Musicians Born in 1805

  • Jan 4 Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, British born composer who worked in Australia (Australia's 1st opera), born in Sidmouth England (d. 1888) (or born 4 Feb 1806)
  • Feb 4 Andreas Henkel, German organist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Fulda, Nassau-Orange-Fulda, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1871)
  • Mar 5 Theodore Labarre, French composer and harpist, born in Paris, France (d. 1870)
  • Mar 30 Adrien de La Fage, French composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1862)
  • May 14 Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, Danish Romantic composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1900)
  • Jun 8 Luigi Ricci, Italian composer, born in Naples, KIngdom of Naples (d. 1859)
  • Jun 21 Karl Friedrich Curschmann, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1841)
  • Jun 27 Stephen Elvey, British organist and choir master (New College, Oxford 1830 -60), and hymn composer, born in Canterbury, Kent, England (d. 1860)
  • Jul 9 Henry John Gauntlett, English organist and composer, born in Wellington, Shropshire (d. 1876)
  • Oct 28 John Thomson, Scottish composer, born in Sprouston, Scotland (d. 1841)
  • Nov 1 Alessandro Nini, Italian composer, born in Fano, Marche, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1880)
  • Nov 14 Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, German composer, born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1847)
  • Dec 26 Joseph Léon Gatayes, French harpist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1877)
  • Dec 28 Tomás Genovés y Lapetra Spanish opera and zarzuela composer (The Abduction), born in Zaragoza, Spain (d. 1861)