1810 in music

• April 27 - Ludwig van Beethoven composes one of his most popular compositions, the piano piece Für Elise. • Friedrich Kuhlau leaves Hamburg for Copenhagen, to avoid conscription into Napoleon's army. • Work begins on the San Carlo Opera House at Naples. ==Classical music==

• Ludwig van Beethoven • March for Military Band, WoO 20 • Polonaise for Military Band, WoO 21 • Ecossaise for Military Band, WoO 22 • Ecossaise for Military Band, WoO 23 • Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor for piano, "Für Elise", WoO 59 • 25 Irish Songs, WoO 152 • 26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155 • Egmont, Op. 84, overture and incidental music (first performed, composed 1809) • 3 Lieder, Op. 83 • String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, "Serioso", Op. 95 • Piano Sonata #26 (Les Adieux) • Joseph Eybler – Die vier letzen Dinge (oratorio) • Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Flute Sonata in D major, Op. 50 • Friedrich Kuhlau – Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 7 • Etienne Mehul – Symphony No. 4 in E major • Ferdinand Ries • Violin Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 24 • Piano Trio, Op. 28 • Bernard Romberg – Trauer-Symphonie, Op .23 • Louis Spohr • Clarinet Concerto No.2, Op. 57 • Violin Concerto No.10, Op. 62 • Christoph Bernard Verspoell – "Menschen, die ihr wart verloren" • Carl Maria von Weber – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 11 ==Opera==

• Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Mathilde von Guise • Gioacchino Rossini – La Cambiale di Matrimonio • Carl Maria von Weber – Silvana ==Publications==

• Johann Christoph Kuhnau – Die blinden Tonkünstler ==Births==

• February 3 – Ludwig August Frankl, lyricist and poet (died 1894) • February 5 – Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (died 1880) • February 22 – Frédéric Chopin, composer, pianist (died 1849) • February 8 – Norbert Burgmüller, composer (died 1836) • March 15 – Carl Linger (died 1862) • May 2 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (died 1874) • May 5 – Eugène Cormon, librettist (died 1903) • May 18 – Francesco Maria Piave, Italian librettist (died 1876) • May 20 – Sara Augusta Malmborg, singer, pianist and painter (died 1860) • June 7 – Friedrich Julius Hammer, poet and librettist (died 1862) • June 8 – Robert Schumann, composer (died 1856) • June 9 – Otto Nicolai, composer and conductor (died 1849) • June 17 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, lyricist and poet (died 1876) • June 19 – Ferdinand David, editor and musician (died 1873) • August 6 – Giorgio Ronconi, operatic baritone (died 1890) • August 12 – Alfred Novello, music publisher (died 1896) • September 22 – Paul Barroilhet, operatic baritone (died 1871) • October 18 – Giovanni Matteo Mario, operatic tenor (died 1883) • October 24 – Carl Baermann, composer (died 1885) • November 7 – Ferenc Erkel, opera composer (died 1893) • November 16 – Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken, conductor and composer (died 1882) • December 21 - Ludwig Schuncke, German pianist and composer ==Deaths==

• January 7 – Joseph Lipavsky, composer • March 29 – John Garth, composer (born 1721) • April 8 – Venanzio Rauzzini, castrato singer, composer, pianist and teacher (born 1746) • July 19 – Joseph Stephenson, composer of West Gallery music (born 1723) • November 19 – Jean-Georges Noverre, ballet master (born 1727) • November 27 – Francesco Bianchi, opera composer (born 1752) • date unknown • Margaretha Christina Åbergsson, ballet dancer • Anna Davia, opera singer (born 1743) • Domenico Fischietti, composer (born 1725) ==References==