1794 in music

Events[]

• Joseph Haydn begins his second visit to London^{[citation needed]}
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf is expelled from the palace in Johannesberg after a dispute with his patron Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch ending nearly a quarter of a century in his service there.^{[citation needed]}

Classical music[]

• Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio No. 1 in E-flat major
• William Billings – The Continental Harmony
• Benjamin Carr – The Federal Overture
• Muzio Clementi – 3 Piano Sonatas, Op. 33
• Jan Ladislav Dussek – 12 Leçons progressives
• Anton Eberl – Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 1
• Joseph Eybler
  • Christmas Oratorio
  • 3 String Quartets, Op. 1
• Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 100 in G major, "Military"
  • Symphony No. 101 in D major, "Clock"
  • Divertimento in C major, Hob.IV:1
  • Divertimento in G major, Hob.IV:4
  • Piano Trios, Op.36
  • Piano Sonata No. 51 in D major, Hob XVI:51
  • Piano Sonata No. 52 in E-flat, Hob XVI:52
  • 6 Psalms, Hob.XXIII:suppl.
  • 6 English Canzonettas, Hob.XXVIa:25-30
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel – 3 Fugues, Op. 7
• Jean Xavier Lefèvre – Clarinet Concerto No.4 in G minor, IJL 1
• Etienne Nicolas Méhul – Chant du départ
• William Parkinson – 3 Sonatas for the pianoforte or harpsichord, Op. 1
• William Parsons – The Court Minuets for His Majesty's Birth Day, 1794
• Ignaz Pleyel – 3 Keyboard Trios, B.446-448
• Antonio Rosetti – Symphony in F major, M.A49/I:25 or 24
• Friedrich Wilhelm Rust – Keyboard Sonata No. 12 in D major, CzaR 11
• – 12 Kurze und leichte Orgelvorspiele, 1 Orgelsinfonie
• Giovanni Battista Viotti – Violin Concerto No.27 in C major

Opera[]

• Luigi Cherubini – Eliza
• Domenico Cimarosa
  • Le astuzie femminili
  • Penelope
• Francois-Joseph Gossec – Le triomphe de la République, RH 618 (divertissement)
• Friedrich Heinrich Himmel – Il primo navigatore
• Johann Simon Mayr – Saffo
• Étienne Méhul – Horatius Coclès, Mélidore et Phrosine
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Das Gespenst mit der Trommel

Methods and theory writings[]

• Matthew Camidge – Instructions, 8 Sonatinas, and Useful Preludes
• Francois Devienne – Nouvelle méthode théorique et pratique pour la flûte
• Anton Joseph Hampel – Méthode pour Cor

Births[]

• January 6 – Kašpar Mašek, composer (d. 1873)
• April 7 – Giovanni Battista Rubini, tenor
• April 9 – Theobald Boehm, composer and flautist (died 1881)
• 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)
• October 18 – Ferdinand Schubert, Austrian composer (died 1859)
• October 23 – Joseph Panny, composer and violinist (died 1838)
• November 3 – William Cullen Bryant, patron of the arts and poet (died 1878)
• December 6 – Luigi Lablache, operatic bass

Deaths[]

• April 26 – Johan Foltmar, composer (b. 1714)
• May 6 – Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier, composer and organist (born 1734)
• July 13 – Josse-François-Joseph Benaut, composer and musician (born 1741)
• July 17 – Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, composer (b. 1749) (executed)
• August 11 – Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, German composer (born 1722)
• August 25 – Leopold August Abel, composer (b. 1717)
• November 9 – Gregory Skovoroda, poet and composer (b. 1722)
• November 20 – Mattia Verazi, Italian librettist (born c. 1730)