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Mozart and his friends perform for Haydn the Mozart quartets inspired by Haydn's 'Russian' quartets (op.33), which on publication are dedicated to him
Mozart's Marriage of Figaro premieres in Vienna and then has a huge success in Prague
The emperor Joseph II is reported to have told Mozart that his opera The Marriage of Figaro has 'too many notes'
Mozart's opera Don Giovanni has its premiere in Prague
Mozart's opera Così fan Tutte has its premiere in Vienna, in the court theatre of Joseph II
Joseph Haydn sets off for England, where impresario Johann Peter Salomon presents his London symphonies
A stranger arrives in Vienna with a mysterious commission for Mozart to write a requiem mass, just months before the composer's death
Mozart's opera The Magic Flute has its premiere in Vienna in a popular theatre run by the librettist, Emanuel Shikaneder
Mozart dies, at the age of just 35, leaving his Requiem unfinished
A French officer, Rouget de Lisle, writes a stirring anthem for France, soon to be known as the Marseillaise
Beethoven leaves Bonn and goes to Vienna to study composition with Haydn
Virtuoso violinist Nicolo Paganini gives his first public performances, in churches in his native Genoa
Beethoven makes his first public appearance in Vienna as a pianist, playing either his first or second piano concerto
Haydn's oratorio The Creation has its first public performance in Vienna, in the Burgtheater
Beethoven seeks medical advice for a very alarming condition, an increasing deafness
Nelson and the Hamiltons visit Haydn, who composes a cantata on the Battle of the Nile for Emma Hamilton to sing
At Heiligenstadt, near Vienna, Beethoven writes a letter, to be read only after his death, confronting the tragedy of his inexorable decline into deafness
Beethoven changes the dedication of his third symphony on hearing that his hero, Napoleon, has made himself an emperor
The first version of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, is performed in Vienna under the title Leonore
Beethoven's sixth symphony (the Pastoral) has its first performance in Vienna
Beethoven's Mass in D (the Missa Solemnis) has its first performance in Vienna, though still incomplete
The final version of Beethoven's opera Fidelio has its premiere in Vienna
Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville has its premiere in Rome
Carl Maria von Weber's opera Der Freischutz has its premiere in Berlin
Austrian composer Franz Schubert begins, but never completes, the great work now known as his 'Unifinished' symphony (no 8.in B minor)
