1811 in music

Events

Ludwig van Beethoven
- Piano Trio No. 7 (the "Archduke")
- Die Ruinen von Athen ("The Ruins of Athens")
Johann Nepomuk Hummel – 12 German Dances and Coda for Redout-Deutsche
Peter Casper Krossing – Symphony in C minor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Giacomo Meyerbeer – Gott und die Natur (oratorio)
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major opus 14<ref>Lance G. Hill, "W.A. Mozart, "Jr." – 2 Delightful Piano Concertos!", Classical Music Chatterbox (Wed Apr 12, 2006; archive from September 28, 2007; retrieved August 25, 2017).</ref>
George Onslow – Duo for Piano 4 hands no 1 in E minor
Ferdinand Ries
- Horn Sonata, Op. 34
- 3 Violin Sonatas, Op. 38
- Piano Concerto No.2, Op. 42
- String Quintet, Op. 68
- Concerto for 2 Horns, WoO 19
Joseph Wölfl – Piano Concerto No. 6 in D major "Le coucou", Op. 49

January 21 – Mademoiselle Ambroisine, ballet dancer (d. 1882)
February 4 – Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, organ builder (d. 1899)
March 13 – Camille-Marie Stamaty, composer and pianist (d. 1870)
March 23 – Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer (d. 1891)
May 22 – Giulia Grisi, operatic soprano (d. 1869)
July 19 – Vincenz Lachner, composer (d. 1893)
August 5 – Ambroise Thomas, opera composer (d. 1896)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
August 25 – August Gottfried Ritter, organist and composer (d. 1885)
August 31 – Adolfina Fägerstedt, ballerina (d. 1902)
September – Charles Frederick Hempel, organist and composer (d. 1867)
September 29 – Adam Darr, guitarist, singer and composer (d. 1866)
October 16 – Gaetano Capocci, conductor and composer (d. 1898)
October 22 – Franz Liszt, pianist and composer (d. 1886)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
October 24 – Ferdinand Hiller, pianist, composer and conductor (d. 1885)
November 11 – François Delsarte, operatic tenor and singing teacher (d. 1871)
November 26 – Franz Brendel, music critic (d. 1868)
December 8 – Louis Schindelmeisser, clarinettist, conductor and composer (d. 1864)
December 23 – Yevdokiya Rostopchina, lyricist and noble (died 1858)
undated – Francis Hartwell Henslowe, public servant and composer (died 1878)
probable – James Hill, folk musician (d. 1853)

February 27 – Joseph Leutgeb, horn virtuoso, 78<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
March 19 – František Adam Míča, composer, 65
April 15 – Ernest Louis Muller, composer
May 12 – Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer and cellist, 72
July 13 – Pierre Laujon, chansonnier (b. 1727)
July 19 – Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
August 18 – Johann Heinrich Zang, composer
August 20 – Dorothea Wendling, operatic soprano, 75
September 6
- Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer
- Ignaz Fränzl, violinist and composer, 75<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
September 14 – Johanna Löfblad, actress and singer (b. 1733)
13 October – Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer
December 7 – Ignaz Spangler, composer
date unknown
- John Antes, composer, 71<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Barbara Ployer, pianist (b. 1765)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny, composer
- Sir Peter Beckford, English peerage, patron of Muzio Clementi, 70<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Thomas Ebdon, composer and organist (b. 1738)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>