1806 in music

Events

*Carl Czerny publishes his first composition at the age of 15.
*The marimba is described for the first time by Juan Domingo Juarros, a Spanish historian, in his "Compendium of the History of Guatemala".
*Johann Simon Mayr founds a new music school at Bergamo, Italy. Gaetano Donizetti is one of its first pupils.
*Marcussen & Søn, Danish organ-building firm, founded.

Classical Music

*Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 4, Piano Concerto No 4, Violin Concerto, 3 String Quartets, Op 59.
*Johann Nepomuk Hummel - "7 Hungarian Dances"; "12 Minuets"

Births

*January 27 - Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio Arriaga y Balzola, "the Spanish Mozart"
*June 28 - Napoleon Coste
*August 17 - Johann Kaspar Mertz, guitarist and composer
*September 2 - Josef Gusikov, "klezmer" musician
*November 4 - Anders Selinder, dancer and coreographer
*December 4 - Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmuller, composer
*"unknown date"
**Johann Friedrich Kittl, composer
**Henriette Sontag, operatic soprano

Deaths

*January 30 - Vicente Martín y Soler, opera and ballet composer
*February 23 - John Alcock, composer
*March 23 - George Pinto, composer
*August 10 - Michael Haydn, composer
*"date unknown" - Charles le Picq, dancer and choreographer