1761 in music
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: 1760 in music, other events of 1761, 1762 in music, list of years in music.
Contents |
[edit] Events
- Francesco Geminiani visits Dublin, where he is robbed of a valuable manuscript.
- Domenico Cimarosa enters the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto.
- Joseph Haydn enters the service of the Esterházy family
[edit] Popular music
- None listed
[edit] Opera
- Catone in Utica - Florian Leopold Gassmann
- Le Tre Amante Ridicoli - Baldassare Galuppi
[edit] Classical music
- Thomas Arne - Judith (oratorio)
- Christoph Willibald Gluck - Don Juan (ballet)
- François Joseph Gossec - Sei sinfonie a più stromenti, op.5
- Joseph Haydn - Symphony no 8 ("Le Soir")
- Michael Haydn - Symphony in C major
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Minuet for Harpsichord
[edit] Births
- January 20 - Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer (died 1825)
- -February 12 Jan Ladislav Dussek, composer (died 1812)
- February 20 - Johann Christian Ludwig Abeille, pianist and composer
- February 22 - Erik Tulindberg (died 1814) and Jacob Kimball, composers
- April 20 - Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer
- June 13 - Antonín Vranický or Wranitzky, composer (died 1820)
- July 20 - Joseph Lefebvre, composer
- September 4 - Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer
- September 12 - Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer
- September 14 = Pavel Lambert Masek, composer
- October 15 - Peter Gronland, composer
- October 22 - Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer
- November 1 - Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer
- November 19 - Joseph Supries, composer
- November 29 - Fridolin Weber, composer
[edit] Deaths
- January 3 - Willem de Fesch, violinist and composer
- January 18 - Francesco Feo, opera composer (born 1691)
- February 15 - Carlo Cecere, composer (born 1706)
- March 7 - Antonio Palella, composer
- March 27 - Johann Ludwig Steiner, composer
- June 12 - Meinrad Spiess, composer
