1803 in music

This is a list of music-related events in 1803.

Events

5 April – first performance of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto
26 December – Haydn performs his last public concert, conducting ''The Seven Last Words of Christ''

Classical music

Ludwig van Beethoven
*Violin Sonata No. 7 published, composed between 1801 and 1802
*Violin Sonata No. 9 "Kreutzer"
*Trio in E-flat major, Op. 38
*3 Marches, Op. 45
*Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein" started, Op. 53
*Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", Op. 55
*Christus am Ölberge, oratorio, Op. 85
*Das Glück der Freundschaft, Op. 88
*10 Variations on 'Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu', Op. 121a
*Minuet, WoO 82
Johann Evangelist Brandl – Symphony in D major, Op. 25
Bernhard Henrik Crusell – Concerto for Clarinet No. 3 in B-flat major
Franz Danzi
*Preiss Gottes, P.48
*Sextet in E major, Op. 15
Jan Ladislav Dussek – Piano Quartet in E-flat Major Op. 53 or 56
Anton Eberl – Symphony in E-flat major, Op. 33
Joseph Haydn
*unfinished String Quartet in D minor, Op. 103
*6 Trios, Liv. 1
Jeremiah Ingalls – "Northfield"
Franz Krommer
*Concerto No.1 for 2 Clarinets, Op. 35
*Clarinet Concerto No.1, Op. 36
*Concerto for Oboe in F Major
*Symphony No. 2, Op. 40
Niccolo Paganini
*Sonata concertata, MS 2
*Grande sonata, MS 3
*Le streghe, Op. 8
Georg von Pasterwitz – 300 Themata und Versetten, Op. 4
Ignaz Pleyel – 3 Keyboard Trios, B.474–476
Pierre Rode – Violin Concerto No.7 in A minor, Op. 9
Bernard Romberg
*Cello Concerto No.1, Op. 2
*3 Grand Sonatas, Op. 5
Antonio Salieri – Gesù al limbo für Soli, vierstimmigen Chor und Orchester
Louis Spohr – Violin Concerto in C Major
Giovanni Battista Viotti –
*Trio for 2 Violins and Cello in E major
*Trio for 2 Violins and Cello in G major
Joseph Wölfl – Symphony in G minor, Op. 40

Opera

Gaetano Andreozzi – Il trionpho di Alessandro
Luigi Cherubini – Anacréon
Anton Fischer – Die Entlarvten
Ferdinando Paër – Sargino
Giovanni Paisiello – Proserpine
Antonio Salieri – ''Die Hussiten vor Naumburg''

Births

January 1 – Carolina Brunström, ballerina
January 6 – Henri Herz, pianist and composer
February 17 – Joseph-Philippe Simon, librettist and actor
April 2 – Franz Lachner, Bavarian composer/conductor
April 12 – Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio, lyricist and composer
May 12 – Alexandre Montfort, French composer
June 24 – George James Webb, composer
June 30 – Thomas Lovell Beddoes, librettist and poet
July 8 – Julius Mosen, librettist and lawyer
July 19 – Franz von Kobell, lyricist and mineralogist
July 20 – Jakob Zeugheer, composer and violininst
July 24 – Adolphe Adam, French composer
July 25 – Ferdinand Beyer, arranger and composer
September 4 – Anna Nielsen, mezzo-soprano
September 12 – Auguste Brizeux lyricist and artist
October 11 – Prosper Mérimée, lyricist and writer
December 5 – Fyodor Tyutchev, lyricist and poet
December 11 – Hector Berlioz, composer
date unknown – Jan z Hvězdy, lyricist and writer

Deaths

January 17 – Franz Ignaz von Beecke, composer
January 18 – Sylvain Maréchal, lyricist and writer
January 28 – Karl von Marinelli, theatre manager
February 5 – Giovanni Battista Casti, librettist and poet
February 6 – Gasparo Angiolini, dancer, choreographer and composer
February 16 – Giovanni Punto, composer and horn player
February 18 – Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, lyricist and poet
March 14 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, lyricist and poet
May 8 – John Joseph Merlin, clock- and musical-instrument-maker and inventor
June 6 – Louis Gallodier, dancer and choreographer
July 5 – William Jackson, composer and organist
July 14 – Esteban Salas y Castro, Cuban composer
August 29 – Giovanni de Gamerra, librettist and cleric
September 5 – François Devienne, composer
September 17 – Franz Xaver Süssmayr, composer
September 21 – John Christopher Moller, composer and music publisher
October 7 – Pierre Vachon, composer
October 8 – Vittorio Alfieri, librettist and dramatist
December 18 – Johann Gottfried Herder, lyricist and philosopher
date unknown
*Johann Becker, organist and composer
*Johann Christoph Kellner, organist and composer