Overview of the events of 1797 in music
Events
Classical music
- Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier – Victoire de l’armée d’Italie
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Jan Ladislav Dussek
- Grand Duo, Op. 32
- 2 Harp Sonatas, Op. 34
- Piano Trio, Op. 37
- Duet for Harp and Piano, Op. 38
- La Consolation, Op. 62
- Anton Eberl – 2 Sonatas for Keyboard 4-Hands, Op. 7
- Joseph Haydn
- Michael Haydn – 4 Sonatas for Violin and Viola
- James Hewitt – Piano Sonata in D major 'The Battle of Trenton'
- James Hook – 6 Trios, Op. 83
- Hyacinthe Jadin
- Quartet for Strings, Op. 1
- 3 String Trios, Op. 2
- 3 Sonatas, Op. 3
- Ignaz Pleyel – Concerto in C major, B.106
- Carl Leopold Röllig – Kleine und leichte Tonstücke für die Orphica
- Giovanni Battista Viotti – Concerto for Violin No. 22 in A minor
- Paul Wranitzky – Symphony in C minor, Op. 31 "La paix"
Opera
Methods and theory writings
Births
- January 10 – Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German composer (died 1848)
- January 31 – Franz Schubert, composer (d. 1828)
- February 22 – Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, German-American piano manufacturer (d. 1871)
- March 6 – Dr. Gerrit Smith, dedicatee and abolitionist (died 1874)
- May 6 – Joseph Brackett, American songwriter (died 1882)
- May 22 – Eleonora Zrza, Danish opera soprano (d. 1862)
- May 30 – Johann Christian Lobe, German composer (died 1881)
- August 5 – Friedrich August Kummer, composer and musician (died 1879)
- August 10 – Guillaume Louis Cottrau, composer and publisher (died 1847)
- September 7 – Per Erik Wallqvist, Ballet master (d. 1855)
- October 26 – Giuditta Pasta, operatic soprano (d. 1865)
- November 29 – Gaetano Donizetti, composer (d. 1848)
- December 13 – Heinrich Heine, librettist and poet (died 1856)
Deaths
- February 2 – Pasquale Anfossi, composer (born 1727)
- February 8 – Johann Friedrich Doles, composer (born 1715)
- February 11 – Antoine Dauvergne, violinist and composer (born 1713)
- March 19 – Philip Hayes, organist, singer, conductor and composer (born 1738)
- April 12 – Josef Antonín Štěpán, Bohemian composer (born 1726)
- May 17 – Michel-Jean Sedaine, librettist and writer (born 1719)
- May 28 – Anton Raaff, operatic tenor (born 1714)
- August 25 – Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray, librettist and novelist (born 1760)
- September 3 – Josina van Aerssen, composer and painter (born 1733)
- September 11 – Pierre Jélyotte, operatic tenor (born 1713)
- November 21 – Pietro Pompeo Sales, Italian composer (born 1729)
