Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 9 February:   DANIEL BELKNAP = American composer = [died: 1815]
• 24 February:   JOHANN BAPTIST CRAMER = English pianist of German origin = [died: 1858]
• 21 March:   THOMAS JOHN DIBDIN = English dramatist and songwriter = [died: 1841]
• 17 September:   JOHANN AUGUST APEL = German librettist = [died: 1816]
• 1 October:   PIERRE BAILLOT = French violinist and composer = [died: 1842]
• 29 October:   ANNA LEONORE KÖNIG = Swedish member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music = [died: 1854]
• 17 November:   JONATHAN HUNTINGTON = American composer = [died: 1838]


• date unknown:
• MARIE ANTOINETTE PETERSÉN = Swedish singer and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music = [died: 1855]

Timeline of Events

• Undated:
• Foundation of the Royal Theatre Ballet School in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• The CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES is appointed maestro of the Concert des Amateurs in Paris.
• CARL DITTERS VON DITTERSDORF becomes Hoffkomponist (court composer) to Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch, Prince-Bishop of Breslau, at château Jánský Vrch (Johannesberg) in Javorník.

Classical Music

• LUIGI BOCCHERINI
• String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275) (with the famous minuet)
• Symphony in D major, Op. 12 no 1/G 503
• Symphony in E flat major, Op. 12 no 2/G 504
• Symphony in C major, Op. 12 no 3/G 505
• WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
• Symphonies no 12, 13 and 14
• JOSEF MYSLIVEČEK
• Veni sponsa Christi

Opera

• PASQUALE ANFOSSI
• Quinto Fabio; Lucio Papirio; I visionari
• ANDRÉ GRÉTRY
• Zémire et Azor
• JOHANN ADOLPH HASSE
• Ruggiero
• GIOVANNI PAISIELLO
• Annibale in Torino
• ANTONIO SALIERI
• Armida