Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

10 January: JOHAN RUDOLF ZUMSTEEG = German composer and conductor = [died: 1802]
15 January: JEAN FRANÇOIS LESUEUR = French composer = [died: 1837]
19 January: MELCHOR LOPEZ JIMENEZ = Spanish composer = [died: 1822]
30 January: FRANZ XAVER PARTSCH = Czech composer = [died: 1822]
2 March: CHRISTINA CHARLOTTA CEDERSTRÖM = Swedish dilettante artist = [died: 1832]
27 March: ISHMAIL SPICER = American composer = [died: 1832]
12 April: JUAN MANUEL OLIVARES = Venezuelan composer = [died: 1797]
10 May: CLAUDE-JOSEPH ROUGET DE LISLE = French composer of "La Marseillaise" = [died: 1836]
29 May: CHARLOTTE SLOTTSBERG = Swedish ballerina = [died: 1800]
14 June: CANDIDO JOSE RUANO = Spanish composer = [died: 1803]
14 September: LUIGI CHERUBINI = Italian composer = [died: 1842]
21 September: GAETANO VALERI = Italian organist and composer = [died: 1822]
1 October: WILLIAM THOMAS BECKFORD = English composer and author = [died: 1844]
9 November: HENRI-PHILIPPE GERARD = Flemish composer and teacher of singing = [died: 1848]
2 December: JOSEPH GRAETZ = German composer, organist, and music educator = [died: 1826]

Timeline of Events

26 November: JOSEPH HAYDN marries MARIA ANNA KELLER, but he and his wife will live apart for most of their lives.

JOHN NEWTON leaves his job for the church, and begins composing hymns.
Memoirs of the Life of the Late George Frideric Handel, by JOHN MAINWARING, is published anonymously.
JOHN ALCOCK is forced to resign as organist and choirmaster of Lichfield Cathedral.
WILLIAM BOYCE's Eight Symphonies are published by John Walsh (Handel's publisher), having been composed over the previous 21 years as either odes to vocal or stage works or as overtures.
JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH becomes organist of Milan Cathedral.
JOHANN BAPTIST WANHAL is brought to Vienna to receive lessons from CARL DITTERS VON DITTERSDORF.