1806 in music - Definition

See also: 1805 in music, other events of 1806, 1807 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• Carl Czerny publishes his first composition at the age of 15.
• The marimba is described for the first time by Juan Domingo Juarros, a Spanish historian, in his Compendium of the History of Guatemala.

Popular Music

• None listed

Births

• January 27 - Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio Arriaga y Balzola, "the Spanish Mozart"
• June 28 - Napoleon Coste
• December 4 - Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmuller
• unknown date - Johann Friedrich Kittl

Deaths

• February 23 - John Alcock
• August 10 - Michael Haydn