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1781 in music
Overview of the events of 1781 in music
Events
Classical music
- Samuel Arnold – 6 Overtures in Eight Parts, Op. 8
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- 6 Fugues, Wq.119/2-7
- Geistliche Gesänge, Book 2 Wq. 198, H. 752
- Johann Christian Bach – Sonata for Keyboard Duet, W.A 19 (Op. 18, No. 5)
- William Billings – The Psalm-Singer's Amusement
- Luigi Boccherini
- 6 String Quartets, G.201–206 (Op. 32)
- Stabat Mater, G.532
- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Symphonies after Ovid's Metamorphoses, Kr.73–84
- Joseph Haydn
- Leopold Kozeluch – Sonata for Keyboard in F, "La chasse", Op. 5
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 6 Variations on "Hélas, j'ai perdu mon amant", K.360/374b
- Serenade in B-flat major, Gran Partita (or possibly 1782), K. 361
- Misera, dove son!, K.369
- Rondo in E-flat major, K.371
- Serenade in E-flat major, K.375
- Violin Sonata in F major, K.376/374d
- Violin Sonata in F major, K.377/374e
- Violin Sonata in G major, K.379/373a
- Violin Sonata in E-flat major, K.380/374f
- Sonata for 2 Pianos in D major, K.448/375a
- Giovanni Paisiello – Concerto for Keyboard No. 1 in C major
- John Parry – British harmony, being a collection of antient Welsh airs ... carefully compiled and now first published with some additional variations (Ruabon, London: John Parry & Peter Hodgson)
- Antonio Rosetti – 6 Flute Concerti
- Charlotte Amelie Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg – Canzonette fürs Klavier mit Veränderungen
- Samuel Wesley – Concerto for Violin No. 2 in D major
- Paul Wranitzky – Sinfonie Périodique No.2 in C minor (op. 11)
Opera
Methods and theory writings
Births
- January 22 – François Antoine Habeneck, violinist and conductor (died 1849)
- March 11 – Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer (died 1861)
- March 18 – Gustave Vogt, composer and oboist (died 1870)
- May 24 – Louis-François Dauprat, French composer (died 1868)
- July 20 – Sophie Lebrun, pianist and composer, daughter of Ludwig August Lebrun (died 1863)
- July 27 – Mauro Giuliani, guitarist, cellist and composer (died 1829)
- September 1 – Antoine Romagnesi (composer and publisher (died 1850)
- September 5 – Anton Diabelli, music publisher, editor and composer (died 1858)
- September 6 – Vincent Novello, organist and conductor (died 1861)
- November 9 – Carl Borromäus von Miltitz, composer (died 1845)
- November 18 – Felice Blangini, organist and composer (died 1841)
- December 1 – Charles Philippe Lafont, violinist and composer (died 1839)
Deaths
- January 22 – Johann Siebenkas, composer
- February 4 – Josef Mysliveček, composer (b. 1737)
- March 17 – Johannes Ewald, librettist and dramatist (born 1743)
- May 22 – Garret Wesley Mornington, composer
- July 11 – Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer
- July 30 – Augustin Ullinger, composer
- August 16 – Johanna Carolina Bach, daughter of JS Bach (born 1737)
- October 9 – Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie, musician and composer (b. 1732)
- October 27 – Herman-François Delange
- October – Anton Zimmermann, composer
- November 4 – Faustina Bordoni, operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1697)
- date unknown – William Paxton, cellist (b. 1737)
References
- ^ Helminger, Bernhard (2015). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (7th ed.). Salzburg: Colorama. p. 20. ISBN 978-3-902692-03-0.
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