 56
- December 10 – Jonathan Battishill, composer of church music, 63