1797 in music

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See also: 1796 in music, other events of 1797, 1798 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents 1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Classical music 4 Opera 5 Births 6 Deaths

Events

Published popular music

Classical music

• Piano sonata, Opus 7, in E-flat, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Quartet for Strings, op. 1, by Hyacinthe Jadin
• Concerto for Violin no 22 in A minor -Giovanni Battista Viotti

Opera

• Médée first performed in Paris. Music by Luigi Cherubini and libretto by Francois-Benoit Hoffman.

Births

• January 31 - Franz Schubert
• November 29 - Gaetano Donizetti
• December 26 - Hans Skramstad

Deaths

• February 2 - Pasquale Anfossi, composer
• date unknown - Antoine Dauvergne, violinist and composer