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Events

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composes his opera Idomeneo in Munich; it will be premiered in January 1781.
  • The Danish royal anthem, "Kong Christian", is first sung.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen goes into its third edition.
  • 1780&ndash;1782: C. P. E. Bach revises his Magnificat Wq 215 (H 772) (Hamburg version).

Classical music

  • Carl Friedrich Abel – 6 String Trios, Op. 16
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Keyboard Sonata in F major, H.269
  • Keyboard Sonata in A major, H.270
  • Rondo in G major, H.271
  • Geistliche Gesänge, Book 1 H.749
  • Johann Christian Bach
  • 6 Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin or Flute, Op.16 (W.B 10-15a)
  • 6 Keyboard Sonatas, Op. 17
  • 2 Keyboard Quintets, Op. 22
  • Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier – 12 Noëls avec un Carillon des morts
  • Franz Benda – Violin Sonata in C minor, L3.9
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda
  • Viola Concerto in F major, LorB 314
  • 3 Sonatas, Op. 3
  • Georg Benda – Sammlung Vermischter Stücke
  • Luigi Boccherini
  • 6 String Sextets, G.454-459 (Op. 23)
  • Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid (Op. 30)
  • 6 String Quintets, G.325-330 (Op.31)
  • 6 String Quartets, G.201-206 (Op.32)
  • Giuseppe Maria Cambini – 6 Trios for 2 Violins and Cello, Op. 15
  • Luigi Cherubini – 6 Harpsichord Sonatas
  • Muzio Clementi – 5 Piano Sonatas and a Duet, Op.1a
  • Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Job (oratorio)
  • Fedele Fenaroli – 9 Harpsichord Sonatas
  • Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 62
  • Symphony No. 71
  • Symphony No. 74
  • Keyboard Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI:35
  • Keyboard Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI:37
  • Keyboard Sonata in E-flat major, Hob.XVI:38
  • Keyboard Sonata in G major, Hob.XVI:39
  • Leopold Kozeluch
  • 3 Keyboard Sonatas, Opp. 1-2
  • 3 Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin, Op. 17
  • Franziska Lebrun – 6 Violin Sonatas, Opp. 1-2
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Symphony No. 34 in C major, K.338
  • 3 Minuets, K. 363
  • Josef Myslivecek – 6 Divertimenti
  • Antonio Rosetti
  • Symphony in D major, M.A12
  • Oboe Concerto in C major, M.C30
  • Friedrich Schwindl – 6 Quintets or Trios, Op. 10
  • Carl Stamitz
  • Flute Concerto in G major, Op. 29
  • Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in B-flat major
  • Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel – Sonata for Violin and Keyboard in B-flat major, StWV 194
  • Luigi Tomasini – 3 String Quartets, Op. 8
  • Johann Baptist Wanhal – 6 String Trios, Op. 17

Opera

  • Domenico Cimarosa
  • Caio Mario
  • Le donne rivali
  • Il falegname
  • I finti nobili
  • Franz Danzi – Cleopatra
  • André Grétry – Aucassin et Nicolette
  • Joseph Haydn – La Fedeltà premiata, Hob.XXVIII:10
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Zaide (unfinished)
  • Josef Myslivecek – Antigono
  • Giovanni Paisiello – Il Barbiere di Siviglia
  • Niccolò Piccinni – Atys
  • Bernardo Porta – La Principessa d'Amalfi
  • Joseph Bologne Saint-Georges – L'Amant anonime (premiered March 8)

Methods and theory writings

  • Anonymous – ABCDario Musico (Bath: printed for the Authors, and sold at the Rooms, 1780.)
  • Salvatore Bertezen – Principi della musica
  • Fedele Fenaroli – Regole musicali per i principianti di cembalo
  • Johann Adam Hiller – Anweisung zum musikalisch-zierlichen Gesange (Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Junius, 1780)
  • Georg Caspar Hodermann – Kurzer Unterricht für Musik-Anfänger
  • Louis-Francois Henri Lefebure – Nouveau solfége

Births

  • January 14 – François-Joseph Dizi, harpist
  • February 2 – Ananias Davisson, shape-note advocate (died 1857)
  • February 8
  • Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer
  • Franz Anton Morgenroth, composer (died 1847)
  • March 10 – Juan José Landaeta, composer
  • May 22 – Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer
  • May 28 – Joseph Frohlich, composer
  • June 18 – Michael Henkel, composer (died 1851)
  • July 25 – Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer
  • November 2 – Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu, soprano
  • November 3 – Victor Dourlen, composer
  • November 16 – Robert Archibald Smith, composer
  • November 17 – Franz Clement, composer (died 1842)
  • November 22 – Conradin Kreutzer, composer and conductor (died 1849)
  • December 18 – Johann Martin Friedrich Nisle, composer (died c. 1861)
  • date unknown
  • Ferdinand Gasse, French composer (died 1840)
  • Franciszek Lessel, Polish composer (died 1838)

Deaths

  • January 1 – Johann Ludwig Krebs, German composer (born 1713)
  • January 4 – Hedvig Wigert, opera singer (b. 1748)
  • January 10 – Francesco Antonio Vallotti, organist, composer and music theorist (b. 1697)
  • April 21 – Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
  • May 9 – Francisco Hernández Illana, Spanish composer (c.1700)
  • May 14 – Pierre Montan Berton, Father of Henri-Montan Berton and composer (born 1727)
  • August 19 – Bernhard Haltenberger, composer
  • September 6 – George Alexander Stevens, songwriter (b. 1710)
  • December 14 – Ignatius Sancho, composer and actor (b. c. 1729)
  • date unknown – Martin Nürenbach, dancer

References