1810 in music

This is a list of music-related events in 1810.

Events

 * April 27 - Ludwig van Beethoven composed one of his most popular compositions piano piece 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
 * March for Military Band, WoO 20
 * Polonaise for Military Band, WoO 21
 * Ecossaise for Military Band, WoO 22
 * Ecossaise for Military Band, WoO 23
 * Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor for piano, "Für Elise", WoO 59
 * 25 Irish Songs, WoO 152
 * 26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155
 * Egmont, Op. 84, overture and incidental music (first performed, composed 1809)
 * 3 Lieder, Op. 83
 * String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, "Serioso", Op. 95
 * Piano Sonata #26 (Les Adieux)
 * Joseph Eybler – Die vier letzen Dinge (oratorio)
 * Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Flute Sonata in D major, Op. 50
 * Friedrich Kuhlau – Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 7
 * Etienne Mehul – Symphony No. 4 in E major
 * Ferdinand Ries
 * Violin Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 24
 * Piano Trio, Op. 28
 * Bernard Romberg – Trauer-Symphonie, Op .23
 * Louis Spohr
 * Clarinet Concerto No.2, Op. 57
 * Violin Concerto No.10, Op. 62
 * Christoph Bernard Verspoell – "Menschen, die ihr wart verloren"
 * Carl Maria von Weber – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 11

Opera

 * Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Mathilde von Guise
 * Gioacchino Rossini – La Cambiale di Matrimonio
 * Carl Maria von Weber – Silvana

Publications

 * Johann Christoph Kuhnau – Die blinden Tonkünstler

Births

 * February 3 – Ludwig August Frankl, lyricist and poet (died 1894)
 * February 5 – Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (died 1880)
 * February 22 – Frédéric Chopin, composer, pianist (died 1849)
 * February 8 – Norbert Burgmüller, composer (died 1836)
 * March 15 – Carl Linger (died 1862)
 * May 2 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (died 1874)
 * May 5 – Eugène Cormon, librettist (died 1903)
 * May 18 – Francesco Maria Piave, Italian librettist (died 1876)
 * May 20 – Sara Augusta Malmborg, singer, pianist and painter (died 1860)
 * June 7 – Friedrich Julius Hammer, poet and librettist (died 1862)
 * June 8 – Robert Schumann, composer (died 1856)
 * June 9 – Otto Nicolai, composer and conductor (died 1849)
 * June 17 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, lyricist and poet (died 1876)
 * June 19 – Ferdinand David, editor and musician (died 1873)
 * August 6 – Giorgio Ronconi, operatic baritone (died 1890)
 * August 12 – Alfred Novello, music publisher (died 1896)
 * September 22 – Paul Barroilhet, operatic baritone (died 1871)
 * October 18 – Giovanni Matteo Mario, operatic tenor (died 1883)
 * October 24 – Carl Baermann, composer (died 1885)
 * 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)
 * July 19 – Joseph Stephenson, composer of West Gallery music (born 1723)
 * November 19 – Jean-Georges Noverre, ballet master (born 1727)
 * November 27 – Francesco Bianchi, opera composer (born 1752)
 * date unknown
 * Margaretha Christina Åbergsson, ballet dancer
 * Anna Davia, opera singer (born 1743)
 * Domenico Fischietti, composer (born 1725)