1814 in music

Events

• Invention of the metronome by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel
• February 27 – Première of Beethoven's Eighth Symphony in Vienna
• September 14 – Francis Scott Key, inspired by the sight of the American flag over Fort McHenry, writes the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner".
• November – Romani composer János Bihari plays to the court during the Congress of Vienna.

Classical music

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• *Polonaise in C major, Op. 89
• *Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
• *Merkenstein, Op. 100
• *Overture in C major, Op. 115
• *Elegischer Gesang, Op. 118
• *Der glorreiche Augenblick, Op. 136
• *Germania, WoO 94
• *Chorus for the Allied Princes, WoO 95
• *Abschiedsgesang, WoO 102
• *Des Krieger's Abschied, WoO 143
• *Merkenstein, WoO 144
• *Resignation, WoO 149
• *20 Irish Songs, WoO 153
• Johann Ludwig Böhner – Fantaisie and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 21
• Luigi Cherubini – String Quartet No.1
• Franz Danzi – Horn Sonata, Op. 44
• Anton Diabelli – 30 Sehr leichte übungsstücke, Op. 39
• Friedrich Ernst Fesca – 3 String Quartets, Op. 1
• John Field
• *Piano Concerto No.4, H 28
• *Nocturnes Nos. 1, 2, and 3 for piano
• Mauro Giuliani – 6 Variations on 'I bin a Kohlbauern Bub', Op. 49
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel
• *Serenade No.1, Op. 63
• *Piano Trio in G major, Op. 65
• *Serenade No.2, Op. 66
• *Piano Concerto No.4, Op. 110
• *6 Polonaises for piano
• Franz Krommer – Concerto No.2 for 2 Clarinets, Op.91
• Nikolaus von Krufft – Sonata for Horn and Piano
• Friedrich Kuhlau – Rondo, WoO 203
• Ferdinand Ries
• *Symphony No. 2 in C minor, op. 80
• *Symphony No.5, Op. 112
• *Sextet, Op. 142
• *3 Flute Quartets, Op. 145
• *Sonate sentimentale, Op. 169
• Franz Schubert
• *String Quartet No.7, D.94
• *Trost: an Elisa, D.97
• *Die Betende, D. 102
• *String Quartet Movement, D. 103
• *Die Befreier Europas in Paris, D. 104
• *Mass No.1, D. 105
• *Wer ist gross?, D.110
• *String Quartet No.8, D. 112
• *An Emma, D. 113
• *Der Geistertanz, D. 116
• *Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118
• *Schäfers Klagelied, D. 121
• *Am See, D.124
• *Symphony No.2, D.125
• *Ballade, D. 134
• *Tantum ergo, D. 739
• Louis Spohr
• *Violin Concerto No. 7 in E minor, Op. 38
• *Das befreite Deutschland, WoO 64
• Carl Maria von Weber – Piano Sonata No.2 in A-flat major, Op. 39
• Johann Wilhelm Wilms – Wilhelmus van Nassauwe, Op.37

Opera

• Ludwig van Beethoven – Fidelio
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Die Eselshaut, S.101
• Friedrich Kuhlau – Røverborgen
• Giovanni Pacini – La ballerina raggiratrice
• Gioacchino Rossini
• *Il Turco in Italia
• *Sigismondo, premiered Dec. 26 in Venice.
• Franz Schubert – Des Teufels Lustschloss, D.84

Popular music

• "All the World's in Paris" sung by Joseph Grimaldi in Harlequin Whittington
• "Sadak and Kalasrade, or the Waters of Oblivion" by Henry Bishop
• "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key

Publications

• Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch – Gesanglehre
• Anton Reicha – ''Traité de mélodie''

Births

• January – Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, violinist and composer
• January 26 – Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis II, organist, composer and teacher, the first Canadian to study music in Europe
• February 21
• *Nicolò Gabrielli, opera composer
• *Franz Hoffmann, publisher
• February 26 – Giuseppe Lillo, opera composer
• March 3 – Charles Kensington Salaman, pianist and composer
• April 9 – Félix Battanchon, composer and cellist
• April 21 – Béni Egressy, composer and librettist
• May 1 – Emma Albertazzi, contralto
• May 7 - Henriette Hansen, Norwegian ballerina, singer and actor
• May 9 – John Brougham, lyricist and librettist
• May 10 – Stanislas Verroust, oboist and composer
• May 12 – Adolf von Henselt, pianist and composer
• May 25 – William H. C. Hosmer, lyricist
• June 14 – Alexander John Ellis, musicologist
• July 2 – Thérèse Wartel, pianist and composer
• July 15 – Edward Caswall, hymnist
• October 28 – Annette Julie Nicolò-Isouard, composer
• November 6 – Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone
• December 19 – Robert Campbell, hymnist

Deaths

• January 4 – Johann Georg Jacobi, lyricist and poet
• February 3 – Jan Antonín Koželuh, composer
• April 12 – Charles Burney, English music historian
• April 15 – Karl Alois, dedicatee and patron
• April 30 – Joseph Harris, composer and organist
• May 6 – Georg Joseph Vogler, organist, composer and music theorist
• June 8 – Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer
• June 19 – Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda, musician
• June 27 – Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer and music critic
• July 14 – Giovanna Sestini, opera singer
• July 25
• *Charles Dibdin, musician, songwriter, author of A Musical Tour through England
• *Franz Xaver Huber, librettist
• August 19 – Angelo Tarchi, opera composer
• September 1 – Erik Tulindberg, first Finnish classical composer of note