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Overview of the events of 1794 in music
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Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio No. 1 in E-flat major
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William Billings – The Continental Harmony
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Benjamin Carr – The Federal Overture
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Domenico Cimarosa – Il trionfo della fede, sacred oratorio premiered May 3 in Naples
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Muzio Clementi
- Violin Sonata in C major, Op.30
- Flute Sonata in A major, Op.31
- 3 Piano Sonatas, Op. 33
- Piano Trio, WO 6
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Jan Ladislav Dussek – 12 Leçons progressives
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Anton Eberl – Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 1
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Joseph Eybler
- Christmas Oratorio
- 3 String Quartets, Op. 1
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Lev Gurilyov – Piano Sonata No.1
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Joseph Haydn
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Symphony No. 100 in G major, "Military"
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Symphony No. 101 in D major, "Clock"
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Symphony No. 102 in B-flat major, Hob.I:102
- Divertimento in C major, Hob.IV:1
- Divertimento in G major, Hob.IV:4
- Piano Trios, Op.36
- Piano Trio in G major, Hob.XV:32
- Piano Sonata No. 51 in D major, Hob XVI:51
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Piano Sonata No. 52 in E-flat, Hob XVI:52
- 6 Psalms, Hob.XXIII:suppl.
- 6 English Canzonettas, Hob.XXVIa:25-30
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel – 3 Fugues, Op. 7
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Jean Xavier Lefèvre – Clarinet Concerto No.4 in G minor, IJL 1
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Johann Simon Mayr –
La Passione, oratorio in Italian
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Etienne Nicolas Méhul –
Chant du départ
- F. D Mouchy – La Mort de Louis XVI, Op.3
- William Parkinson – 3 Sonatas for the pianoforte or harpsichord, Op. 1
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William Parsons – The Court Minuets for His Majesty's Birth Day, 1794
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Ignaz Pleyel – 3 Keyboard Trios, B.446-448
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Pierre Rode – Air varié, Op.10
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Antonio Rosetti – Symphony in F major, M.A49/I:25 or 24
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Friedrich Wilhelm Rust – Keyboard Sonata No. 12 in D major, CzaR 11
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Christian Gotthilf Tag – 12 Kurze und leichte Orgelvorspiele, 1 Orgelsinfonie
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Giovanni Battista Viotti – Violin Concerto No.27 in C major
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Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse – Piano Sonatas No. 5-8
Methods and theory writings
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January 6 –
Kašpar Mašek, composer (d. 1873)
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April 7 –
Giovanni Battista Rubini, tenor
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April 9
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May 23 –
Ignaz Moscheles, composer and piano virtuoso (d. 1870)
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August 10 –
Princess Amalie of Saxony, composer (d. 1870)
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September 10 –
François Benoist, organist and composer (d. 1878)
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September 16 –
Wenzel Gährich, composer (died 1864)
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September 29 –
William Michael Rooke, violinist and composer (d. 1849)
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October 4 –
Justina Casagli, operatic soprano
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October 7 –
Wilhelm Müller, lyricist (died 1827)
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October 13 –
Anselm Hüttenbrenner, composer (d. 1868)
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October 18 –
Ferdinand Schubert, Austrian composer (died 1859)
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October 23 –
Joseph Panny, composer and violinist (died
1838)
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October 29 –
William Bingham Tappan, hymnist (died 1849)
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November 3 –
William Cullen Bryant, patron of the arts and poet (died 1878)
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December 6 –
Luigi Lablache, operatic bass
- date unknown
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April 26 –
Johan Foltmar, composer (b. 1714)
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May 6 –
Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier, composer and organist (born 1734)
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July 13 –
Josse-François-Joseph Benaut, composer and musician (born 1741)
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July 17 –
Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, composer (b. 1749) (executed)
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July 22 –
Jean-Benjamin de Laborde, composer (born 1734)
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July 25 –
André Chénier, lyricist (born 1762)
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August 7 –
Edmund Angerer, composer (born 1740)
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August 11 –
Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, German composer (born 1722)
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August 25 –
Leopold August Abel, composer (b. 1717)
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November 9 –
Gregory Skovoroda, poet and composer (b. 1722)
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November 20 –
Mattia Verazi, Italian librettist (born c. 1730)
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November 22 –
Alison Cockburn, lyricist (born 1712)