30 March:JOHANN WILHELM WILMS = Dutch-German composer = [died: 1847]
25 April:LOUIS DELAND = Swedish actor, singer and dancer = [died: 1823]
1 May:JACQUES-MICHEL HUREL DE LAMARE = French cellist = [died: 1823]
3 September:NICOLA TACCHINARDI = Italian cellist and operatic tenor = [died: 1859]
4 October:FRANCOIS-LOUIS PERNE = French composer = [died: 1832]
date unknown:
FRANZ CRAMER = English violinist = [died: 1848]
CYRILL DEMIAN = Austrian-Armenian piano and organ maker = [died: 1847]
Timeline of Events
2 January: The funeral of Sigismund von Schrattenbach, Archbishop of Salzburg, is the occasion for the first performance of MICHAEL HAYDN'sMissa pro defunctis Archespiscopo.
13 March:FLORIAN LEOPOLD GASSMANN replaces GEORG REUTTER II as Hofkapellmeister to the court of Emperor Joseph II in Vienna.
5 June:CARL DITTERS VON DITTERSDORF is ennobled by Empress Maria Theresa.
Undated:
CARL STAMITZ is resident composer at Versailles.
DR CHARLES BURNEY visits JOHANN BAPTIST WANHAL in Vienna.
IGNAZ PLEYEL becomes a pupil of JOSEPH HAYDN.
Popular Music
"Auld Robin Gray" by Rev. WILLIAM LEEVES & Lady ANNE BARNARD
Classical Music
JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
Symphonie Concertante in G C32
JOSEPH HAYDN
Symphonies 44 "Trauer" and 45 "Farewell"
String Quartets, Op. 20
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Divertimenti K. 136-138 "Salzburg Symphonies"
ANDREA LUCHESI
6 Sonatas for harpsichord and violin Op.1
GIOVANNI PAISIELLO
Requiem for Gennara di Borbone
Opera
PASQUALE ANFOSSI
Alessandro nelle Indie
JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
Endimione
Temistocle
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Il sogno di Scipione
Lucio Silla
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Mark Chard BSc, PLY
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Last edited: 2nd June 2023