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Overview of the events of 1781 in music
Overview of the events of 1781 in music
Events
Classical music
Samuel Arnold – 6 Overtures in Eight Parts, Op. 8
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
6 Fugues, Wq.119/2-7
Geistliche Gesänge, Book 2 Wq. 198, H. 752
Johann Christian Bach – Sonata for Keyboard Duet, W.A 19 (Op. 18, No. 5)
William Billings – The Psalm-Singer's Amusement
Luigi Boccherini
6 String Quartets, G.201–206 (Op. 32)
Stabat Mater , G.532
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Symphonies after Ovid's Metamorphoses, Kr.73–84
Joseph Haydn
Leopold Kozeluch – Sonata for Keyboard in F, "La chasse", Op. 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6 Variations on "Hélas, j'ai perdu mon amant" , K.360/374b
Serenade in B-flat major, Gran Partita (or possibly 1782), K. 361
Misera, dove son! , K.369
Rondo in E-flat major, K.371
Serenade in E-flat major, K.375
Violin Sonata in F major, K.376/374d
Violin Sonata in F major, K.377/374e
Violin Sonata in G major, K.379/373a
Violin Sonata in E-flat major, K.380/374f
Sonata for 2 Pianos in D major, K.448/375a
Giovanni Paisiello – Concerto for Keyboard No. 1 in C major
John Parry – British harmony, being a collection of antient Welsh airs ... carefully compiled and now first published with some additional variations (Ruabon, London: John Parry & Peter Hodgson)
Antonio Rosetti – 6 Flute Concerti
Charlotte Amelie Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg – Canzonette fürs Klavier mit Veränderungen
Samuel Wesley – Concerto for Violin No. 2 in D major
Paul Wranitzky – Sinfonie Périodique No.2 in C minor (op. 11)
Opera
Methods and theory writings
Births
January 22 – François Antoine Habeneck , violinist and conductor (died 1849 )
March 11 – Anthony Philip Heinrich , composer (died 1861 )
March 18 – Gustave Vogt , composer and oboist (died 1870)
May 24 – Louis-François Dauprat , French composer (died 1868)
July 20 – Sophie Lebrun , pianist and composer, daughter of Ludwig August Lebrun (died 1863 )
July 27 – Mauro Giuliani , guitarist, cellist and composer (died 1829 )
September 1 – Antoine Romagnesi (composer and publisher (died 1850)
September 5 – Anton Diabelli , music publisher, editor and composer (died 1858 )
September 6 – Vincent Novello , organist and conductor (died 1861)
November 18 – Felice Blangini , organist and composer (died 1841 )
December 1 – Charles Philippe Lafont , violinist and composer (died 1839 )
Deaths
January 22 – Johann Siebenkas, composer
February 4 – Josef Mysliveček , composer (b. 1737)
March 17 – Johannes Ewald , librettist and dramatist (born 1743)
May 22 – Garret Wesley Mornington, composer
July 11 – Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer
July 30 – Augustin Ullinger, composer
August 16 – Johanna Carolina Bach, daughter of JS Bach (born 1737)
October 9 – Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie , musician and composer (b. 1732)
October 27 – Herman-François Delange
October – Anton Zimmermann , composer
November 4 – Faustina Bordoni , operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1697)
date unknown – William Paxton , cellist (b. 1737)
References
^ Helminger, Bernhard (2015). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (7th ed.). Salzburg: Colorama. p. 20. ISBN 978-3-902692-03-0 .