1794 in music
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Events
- Joseph Haydn begins his second visit to London
Classical music
- Ludwig van Beethoven - String Trio No. 1 in E-flat major
- Joseph Eybler – Christmas Oratorio
- Joseph Haydn
- Symphony No. 100 in G major, "Military"
- Symphony No. 101 in D major, "Clock"
- Piano Sonata No. 51 in D major, Hob XVI:51
- Piano Sonata No. 52 in E-flat, Hob XVI:52
Opera
- Luigi Cherubini – Eliza
- Friedrich Heinrich Himmel – Il primo navigatore
- Johann Simon Mayr – Saffo
- Étienne Méhul – Horatius Coclès, Mélidore et Phrosine
Births
- January 6 – Kašpar Mašek, composer (d. 1873)
- April 7 – Giovanni Battista Rubini, tenor
- May 23 – Ignaz Moscheles, composer and piano virtuoso (d. 1870)
- August 10 – Princess Amalie of Saxony, composer (d. 1870)
- September 10 – François Benoist, organist and composer (d. 1878)
- September 29 – William Michael Rooke, violinist and composer (d. 1849)
- October 4 – Justina Casagli, operatic soprano
- October 13 – Anselm Hüttenbrenner, composer (d. 1868)
- December 6 – Luigi Lablache, operatic bass
Deaths
- April 26 – Johan Foltmar, composer (b. 1714)
- July 17 – Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, composer (b. 1749) (executed)
- August 25 – Leopold August Abel, composer (b. 1717)
- November 9 – Gregory Skovoroda, poet and composer (b. 1722)