1791 in music

See also: 1790 in music, other events of 1791, 1792 in music, list of years in music.

Events

Classical music

• Franz Anton Hoffmeister – String Quartet in F
• Franz Xaver Süssmayer – Concerto Movement in D major for Basset Horn

Opera

• Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) first performed in Vienna. Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Emanuel Schikander.
• Lodoïska by Luigi Cherubini
• The Woodman by William Shield

Births

• February 20 – Carl Czerny
• May 29 – Pietro Romani
• September 5 – Giacomo Meyerbeer
• October 31 – Ferdinand Huber

Deaths

• March 9 – Nicolas Prosper Levasseur, operatic bass
• December 5 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart