1810 in music

Events

• April 27 - Ludwig van Beethoven composes one of his most popular compositions, the piano piece Für Elise.
• Friedrich Kuhlau leaves Hamburg for Copenhagen, to avoid conscription into Napoleon's army.
• Work begins on the San Carlo Opera House at Naples.

Classical music

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• *March for Military Band, WoO 20
• *Polonaise for Military Band, WoO 21
• *Ecossaise for Military Band, WoO 22
• *Ecossaise for Military Band, WoO 23
• *Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor for piano, "Für Elise", WoO 59
• *25 Irish Songs, WoO 152
• *26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155
• *Egmont, Op. 84, overture and incidental music
• *3 Lieder, Op. 83
• *String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, "Serioso", Op. 95
• * Piano Sonata #26 (Les Adieux)
• Joseph Eybler – Die vier letzen Dinge
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Flute Sonata in D major, Op. 50
• Friedrich Kuhlau – Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 7
• Etienne Mehul – Symphony No. 4 in E major
• Ferdinand Ries
• *Violin Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 24
• *Piano Trio, Op. 28
• Bernard Romberg – Trauer-Symphonie, Op.23
• Louis Spohr
• *Clarinet Concerto No.2, Op. 57
• *Violin Concerto No.10, Op. 62
• Christoph Bernard Verspoell – "Menschen, die ihr wart verloren"
• Carl Maria von Weber – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 11

Opera

• Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Mathilde von Guise
• Gioacchino Rossini – La Cambiale di Matrimonio
• Carl Maria von Weber – ''Silvana''

Publications

• Johann Christoph Kuhnau – ''Die blinden Tonkünstler''

Births

• February 3 – Ludwig August Frankl, lyricist and poet
• February 5 – Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist
• February 22 – Frédéric Chopin, composer, pianist
• February 8 – Norbert Burgmüller, composer
• March 15 – Carl Linger
• May 2 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer
• May 5 – Eugène Cormon, librettist
• May 18 – Francesco Maria Piave, Italian librettist
• May 20 – Sara Augusta Malmborg, singer, pianist and painter
• June 7 – Friedrich Julius Hammer, poet and librettist
• June 8 – Robert Schumann, composer
• June 9 – Otto Nicolai, composer and conductor
• June 17 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, lyricist and poet
• June 19 – Ferdinand David, editor and musician
• August 6 – Giorgio Ronconi, operatic baritone
• August 12 – Alfred Novello, music publisher
• September 22 – Paul Barroilhet, operatic baritone
• October 18 – Giovanni Matteo Mario, operatic tenor
• October 24 – Carl Baermann, composer
• November 7 – Ferenc Erkel, opera composer
• November 16 – Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken, conductor and composer
• December 21 - Ludwig Schuncke, German pianist and composer

Deaths

• January 7 – Joseph Lipavsky, composer
• March 29 – John Garth, composer
• April 8 – Venanzio Rauzzini, castrato singer, composer, pianist and teacher
• July 19 – Joseph Stephenson, composer of West Gallery music
• November 19 – Jean-Georges Noverre, ballet master
• November 27 – Francesco Bianchi, opera composer
• date unknown
• *Margaretha Christina Åbergsson, ballet dancer
• *Anna Davia, opera singer
• *Domenico Fischietti, composer