1803 in music

See also:1802 in music,other events of 1803, 1804 in music and thelist of 'years in music'.

Events

Popular Music

Classical Music

• Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op 47 ("Kreutzer"); Symphony no 3 ("Eroica")
• Bernhard Henrik Crusell - Concerto for Clarinet no 3 in B flat major
• Joseph Haydn - unfinished String Quartet in D minor, Op 103
• Franz Krommer - Concerto for Oboe in F Major (op 37)
• Giovanni Battista Viotti - Trio for 2 Violins and Cello in E major; Trio for 2 Violins and Cello in G major

Opera

• Gaetano Andreozzi - Il trionpho di Alessandro
• Luigi Cherubini - Anacréon
• Anton Fischer - Die Entlarvten
• Giovanni Paisiello - Proserpine

Births

• January 6 - Henri Herz, pianist and composer
• April 2-Franz Paul Lachner, Bavarian composer/conductor
• June 24 - George James Webb, composer
• July 24 - Adolphe Adam, French composer
• December 11 - Hector Berlioz

Deaths

• January 2 - Franz Ignaz von Beecke, composer
• September 5 - François Devienne, composer
• September 17 - Franz Xaver Süssmayr, composer
• November 3 - Henri Moreau, composer
• date unknown - Valentin Adamberger ("Adamonti"), tenor

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