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Overview of the events of 1779 in music
List of years in music
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table
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Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Literature
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Philosophy
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+...
Events
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]
February 16
– Composer
William Boyce
is buried in
St Paul's Cathedral
. The music at his funeral features the massed choirs of St Paul's itself,
Westminster Abbey
and the
Chapel Royal
.
[1]
March 7
– Griffith Jones, aged about 21, is recommended for membership of the Royal Society of Musicians.
[2]
April –
The London Magazine
reports on the organ-playing of three-year-old prodigy
William Crotch
.
December 26
–
Teatro alla Scala
in Milan opens its operatic carnival season with
Josef Mysliveček
's new opera
Armida
.
The opera house at
Eszterháza
burns down.
Mezzo-soprano
Luigia Polzelli
and her violinist husband Antonio arrive at the Esterházy court, where she quickly becomes the lover of
Joseph Haydn
.
Opera
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]
Johann Christian Bach
–
Amadis de Gaule
(premiered Dec. 14 in
Paris
)
Domenico Cimarosa
L'infedeltà fedele
L'italiana in Londra
(premiered Dec. 28 in
Rome
)
Il matrimonio per raggiro
Christoph Willibald Gluck
–
Iphigénie en Tauride
(premiered May 18 in
Paris
)
André Ernest Modeste Grétry
–
L'amant jaloux
(first published, premiered 1778)
Joseph Haydn
–
L'isola disabitata
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
–
Zaide
Giovanni Paisiello
–
Demetrio
, R.1.59
Antonio Salieri
–
Il Talismano
Classical music
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]
Anna Amalia
– Organ Trio in C major
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Clavier-Sonaten für Kenner und Liebhaber
, Wq.55
Rondo in E major, Wq. 57, H.265
Rondo in F major, Wq. 57, H.266
Claude-Bénigne Balbastre
–
Sonates en Quatuor
, Op. 3 (Paris)
William Billings
–
Music in Miniature
William Boyce
– 10 Voluntaries for the Organ
Muzio Clementi
6 Sonatas, Op. 2
3 Piano Duets and 3 Sonatas, Op. 3
François Joseph Gossec
– Symphonie Concertante du Ballet de Mirza, B.90
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 70 in D major
Symphony No. 71
in B-flat major, Hob.I:71
Symphony No. 75
in D Major
Aria: "Quando la rosa"
Michael Haydn
– Symphony No.23 in D major, MH 287, P.43
Johann Adam Hiller
– "Lieder und Arien aus Sophiens Reise", compilation including pieces from Mozart.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Kommet her, ihr frechen Sünder,
K.146/317b
Mass in C major, K.317 (Composed March 23, Premiered April 4 in
Salzburg
)
Symphony No.32
in G major, K.318 (Composed April 26)
Symphony No.33
in B-flat major, K.319
Serenade in D major, "
Posthorn
" K.320
Vesperae solennes de Dominica in C. K.341
Church Sonata in C major, K.329/317a
2 Marches, K.335/320a
Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra
in E-flat major, K.364/320d
Concerto in E-flat major for Two Pianos
, K.365/316a
Johann Heinrich Rolle
–
Thirza und ihre Söhne
(oratorio)
Johann Adolph Hasse
- Mass in E-flat major
Joseph Bologne Saint-Georges
– 2 Symphonies, Op.11
Antonio Salieri
– Organ Concerto in C major
William Shrubsole
– "Miles's Lane (All Hail The Power of Jesus' Name)", in
The Gospel Magazine and Moral Miscellany
, Vol.6.
Maria Carolina Wolf
– "Die Rose"
Carl Friedrich Zelter
– Viola Concerto in E-flat major
Methods and theory writings
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Joseph Amiot
–
Mémoire sur la musique des Chinois
Anton Bemitzrieder
–
Nouvel essai sur l'harmonie
François Vincent Corbelin
–
Méthode de Harpe
Franz Paul Rigler
–
Anleitung zum Klavier
Francisco Inácio Solano
–
Novo tratado de musica metrica, e rythmica
Francesco Antonio Vallotti
–
Della scienza teorica e pratica della moderna musica
(On the scientific theory and practice of modern music)
Births
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January 8
– John White, organist and composer
January 15
–
Jean Coralli
, ballet producer and choreographer
February 1
–
Nikolaus von Krufft
, Austrian composer (died 1818)
February 2
–
Georg Heinrich Lux
, organist and composer (died 1861)
February 5
–
François van Campenhout
, singer and composer (d. 1848)
February 17
–
Wilhelm Friedrich Riem
, composer (died 1857)
February 22
–
Joachim Nicolas Eggert
, composer (d. 1813)
February 23
–
Johann Caspar Aiblinger
, composer (d. 1867)
February 28
–
Henry Darondeau
, composer (died 1865)
March 1
–
Jacob Gottfried Weber
, composer (d. 1839)
March 13
–
Oliver Shaw
, composer (d. 1848)
April 11
–
Louise Reichardt
, German composer (died 1826)
April 21
–
William Knyvett
, composer
May 28
–
Thomas Moore
, poet and lyricist
June 23
–
Johann Baptist Schiedermayr
, composer (died 1840)
July 20
–
Ignaz Schuster
, bass and composer (died 1835)
August 1
–
Francis Scott Key
, songwriter (died
1843
)
[3]
September 8
–
Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt
, composer (died 1853)
September 10
–
Louis Alexandre Piccinni
, composer
October 15
August Ferdinand Häser
, composer (died 1844)
Johan Olof Wallin
, songwriting bishop
November 14
–
Adam Oehlenschläger
poet and lyricist (died 1850)
date unknown
Georges-Joseph-Laurent Lambert
, composer (died 1852)
Deaths
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]
January 20
–
David Garrick
, librettist (born 1717)
February 7
–
William Boyce
, composer, 69
[4]
February 12
–
Hinrich Philip Johnsen
, composer (born 1717)
April 6
–
Tommaso Traetta
, composer, 52
[5]
April 7
–
Martha Ray
, singer, 32/33 (murdered)
[6]
June 6
– Joseph Inchbald, actor and singer, 44
[7]
November 27
–
Josse Boutmy
, organist and harpsichordist, 82
[8]
December 5
–
Hermann Anton Gelinek
, organist and violinist, 70
[9]
December 28
–
Gennaro Manna
, composer, 64
[10]
December -
Richard Morris
, collector of folk songs, 76
[11]
unknown date
– Edward Jones, Welsh composer, 49/50
[12]
References
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]
^
"William Boyce"
, Eighteenth Century English Music (rslade.co.uk)
^
Philip H. Highfill; Kalman A. Burnim; Edward A. Langhans (1973).
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800
. SIU Press. p. 234.
ISBN
978-0-8093-0919-1
.
^
Penton, Kemberly (September 14, 2016).
"Remembering Francis Scott Key: The Man Behind America's National Anthem 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
"
.
Hall of Fame
. Archived from
the original
on October 19, 2016
. Retrieved
October 16,
2018
.
^
The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage
. 1806. p. 21.
^
Joseph Haydn (1870).
Haydn's Universal Index of Biography from the Creation to the Present Time
. E. Moxon, Son, and Company. p. 541.
^
McDonagh, Josephine (2003).
Child Murder and British Culture, 1720–1900
. Cambridge University Press. p. 73.
ISBN
9780521781930
.
^
Philip H. Highfill; Kalman A. Burnim; Edward A. Langhans (1973).
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800
. SIU Press. p. 75.
ISBN
978-0-8093-0919-1
.
^
"Premiere Suite - Josse Boutmy"
.
repertoire-explorer
. Retrieved
20 October
2020
.
^
Burnett R. Toskey (1983).
Concertos for Violin and Viola: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia
. B.R. Toskey. p. 289.
ISBN
978-0-9601054-8-9
.
^
Rochus Freiherr von Liliencron; Franz X. von Wegele; Anton Bettelheim (1884).
Allgemeine deutsche Biographie ...: Auf Veranlassung ...
Duncker & Humblot.
^
Robert Thomas Jenkins
.
"MORRIS, RICHARD (1703-1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society"
.
Dictionary of Welsh Biography
.
National Library of Wales
. Retrieved
5 October
2018
.
^
Robert Evans; Maggie Humphreys (1 January 1997).
Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland
. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 189.
ISBN
978-1-4411-3796-8
.
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