1818 in music

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Events

• December 24 – "Silent Night" written by Josef Mohr and composed by Franz Xaver Gruber
• December 25 – The first performance of "Silent Night" (Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria).
• Johann Nepomuk Schelble founds the Society of St Cecilia at Frankfurt.

Popular music

• "Silent Night" (words by Joseph Mohr, music by Franz Gruber)
• "Thou Bonnie Wood of Craigielea" (words by Robert Tannahill, music by James Barr)

Classical music

• Schubert – Symphony No. 6

Opera

• Michele Carafa – Berenice in Siria
• Gaetano Donizetti – Enrico, Conte di Borgogna
• Gioacchino Rossini – Mosè in Egitto

Births

• February 6 or August 7– Henry Litolff, keyboard virtuoso and composer (d. 1891)
• March 1 (or 2) – Giulio Briccialdi, composer (d. 1881)
• April 19 – Manuel Saumell, composer (d. 1870)
• June 17 – Charles Gounod, composer (d. 1893)
• July 1 – Henrietta Treffz, operatic mezzo-soprano and first wife of Johann Strauss II (d. 1878)
• September 12 – Theodor Kullak, pianist, composer and music teacher (d. 1882)
• October 15 – Alexander Dreyschock, pianist and composer (d. 1869)
• October 26 – Stefano Golinelli, pianist and composer (d. 1891)

Deaths

• February 1 – Giuseppe Gazzaniga, composer (b. 1743)
• March 20 – Johann Nikolaus Forkel, music theorist (b. 1749)
• March 28 – Antonio Capuzzi, violinist and composer (b. 1755)
• May 7 – Leopold Kozeluch, composer (b. 1747)
• May 18 – Maddalena Laura Sirmen, violinist, singer and composer (b. 1745)
• August 25 – Elizabeth Billington, opera singer (b. 1768)
• December – Mikhail Kerzelli, pianist, violinist and composer (b. c. 1740)
• December 31 – Jean-Pierre Duport, cellist (b. 1741)