Mark's Music Circus
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Music Events of
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Births

20 January: JÉRÔME-JOSEPH DE MOMIGNY = Belgian/French composer = [died: 1842]
19 February: FRIEDRICH FRANZ HURKA = Bohemian opera singer and composer = [died: 1805]
13 March: ANINE FRÖLICH = Danish ballet dancer = [died: 1784]
24 March: MARCOS ANTONIO DA FONSECA = Portuguese opera composer = [died: 1830]
25 March: FRANCESCO GIUSEPPI POLLINI = Italian composer = [died: 1846]
4 April: STEPHEN STORACE = English composer = [died: 1796]
13 April: KARL FRIEDRICH HORN = German-born English composer = [died: 1830]
24 June: JOHANN PAUL WESSELY = Bohemian composer = [died: 1810]
4 July: MARCO SANTUCCI = Italian composer = [died: 1843]
20 July: JAKOB HAIBEL = Austrian composer, operatic tenor and choirmaster = [died: 1843]
10 August: SANTIAGO FERRER = Spanish composer = [died: 1824]
15 October: SAMUEL ADAMS HOLYOKE = American composer = [died: 1820]
26 December: FRANZ WILHELM TAUSCH = German clarinetist, teacher and composer = [died: 1817]

GIOVANNA BASSI = Italian ballet dancer = [died: 1834]
CHRISTINA FREDENHEIM = Swedish singer and member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music = [died: 1841]

Timeline of Events

JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH composing for the King's Theatre in London; here he meets CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL for the first time.
MICHAEL HAYDN moves to Salzburg, to become Konzertmeister to the Archbishop.
Death of Le Riche de La Pouplinière, patron of JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU, JOHANN STAMITZ and FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH GOSSEC.
ANTONIO SOLER publishes his treatise on modulation: Llave de la modulación.
The first public concert with a glass harmonica is performed by MARIANNE DAVIES.