Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

11 February: IGNAZ ASSMAYER = Austrian composer of liturgical music = [died: 1862]
16 February: CHRETIEN URHAN = French violinist, organist, composer and player of the viola and the viola d'amore = [died: 1845]
15 March: NICOLA VACCAI = Italian composer, particularly of operas, and a singing teacher = [died: 1848]
23 July: ANNA SOFIA SEVELIN = Swedish opera singer (alto) = [died: 1871]
10 October: GEORG GERSON = Danish composer and banker, most of his works are orchestral = [died: 1825]
17 October: AUGUST FERDINAND ANACKER = German composer = [died: 1854]
30 October: KAROL LIPIŃSKI = Polish virtuoso violinist and composer = [died: 1861]
7 November: LUIGI LEGNANI = Italian guitarist, singer, composer and luthier = [died: 1877]
11 November: JOSEPH KREUTZER = German violinist, composer, and conductor. His compositions consisted mostly of chamber music and instructive pieces for bowed strings and guitar = [died: 1840]

GHANAM KRISHNA IYER = composer of Carnatic music and was famous for his padams = [died: 1854]

Timeline of Musical Events

21 January: MOZART holds a rehearsal of his new opera, Cosi fan Tutte, in the presence of his friends JOSEPH HAYDN and MICHAEL PUCHBERG.

JOSEPH HAYDN and LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN meet for the first time.
GEORG JOSEPH VOGLER brings his invention, the orchestrion, to London.
Beginnings of the Beijing Opera.
Following the death of Prince NIKOLAUS ESTERHÁZY, his son disbands the orchestra and the players disperse.
AUGUST DURANOWSKI becomes leader of the Brussels opera orchestra.