1809 in music
Events
Popular music
- "Clown's Catalogue of Odd Fish", aka "Odd Fish", aka "Grimaldi's Catalogue of Odd Fish", sung by Joseph Grimaldi in Fashion's Fool or the Aquatic Harlequin
- "Whip Club", sung by Joseph Grimaldi in ''Fashion's Fool or the Aquatic Harlequin''
Classical music
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- *Piano Concerto No.5, Op. 73 ("Emperor")
- *"Harp" Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74
- *6 Songs, Op. 75
- *Six variations on an original theme in D major, Op. 76
- *Fantasia for Piano in G minor, Op. 77
- *Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78
- *Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79
- *Four Ariettas and a Duet, Op. 82
- *Egmont, Op.84
- *Die laute Klage, WoO 135
- *Lied aus der Ferne, WoO 137
- *Der Jüngling in der Fremde, WoO 138
- *Der Liebende, WoO 139
- François-Joseph Gossec – Symphonie à 17 parties
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Salve Regina, WoO 18
- Etienne Mehul – Symphony No. 1 in G minor
- Ferdinand Ries
- *Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 23
- *Clarinet Trio in B-flat major, Op. 28
- *Clarinet Sonata, Op. 29
- *String Quartet, Op. 70 No.2
- *Piano Trio, Op. 28
- Carl Maria von Weber
- *6 Pièces, Op. 10a
- *Serenade, J.65
- *Andante e rondo ongarese, J.79
Opera
Births
- January 20 – Sebastián Iradier, composer
- February 3 – Felix Mendelssohn, composer
- March 19 – Fredrik Pacius, conductor and composer
- March 31 – Otto Lindblad, composer
- April 13 – Aleksander Mirecki, violinist
- August 6 – Alfred Tennyson, lyricist and poet
- August 21 – Hanna Brooman, composer, translator and educator
- August 30 – Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer
- October 2 – Anton Emil Titl, composer
- October 12 – John Liptrot Hatton, composer, conductor, pianist and singer
- October 15 – Aleksey Koltsov, lyricist and poet
- October 21 – Daniel Friedrich Eduard Wilsing, composer
- October 22 – Federico Ricci, opera composer
- November 16 – Leopoldine Blahetka, pianist and composer
- November 26 – Auguste-François Morel, composer
Deaths
- January 29 – Luigi Antonio Sabbatini, composer and music theorist
- February – Francesco Azopardi, composer
- March 7 – Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, organist, composer and music teacher
- April 17 – Johann Christian Kittel, organist and composer
- April 18 – Birgitte Winther, opera singer
- May 1 – Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel, librettist and writer
- May 31 – Joseph Haydn, composer
- July 2 or – Joseph Quesnel, composer and writer
- July 24 – Johann Gottfried Eckard, pianist and composer
- September 21 – Alexander Reinagle, composer, organist, and theater musician
- December 31 – Franz Ignaz Beck, composer