1790 in music

See also: 1789 in music, other events of 1790, 1791 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven meet for the first time.
• Georg Joseph Vogler brings his invention, the orchestrion, to London.
• Beginnings of the Beijing Opera.
• Prince Anton Esterhazy disbands his father's orchestra.

Opera

• "Der Teufel als Hydraulikus" by Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf
• "Così fan tutte" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the suggestion of the Emperor Joseph II first produced at Vienna in 1790.
• "Nina" by Giovanni Paisiello with libretto by Giambattista Lorenzi

Classical music

• Ludwig van Beethoven – Cantata on the Death of Joseph II
• Johann Ladislaus Dussek – Piano Trio
• Claus Schall – Concerto No. 4 for violin and orchestra in D major

Published popular music

• "Rosy Hannah", song by James Hook

Births

• February 11 – Ignaz Assmayer, composer
• February 16 – Chretien Urhan, composer
• March 15 – Nicola Vaccai, composer
• May 6 – Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer
• June 10 – Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer
• June 21 – Wilhelm Speyer, composer
• October 8 – Waldemar Thrane
• October 10 – George Gerson, composer
• October 30 – Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer

Deaths

• January 6 – Johann Trier, composer
• January 7 – Antonio Corbisiero
• February 14 – Capel Bond, composer
• February 18 – Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer
• February 19 – Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer
• February 21 – Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer
• June 8 – Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer
• July 31 – Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer
• September 3 – Thomas Norris, composer
• December 16 – Ludwig August Lebrun, composer