1790 in music - Definition

See also: 1789 in music, other events of 1790, 1791 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven meet for the first time.
• Georg Joseph Vogler brings his invention, the orchestrion, to London.
• Beginnings of the Beijing Opera.
• Prince Anton Esterhazy disbands his father's orchestra.

Opera

• Der Teufel ein Hydraulikus by Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf
• "Così fan tutte" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the suggestion of the Emperor Joseph II first produced at Vienna in 1790.
• Nina by Giovanni Paisiello with libretto by Giambattista Lorenzi

Classical music

• Ludwig van Beethoven - Cantata on the Death of Joseph II
• Johann Ladislaus Dussek - Piano Trio

Published popular music

• "Rosy Hannah", song by James Hook

Births

• February 11 - Ignaz Assmayer, composer
• February 16 - Chretien Urhan, composer
• March 15 - Nicola Vaccai, composer
• May 6 - Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer
• June 10 - Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer
• June 21 - Wilhelm Speyer, composer
• October 8 - Waldemar Thrane
• October 10 - George Gerson, composer
• October 30 - Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer

Deaths

• January 6 - Johann Trier, composer
• January 7 - Antonio Corbisiero
• February 14 - Capel Bond, composer
• February 18 - Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer
• February 19 - Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer
• February 21 - Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer
• June 8 - Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer
• July 31 - Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer
• September 3 - Thomas Norris, composer
• December 16 - Ludwig August Lebrun, composer