Events

January 12 – Domenico Cimarosa is buried at Chiesa di Sant’Angelo, Venice, with a requiem mass performed by local musicians.^[1]
March 28 – Ludwig van Beethoven's ballet The Creatures of Prometheus (Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus) premières in Vienna's Burgtheater.
April 12 – Théâtre Feydeau in Paris closes down as a result of its director's other commitments.^[1]
April 21 – The Teatro Nuovo in Trieste is inaugurated with a performance of Johann Simon Mayr's Ginevra di Scozia.
April 24 – Joseph Haydn's oratorio The Seasons is premièred as Die Jahreszeiten in Vienna for its aristocratic patrons at the Palais Schwarzenberg; it has its public première on May 19 at the Redoutensaal.^[2]
December 27 – Nineteen-year-old Niccolò Paganini becomes first violin of Lucca's national orchestra.^[1]
Publication of Introduction to the Art of Playing on the Piano Forte by Muzio Clementi in London.
Probable publication of A Favorite Collection of Tunes with Variations Adapted for the Northumberland Small Pipes, Violin, or Flute by William Wright in Newcastle upon Tyne with contributions by John Peacock (piper).

Published popular music

Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Baptist Cramer – Piano Sonatas, Op. 25
Jan Ladislav Dussek
- Two Piano Sonatas C.184-5^[1]
- Piano Concerto, Op. 49
John Field – Three Piano Sonatas Op. 1^[1]
Franz Joseph Haydn
- Mass in B-flat major, Hob.XXII:13
- The Spirit's Song, Hob.XXVIa:41
Franz Krommer – 3 String Quartets, Op. 19
John Marsh – Symphony no. 30 in E minor^[4]
Pavel Vranický – Ballet Das Urteil des Paris^[5]
Johann Baptist Wanhal – Clarinet Sonata in C major
Joseph Woelfl – Duet for Cello and Piano, Op. 31
Anton Wranitzky – 3 String Quintets, Op. 8
Carl Friedrich Zelter – 12 Lieder am Clavier zu singen, Z.122

Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen – Anleitung zum Harfenspiel
André Ernest Modeste Grétry – Méthode simple pour apprendre à préluder (Paris: l'imprimerie de la République)
Johann Christian Kittel – Der angehende praktische Organist (Erfurt: Beyer und Maring)
Giovanni Punto – Étude ou Exercice Journalier (Offenbach: Johann André)
Karl Zelter – Karl Friedrich Christian Fasch (Berlin: Johann Friedrich Unger)