Events January 20 – The new Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré), the first purpose-built opera house in Paris, designed by Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux, is inaugurated with a performance of Rameau's Zoroastre. May 16 – The new Opéra royal de Versailles, designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, is inaugurated. Ballet is performed in Oslo for the first time, by Madame Stuart. Musikalisches Vielerley is published; a collection of pieces from various composers, edited by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Hamburg: Michael Christian Bock).
Classical music Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Fantasia in D minor, H.224 Johann Christian Bach 6 Keyboard Concertos, Op. 7 6 Quartets, Op. 8 Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto in D major, G.479 Joseph Haydn – Baryton Trio in A major, Hob.XI:2 Gabriele Leone – Six sonatas for mandolin and bass marked with signs according to the new method, Op. 2 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony 11 Pietro Nardini – Sonatas for 2 Flutes/Violins and Basso Continuo
Methods and theory writings Johann Caspar Heck – The Art of Playing the Harpsichord John Holden – An Essay Towards a Rational System of Music
Operas Christoph Willibald Gluck – Paride ed Elena, Wq.39 André Grétry – Les deux avares
Published popular music William Billings – The New England Psalm Singer, featuring the song Chester.
Births February 18 – Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer (died 1846) February 20 – Ferdinando Carulli, composer (died 1841) February 22 – Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composerDon Randel, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, Harvard, 1996, p. 952. (died 1839) February 26 – Antoine Reicha, composer (died 1836) May 19 – Antoine-Charles Glachant, violinist and composer (died 1851) June 4 – James Hewitt, composer (died 1827) November 8 – Friedrich Witt, composer (died 1836) November 29 – Peter Hänsel, composer December 13 – John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer (died 1836) December 15 or December 16 (baptized on December 17) – Ludwig van Beethoven, composer and pianist (died 1827) December 17 – Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer
Deaths February 26 – Giuseppe Tartini, violinist and composer, 77 April 19 – Esprit Antoine Blanchard, composer, 74 May 9 – Charles Avison, composer, 61 October 1 – Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, 64 December 9 – Gottlieb Muffat, organist and composer, 80 December 13 – Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz, organ-builder, 61
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