1810 in music
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This is a list of music-related events in 1810.
Events
- April 27 – Beethoven composes his "Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor" for piano, "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
- 3 Songs, op. 83
- Egmont, op. 84, overture and incidental music
- String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, op. 96
- Friedrich Kuhlau – piano concerto
- Carl Maria von Weber – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 11
Opera
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Mathilde von Guise
- Gioacchino Rossini – La Cambiale di Matrimonio
- Carl Maria von Weber – Silvana
Popular music
- Jesse Mercer – Cluster of Spiritual Songs
Births
- January 20 – Ferdinand David, violinist and composer (died 1873)
- February 22 – Frédéric Chopin, composer, pianist (died 1849)
- February 8 – Norbert Burgmüller, composer (died 1836)
- May 2 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (died 1874)
- June 8 – Robert Schumann, composer (died 1856)
- June 9 – Otto Nicolai, composer and conductor (died 1849)
- August 6 – Giorgio Ronconi, operatic baritone (died 1890)
- September 22 – Paul Barroilhet, operatic baritone (died 1871)
- October 18 – Giovanni Matteo Mario, operatic tenor (died 1883)
- November 7 – Ferenc Erkel, opera composer (died 1893)
- November 16 – Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken, conductor and composer (died 1882)
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)
- November 19 – Jean-Georges Noverre, ballet master (born 1727)
- November 27 – Francesco Bianchi, opera composer (born 1752)
- date unknown – Domenico Fischietti, composer (born 1725)