1802 in music

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Events

• Johann Nikolaus Forkel publishes his biography, Life of Johann Sebastian Bach.
• Simon Mayr becomes maestro di cappella at Bergamo Cathedral.

Classical music

• Beethoven – Second Symphony
• Beethoven – Septet in E-flat major
• Joseph Haydn – Harmoniemesse, his last major work
• Franz Krommer – Concerto for 2 Clarinets in E flat major

Opera

• Michael Kelly – Urania

Births

• March 3 – Adolphe Nourrit, operatic tenor
• July 12 – Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer
• July 27 – Ida Henriette da Fonseca, alto, composer
• October 7 – Bernhard Molique, composer

Deaths

• April 10 – Charlotte Brent, operatic soprano (b. 1735)
• July 28 – Giuseppe Sarti, composer (b. 1729)
• August 10 – Antonio Lolli, violinist and composer (b. c. 1725)
• August 23 – Corona Schröter, singer (b. 1751)
• October 2 – Giuseppe Millico, castrato singer, composer and music teacher (b. 1737)
• October 22 – Samuel Arnold, composer and organist (b. 1740)