Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 29 January:   DANIEL AUBER = French composer = [died: 1871]
• 14 April:   CARLO COCCIA = Italian opera composer = [died: 1873]
• 26 July:   JOHN FIELD = Irish pianist, composer and teacher = [died: 1837]
• 26 September:   JACQUES-FEREOL MAZAS = French composer, conductor, violinist, and pedagogue = [died: 1849]
• 27 October:   NICCOLÒ PAGANINI = Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer = [died: 1840]

Timeline of Events

• 17 March: Violinist GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI makes his début at the Concert Spirituel in Paris.
• 4 August: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART marries CONSTANZE WEBER.


• Undated:
• WILLIAM SHIELD is appointed resident composer to Covent Garden.
• ANTOINE BOURNONVILLE and his sister JULIE ALIX DE LA FAY join the Royal Swedish Ballet at Stockholm.

Published Popular Music

• ROBERT BURNS = John Barleycorn (original version from 16th century)

Classical Music

• LUIGI BOCCHERINI:
• Symphony in D major, Op. 35 no 1/G 509
• Symphony in E flat major, Op 35 no 2/G 510
• Symphony in A major, Op. 35 no 3/G 511
• Symphony in F major, Op. 35 no 4/G 512
• Symphony in E flat major, Op. 35 no 5/G 513
• JOSEPH HAYDN:
• Symphony No. 73 in D "La chasse"
• WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:
• String Quartet in G, K. 387
• Symphony No. 35 in D "Haffner"
• GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI:
• Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, G 44

Opera

• GIUSEPPE MARIA CAMBINI:
• Alcide
• FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH GOSSEC:
• Thésée
• JOSEPH HAYDN:
• Orlando paladino
• WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:
• Die Entführung aus dem Serail ("Il Seraglio")
• GIOVANNI PAISIELLO:
• Il barbiere di Siviglia