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Events

  • March 28 – Mozart returns to Salzburg from a tour of Italy but is back in Milan for the premiere of his opera Ascanio in Alba on October 17.
  • 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.
  • Probable – 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

  • Carl Friedrich Abel
  • 6 Trio Sonatas, WK 86-91 Op. 9
  • 6 Easy Sonatas, WK 141–146
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • 6 Harpsichord Concertos, Wq.43
  • Ich will dem Herrn lobsingen
  • Luigi Boccherini
  • Cello Sonata in A major, G.4
  • 6 String Quintets, G.265-270, Op. 10
  • 6 String Quintets Op. 11 (with the famous minuet, No. 5 (G 275))
  • 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
  • František Xaver Brixi – Pastorella in C major for organ
  • Muzio Clementi – 6 Piano Sonatas, Op. 1
  • Ernst Eichner
  • 3 Harpsichord Trios, Op. 3
  • Harp Concerto in D major, Op. 9
  • Baldassare Galuppi
  • Confitebor tibi Domine in G major
  • Jephte et Helcana (oratorio)
  • Tommaso Giordani – 6 Harpsichord Quintets, Op. 1
  • Joseph Haydn
  • Baryton Trio in A major, Hob.XI:7
  • Baryton Trio in A major, Hob.XI:9
  • Baryton Trio in B minor, Hob.XI:96
  • Piano Sonata in C minor Hob. XVI:20
  • Keyboard Concerto in C major, Hob.XVIII:10
  • Symphony No. 42
  • Symphony No. 43
  • James Hook – 6 Keyboard Concertos, Op. 1
  • Thomas Linley Jr – Violin Concerto in F major
  • Leopold Mozart – Missa brevis in C major (formerly attributed to W.A. Mozart as K. 115)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Aria for soprano and orchestra, “Non curo l’affetto”, K. 74b
  • Symphony No. 12
  • Symphony No. 13
  • Symphony No. 14
  • Symphony in F, “No. 42”, K. 75/75
  • Symphony No. 46 in C major, K.96/111b
  • Symphony No. 50 in D major, K.161/141a
  • Divertimento No. 1 in E-flat major, K. 113
  • Regina coeli for soprano, chorus and orchestra in C major, K. 108/74d
  • Litaniae Lauretanae in B-flat major, K. 109/74e
  • Betulia liberata, oratorio K. 118/74c
  • Johann Gottfried Müthel – Keyboard Duet in E-flat major
  • Josef Mysliveček – Veni sponsa Christi
  • Johann Gottfried Wilhelm Palschau – Harpsichord Concertos No.1-2
  • Niccolo Piccinni – Le finte gemelle, intermezzo premiered Jan. 2 in Rome
  • Johann Baptist Wanhal
  • 6 String Quartets, Op. 6
  • 6 Oboe Quartets, Op. 7

Opera

  • Pasquale Anfossi
  • Lucio Papirio
  • Quinto Fabio
  • I visionari
  • Thomas Arne – The Fairy Prince
  • André Grétry
  • L'ami de la maison
  • Zémire et Azor
  • Johann Adolph Hasse – Il Ruggiero
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Ascanio in Alba
  • Josef Mysliveček – Il Gran Tamerlano
  • Giovanni Paisiello
  • Annibale in Torino
  • Artaserse, R.1.30
  • Demetrio, R.1.25
  • I scherzi di amore e di fortuna, R.1.28
  • Antonio Salieri – Armida

Methods and theory writings

  • Anselm Bayly – A Practical Treatise on Singing and Playing
  • Anton Bemetzrieder – Leçons de clavecin, et principes d’harmonie
  • Charles Burney – The Present State of Music in France and Italy
  • Johann Kirnberger – Die Kunst des reinen Satzes in der Musik

Births

  • February 9 – Daniel Belknap, composer (d. 1815)
  • February 24 – Johann Baptist Cramer, pianist (d. 1858)
  • March 19 – , poet and librettist (died 1852)
  • March 21 – Thomas John Dibdin, dramatist and songwriter (d. 1841)
  • May 13 – Siegfried August Mahlmann, librettist and poet (died 1826)
  • June 1 – Ferdinando Paër, Italian composer (died 1839)
  • August 15 – Walter Scott, librettist and novelist (died 1832)
  • August 27 – Friedrich Methfessel, composer (died 1807)
  • September 17 – Johann August Apel, librettist (d. 1816)
  • October 1 – Pierre Baillot, violinist and composer (d. 1842)
  • October 3 – Auguste Creuzé de Lesser, librettist and politician (died 1839)
  • October 9 – Charles-Augustin Bassompierre (Sewrin), librettist (died 1853)
  • October 29 – Anna Leonore König, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (d. 1854)
  • November 1 – , librettist (died 1839)
  • November 4 – James Montgomery, librettist and editor (died 1854)
  • November 17 – Jonathan Huntington, composer (d. 1838)
  • December 26 – Heinrich Joseph von Collin, librettist and poet (died 1811)

date unknown:

  • Marie Antoinette Petersén, singer and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (d. 1855)
  • Margareta Sofia Lagerqvist, opera singer (d. 1800)

Deaths

  • January 23 – Martin Berteau, composer and musician (born 1691)
  • March 11 – Christoph Birkmann, hymnist and pupil of JS Bach (born 1703)
  • March 30 – Anton Joseph Hampel, horn player (b. 1710)
  • May 20 – Christopher Smart, poet and hymn-writer (b. 1722; possible liver failure)
  • May 29 – Johann Adolph Hass, clavichord and harpsichord maker (b. 1713)
  • July 30 – Thomas Gray, librettist and poet (born 1716)
  • August 19 – Daniel Schiebeler, librettist and hymnist (born 1741)
  • October – René de Galard de Béarn, Marquis de Brassac, composer (born 1699)
  • October 14 – František Brixi, composer (b. 1732)
  • October 28 – Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer (b. 1703)
  • November 4 – Pierre Nicolas Brunet, librettist and playwright (born 1733)
  • November 18 – Giuseppe de Majo, Italian composer (born 1697)
  • date unknown – Andrea Soldi, copyist and portraitist (born 1703)

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