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Overview of the events of 1779 in music
Overview of the events of 1779 in music
Events
Opera
Classical music
Methods and theory writings
Births
January 8 – John White, organist and composer
January 15 – Jean Coralli , ballet producer and choreographer
February 1 – Nikolaus von Krufft , Austrian composer (died 1818)
February 5 – François van Campenhout , singer and composer (d. 1848)
February 22 – Joachim Nicolas Eggert , composer (d. 1813)
February 23 – Johann Caspar Aiblinger , composer (d. 1867)
March 1 – Jacob Gottfried Weber , composer (d. 1839)
March 13 – Oliver Shaw , composer (d. 1848)
April 11 – Louise Reichardt , German composer (died 1826)
April 21 – William Knyvett , composer
May 28 – Thomas Moore , poet and lyricist
August 1 – Francis Scott Key , songwriter (died 1843 )[3]
September 10 – Louis Alexandre Piccinni , composer
October 15 – Johan Olof Wallin , songwriting bishop
Deaths
February 7 – William Boyce , composer, 69[4]
April 6 – Tommaso Traetta , composer, 52[5]
April 7 – Martha Ray , singer, 32/33 (murdered)[6]
June 6 – Joseph Inchbald, actor and singer, 44[7]
November 27 – Josse Boutmy , organist and harpsichordist, 82[8]
December 5 – Hermann Anton Gelinek , organist and violinist, 70[9]
December 28 – Gennaro Manna , composer, 64[10]
December - Richard Morris , collector of folk songs, 76[11]
unknown date – Edward Jones, Welsh composer, 49/50[12]
References
^ "William Boyce" , Eighteenth Century English Music (rslade.co.uk)
^ Philip H. Highfill; Kalman A. Burnim; Edward A. Langhans (1973). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 . SIU Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-8093-0919-1 .
^ Penton, Kemberly (September 14, 2016). "Remembering Francis Scott Key: The Man Behind America's National Anthem 'The Star-Spangled Banner' " . Hall of Fame . Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2018 .
^ The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage . 1806. p. 21.
^ Joseph Haydn (1870). Haydn's Universal Index of Biography from the Creation to the Present Time . E. Moxon, Son, and Company. p. 541.
^ McDonagh, Josephine (2003). Child Murder and British Culture, 1720–1900 . Cambridge University Press. p. 73. ISBN 9780521781930 .
^ Philip H. Highfill; Kalman A. Burnim; Edward A. Langhans (1973). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800 . SIU Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-8093-0919-1 .
^ "Premiere Suite - Josse Boutmy" . repertoire-explorer . Retrieved 20 October 2020 .
^ Burnett R. Toskey (1983). Concertos for Violin and Viola: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia . B.R. Toskey. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-9601054-8-9 .
^ Rochus Freiherr von Liliencron; Franz X. von Wegele; Anton Bettelheim (1884). Allgemeine deutsche Biographie ...: Auf Veranlassung ... Duncker & Humblot.
^ Robert Thomas Jenkins . "MORRIS, RICHARD (1703-1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society" . Welsh Biography Online . National Library of Wales . Retrieved 5 October 2018 .
^ Robert Evans; Maggie Humphreys (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland . Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4411-3796-8 .