Events The Bach-Abel concerts are founded. The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra ("Harmonien") is founded. First flamenco school established in Spain.
Popular music James Hook – "I wish you all good night" (song)
Opera Johann Adolph Hasse - "Romolo ed Ersilla" Johann Friedrich Agricola – Achille in Sciro, premiered Sept. 16 in Berlin Samuel Arnold Daphne and Amintor The Summer's Tale Georg Benda – Xindo riconnosciuto Andrea Bernasconi – Semiramide riconosciuta Christoph Willibald Gluck – Alexandre Il Parnaso confuso, Wq.33 Semiramis Josef Mysliveček – Il Bellerofonte Antonio Sacchini La contadina in corte Creso Tommaso Traetta – Semiramide
Classical music
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – 12 Polonaises, F.12 Joseph Haydn Divertimento in E-flat major, Hob.II:6 Divertimento in F major, Hob.II:33 Divertimento in D major, Hob.II:35 Divertimento in G major, Hob.II:36 Divertimento in E major, Hob.II:37 String Trio in B-flat major, Hob.V:B1 Divertimento in G major, Hob.XIV:13 Divertimento in D major, Hob.XVI:4 Keyboard Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI:15 (authorship in question) Keyboard Sonata in F major, Hob.XVI:47 (authorship in question) Symphony No. 28 Cello Concerto No. 1 Johann Ludwig Krebs – Sonata in A minor, Krebs-WV 838 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "God Is Our Refuge", K.20 "Conservati fedele", K.23 Giovanni Marco Rutini – 6 Harpsichord Sonatas, Op.6 Georg Philipp Telemann Symphonie zur Serenate, TWV Anh.50:1 Grillen-Symphonie, TWV 50:1
Publications Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Clavierstücke verschiedener Art (Berlin), Wq.112 Johann Christian Bach – Six Simphonies, Op. 3 (London) Placidus von Camerloher – Sei sonate a tre, due violini e basso (6 Trio Sonatas), Op. 2 (Paris: Le Clerc, Mme Boivin) Armand-Louis Couperin – Sonates en pièces de clavecin avec accompagnement de violon ad libitum, Op. 2 (Paris) Francesco Guerini – Six Solos (cello sonatas), Op. 9 (London, approximately this year)
Methods and theory writings Robert Crome – The Compleat Tutor for the Violoncello Pierre Simon Fournier – Traité historique et critique sur l’origine et les progrès des caractères de fonte pour l’impression de la musique Georg Simon Löhlein – Klavier-Schule Giuseppe Paolucci – Arte pratica di contrappunto Michael Johann Friedrich Weideburg – Der sich selbst informirende Clavierspieler
Births February 8 – Joseph Leopold Eybler, composer (died 1846) June 13 – Anton Eberl, composer (died 1807) June 26 – Franz Xaver Kleinheinz, composer (died 1832) September 18 – Oliver Holden, composer (died 1844) October 7 – Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Polish composer (died 1833) October 22 – Daniel Steibelt, pianist and composer (died 1823) October 26 – Jakub Jan Ryba, composer (died 1815) November 20 – Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer (died 1814) November 23 – Thomas Attwood, composer (died 1838) December 25 – Joseph Mazzinghi, British composer (died 1844) Date unknown – Sofia Liljegren Finnish soprano (died 1795)
Deaths January 12 – Johann Melchior Molter, German composer and violinist (born 1696) January 15 – Carlmann Kolb, composer (born 1703) January 19 – Johan Agrell, composer (born 1701) February 9 – Elisabetta de Gambarini, singer, composer and conductor (born 1730) March 20 – Paolo Antonio Rolli, librettist (born 1687) December 30 – Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch, organist and composer (born c. 1691) date unknown John Hebden, bassoonist, cellist and composer (born 1712) Edward Henry Purcell, organist and music publisher probable – Louis-Antoine Dornel, harpsichordist, violinist and composer (born c.1685)
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