1814 in music

See also: 1813 in music, other events of 1814, 1815 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• Invention of the metronome by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel

Classical Music

• Nocturnes - John Field

Opera

• Fidelio - Ludwig van Beethoven (Vienna)

Births

• April 21 - Beni Egressy
• November 6 - Adolphe Sax

Deaths

• April 12 - Charles Burney, English music historian
• June 27 - Johann Friedrich Reichardt
• unknown date Georg Volger, German music teacher