1814 in music

Events

 * Invention of the metronome by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel
 * February 27 – Première of Beethoven's Eighth Symphony in Vienna
 * September 14 – Francis Scott Key, inspired by the sight of the American flag over Fort McHenry, writes the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner".
 * November – Romani composer János Bihari plays to the court during the Congress of Vienna.

Classical music

 * Ludwig van Beethoven
 * Polonaise in C major, Op. 89
 * Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
 * Merkenstein, Op. 100
 * Overture in C major, Op. 115
 * Elegischer Gesang, Op. 118
 * Der glorreiche Augenblick, Op. 136 (Cantata)
 * Germania, WoO 94
 * Chorus for the Allied Princes, WoO 95
 * Abschiedsgesang, WoO 102
 * Des Krieger's Abschied, WoO 143
 * Merkenstein, WoO 144
 * Resignation, WoO 149
 * 20 Irish Songs, WoO 153
 * Johann Ludwig Böhner – Fantaisie and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 21
 * Luigi Cherubini – String Quartet No.1
 * Franz Danzi – Horn Sonata, Op. 44
 * Anton Diabelli – 30 Sehr leichte übungsstücke, Op. 39
 * Friedrich Ernst Fesca – 3 String Quartets, Op. 1
 * John Field
 * Piano Concerto No.4, H 28
 * Nocturnes Nos. 1, 2, and 3 for piano
 * Mauro Giuliani – 6 Variations on 'I bin a Kohlbauern Bub', Op. 49
 * Johann Nepomuk Hummel
 * Serenade No.1, Op. 63
 * Piano Trio in G major, Op. 65
 * Serenade No.2, Op. 66
 * Piano Concerto No.4, Op. 110
 * 6 Polonaises for piano
 * Franz Krommer – Concerto No.2 for 2 Clarinets, Op.91
 * Nikolaus von Krufft – Sonata for Horn and Piano
 * Friedrich Kuhlau – Rondo, WoO 203
 * Ferdinand Ries
 * Symphony No. 2 in C minor, op. 80
 * Symphony No.5, Op. 112 (premiered Feb. 14 in London)
 * Sextet, Op. 142
 * 3 Flute Quartets, Op. 145
 * Sonate sentimentale, Op. 169
 * Franz Schubert
 * String Quartet No.7, D.94
 * Trost: an Elisa, D.97
 * Die Betende, D. 102
 * String Quartet Movement, D. 103
 * Die Befreier Europas in Paris, D. 104
 * Mass No.1, D. 105
 * Wer ist gross?, D.110
 * String Quartet No.8, D. 112
 * An Emma, D. 113
 * Der Geistertanz, D. 116
 * Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118
 * Schäfers Klagelied, D. 121
 * Am See, D.124
 * Symphony No.2, D.125
 * Ballade, D. 134
 * Tantum ergo, D. 739
 * Louis Spohr
 * Violin Concerto No. 7 in E minor, Op. 38
 * Das befreite Deutschland (cantata), WoO 64
 * Carl Maria von Weber – Piano Sonata No.2 in A-flat major, Op. 39
 * Johann Wilhelm Wilms – Wilhelmus van Nassauwe, Op.37

Opera

 * Ludwig van Beethoven – Fidelio (Vienna, 3rd version)
 * Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Die Eselshaut, S.101
 * Friedrich Kuhlau – Røverborgen (The Robbers' Castle)
 * Giovanni Pacini – La ballerina raggiratrice
 * Gioacchino Rossini
 * Il Turco in Italia
 * Sigismondo, premiered Dec. 26 in Venice.
 * Franz Schubert – Des Teufels Lustschloss, D.84

Popular music

 * "All the World's in Paris" by Joseph Grimaldi
 * "Sadak and Kalasrade, or the Waters of Oblivion" by Henry Bishop
 * "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key

Publications

 * Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch – Gesanglehre
 * Anton Reicha – Traité de mélodie

Births

 * January – Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, violinist and composer (died 1865)
 * January 26 – Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis II, organist, composer and teacher, the first Canadian to study music in Europe (died 1871)
 * February 21
 * Nicolò Gabrielli, opera composer (died 1891)
 * Franz Hoffmann, publisher (died 1882)
 * February 26 – Giuseppe Lillo, opera composer (died 1863)
 * March 3 – Charles Kensington Salaman, pianist and composer (died 1901)
 * April 9 – Félix Battanchon, composer and cellist (died 1893)
 * April 21 – Béni Egressy, composer and librettist (died 1851)
 * May 1 – Emma Albertazzi, contralto (died 1847)
 * May 7 – Henriette Hansen, Norwegian ballerina, singer and actor (died 1892)
 * May 9 – John Brougham, lyricist and librettist (died 1880)
 * May 10 – Stanislas Verroust, oboist and composer (died 1863)
 * May 12 – Adolf von Henselt, pianist and composer (died 1889)
 * May 25 – William H. C. Hosmer, lyricist (died 1877)
 * June 14 – Alexander John Ellis, musicologist (died 1890)
 * July 2 – Thérèse Wartel, pianist and composer (died 1865)
 * July 15 – Edward Caswall, hymnist (died 1878)
 * October 28 – Annette Julie Nicolò-Isouard, composer (died 1876)
 * November 6 – Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone (died 1894)
 * December 19 – Robert Campbell, hymnist (died 1868)

Deaths

 * January 4 – Johann Georg Jacobi, lyricist and poet (born 1740)
 * February 3 – Jan Antonín Koželuh, composer (born 1738)
 * April 12 – Charles Burney, English music historian (born 1726)
 * April 15 – Karl Alois, dedicatee and patron (born 1761)
 * April 30 – Joseph Harris, composer and organist (born 1745)
 * May 6 – Georg Joseph Vogler, organist, composer and music theorist (born 1749)
 * June 8 – Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer (born 1765)
 * June 19 – Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda, musician (born 1745)
 * June 27 – Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer and music critic (born 1752)
 * July 14 – Giovanna Sestini, opera singer (b. ca 174)
 * July 25
 * Charles Dibdin, musician, songwriter, author of A Musical Tour through England (born c. 1745)
 * Franz Xaver Huber, librettist (born 1755)
 * August 19 – Angelo Tarchi, opera composer (born c. 1760)
 * September 1 – Erik Tulindberg, first Finnish classical composer of note (born 1761)