1811 in music

List of years in music (table)
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Events

• None listed

Classical Music

• Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 7 (the "Archduke"); Singspiel – Die Ruinen von Athen ("The ruins of Athens")
• William Crotch – Palestine (oratorio) with libretto by Reginald Heber
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel – 12 German Dances and Coda for Redout-Deutsche
• Peter Casper Krossing – Symphony in C minor
• Giacomo Meyerbeer – Gott und die Natur (oratorio)
• Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major opus 14 ([1])
• George Onslow – Duo for Piano 4 hands no 1 in E minor

Opera

• Carl Maria von Weber – Abu Hassan

Births

• January 21 – Mademoiselle Ambroisine, ballet dancer (date of death unknown)
• March 13 – Camille-Marie Stamaty, composer and pianist (d. 1870)
• March 23 – Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer (d. 1891)
• May 22 – Giulia Grisi, operatic soprano (d. 1869)
• July 19 – Vincenz Lachner, composer (d. 1893)
• August 5 – Ambroise Thomas, opera composer (d. 1896)
• August 25 – August Gottfried Ritter, organist and composer (d. 1885)
• September – Charles Frederick Hempel, organist and composer (d. 1867)
• September 29 – Adam Darr, guitarist, singer and composer (d. 1866)
• October 16 – Gaetano Capocci, conductor and composer (d. 1898)
• October 22 – Franz Liszt, pianist and composer (d. 1886)
• October 24 – Ferdinand Hiller, pianist, composer and conductor (d. 1885)
• November 11 – François Delsarte, operatic tenor and singing teacher (d. 1871)
• November 26 – Franz Brendel, music critic (d. 1868)
• December 8 – Louis Schindelmeisser, clarinettist, conducto and composer (d. 1864)
• probable – James Hill, folk musician (d. 1853)

Deaths

• February 27 – Joseph Leutgeb, horn virtuoso (b. 1732)
• March 19 – Frantisek Adam Mica, composer
• April 15 – Ernest Louis Muller, composer
• May 12 – Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer
• July 13 – Pierre Laujon, chansonnier (b. 1727)
• July 19 – Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer
• August 18 – Johann Heinrich Zang, composer
• August 20 – Dorothea Wendling, operatic soprano (b. 1736)
• September 6
  • Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer
  • Ignaz Fränzl, violinist and composer (b. 1736)
• September 14 – Johanna Löfblad, actress and singer (b. 1733)
• December 7 – Ignaz Spangler, composer
• date unknown
  • John Antes, composer (b. 1740)
  • Barbara Ployer, pianist (b. 1765)
  • Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny, composer
  • Sir Peter Beckford, English peerage (b. 1740), patron of Muzio Clementi
  • Thomas Ebdon, composer and organist (b. 1738)