1781 in music
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See also: 1780 in music, other events of 1781, 1782 in music, list of years in music.
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[edit] Events
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart loses his position at court in Vienna and becomes a freelance music teacher.
- Christian Gottlob Neefe takes on the young Ludwig van Beethoven as a pupil.
- Étienne Méhul makes his first, unsuccessful attempts at orchestral composition.
[edit] Classical music
- Oboe quartet by Mozart
- Concerto for Keyboard no 1 in C major by Giovanni Paisiello
- Concerto for Violin no 2 in D major by Samuel Wesley
[edit] Opera
- Marc-Antoine Désaugiers - Les Deux sylphes
- Joseph Haydn - La fedeltà premiata
- Mozart - Idomeneo
- Niccolò Piccinni - Iphigenie en Tauride
- Antonio Salieri - Der Rauchfangkehrer
- Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli - Montesuma
[edit] Births
- January 22 - François-Antoine Habeneck, composer
- March 11 - Anthony Philip Heinrich
- March 18 - Gustave Vogt, composer
- April 22 - Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer
- May 24 - Louis-François Dauprat, composer and horn-player
- June 10 - Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer
- July 27 - Mauro Giuliani
- September 5 - Anton Diabelli
- November 3 - Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer
- November 18 - Felice Blangini, composer
- December 1 - Charles Philippe Lafont, composer
- unknown date - Vincent Novello
[edit] Deaths
- January 22 - Johann Siebenkas, composer
- February 4 - Josef Mysliveček, composer
- May 22 - Garret Wesley Mornington, composer
- July 11 - Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer
- July 30 - Augustin Ullinger, composer
- October 9 - Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie, musician and composer
- October 27 - Herman-François Delange
- October - Anton Zimmermann, composer
