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January 1Giovanni Paisiello officially leaves his employment at the court of Catherine the Great in Russia, having returned to Italy some months earlier. • January 12Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail is produced by impresario Pasquale Bondini's company in Dresden. • January 15 – The first performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's six string quartets dedicated to Joseph Haydn (or possibly just three of them) is given in Mozart's own home. • February 7Leopold Mozart leaves Munich for Vienna, with a pupil, Heinrich Marchand, in tow. • March 7 – King Ferdinand I of Naples awards a lifetime annual salary of 1,200 ducats to Giovanni Paisiello, on the understanding that the latter writes one new opera every year. • October 13 – The Lord Chamberlain, James Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, refuses to grant a licence to Giovanni Gallini for his Italian Opera House in London, unless he appoints a Mr. Crawford as deputy manager. • October 26Joseph Haydn receives a visit from Venezuelan revolutionary Francisco de Miranda, to whom he gives a guided tour of Schloss Esterházy. • Composer Supply Belcher settles in Maine. • Opera composer relocates to London from his native Italy. • Pietro Leopoldo, Grand Duke of Tuscany appoints Filippo Maria Gherardeschi organist and maestro di cappella at the Chiesa Conventuale dei Cavalieri di S Stefano at Pisa. • Violinist Regina Strinasacchi marries Johann Conrad Schlick, cellist & Konzertmeister of the Gotha ducal band. ==Bands formed==
Bands formed
Band of the Coldstream Guards (16 May) ==Published popular music==
Published popular music
• "Cara sposa", music by Johann Christian Bach from the cantata Rinaldo ed Armide (lost) • "Song of the Page", music by William Shield from Follies of a Day, or The Marriage of Figaro • "Black-eyed Susan", by Robert Broderip ==Classical music==
Classical music
Carl Friedrich Abel – 4 Trio Sonatas, WK 98–101 (Op. 16) • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – 2 Sonaten, 2 Fantasien und 2 Rondos für Kenner und Liebhaber, Wq.59 • Johann Christian Bach • 6 Violin Sonatas, Op.10 (posthumously) • 2 Symphonies, Op. 18 (posthumously) • Ludwig van Beethoven – Three quartets for harpsichord, violin, viola, and cello, in E major, D major, and C major, WoO 36 • William Billings – "I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me, We Will Go Into The House Of Ye Lord" • Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto No. 10 in D major, G.483 • William Boyce, Ten Voluntaries • Giuseppe Maria Cambini • 6 Flute Quartets, T.145–150 • 6 Trios for Flute, Oboe and Bassoon, Op. 45 • Muzio Clementi – Six piano sonatas, Op. 13 • Francois Devienne – Flute Concerto No.3 in G major • Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – ''Six Symphonies after Ovid's Metamorphoses'' (comp. 1781, first three published 1785) • Anton Eberl – Symphony in C major • Giuseppe (or Tomasso) Giordani – Caro Mio BenJoseph Haydn • Symphony 83 in G minor "La poule" • Symphony 85 in B-flat "La Reine"Symphony 87 in A major, Hob.I:87 • Overture in D major, Hob.Ia:4 • 12 Minuets, Hob.IX:8 • Piano Trios, Op.27 (Hob.XV:2,9,10) • Franz Anton Hoffmeister • Double Bass Concerto No.1 in E-flat major • Keyboard Sonata in A major, WeiH 37 • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Piano Concertos 20 in D minor and 21 in C majorString Quartet No.18 in A major, K.464 • String Quartet in C, "Dissonance" • Lied zur Gesellenreise, K. 468 • Davidde penitente, K. 469 • Fantasia in C minor, K. 475Piano Quartet No. 1, K. 478Giovanni PaisielloIl ritorno di Perseo, R.2.6 (cantata) • Ignaz Pleyel • String Quartet • Symphony in D major, B.126 • Joseph Bologne de Saint Georges – 6 String Quartets, Op. 14 • Johann SchenkDie Weinlese (singspiel) • John Stanley – "Delusive is the poet's dream" • – 12 Organ Sonatas, Op. 1 • Friedrich Witt – Symphony in A major • Ernst Wilhelm Wolf – 3 String Quartets, Op. 3 • Maria Carolina WolfGlänzender sinket die Sonne ==Opera==
Opera
• – Giasone e MedeaMarcello Bernardini – ''Le donne bisbetiche, o sia L'antiquario fanatico'', Teatro Pace, Rome (during carnival). • Pierre-Joseph CandeillePizarre, ou La conquête de Pérou, Opéra, Paris (3 May) • Luigi CherubiniLa finta principessa, King's Theatre, London (9 April) • Domenico Cimarosa – ''La donna sempre al suo peggior s'appiglia'' • Prosper-Didier DeshayesLe Faux sermentCarl Ditters von Dittersdorf Der Hufschmied (Der gelehrte Hufschmied) (German version, text translated by J. C. Kaffka, of Il maniscalco, 1775), Breslau (13 May) • Robert JephsonCampaign, or Love in the East Indies, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London (12 May) • Thomas LinleyHurly-Burly, or The Fairy of the Well, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London (26 December) • Strangers at Home, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London (8 December) • ''L'infanta supposta'', Teatro Ducale, Modena • The Choleric Fathers, Covent Garden, London (10 November) • Omai, or A Trip Round the World, Covent Garden, London (20 December) • Stephen StoraceGli sposi malcontenti, Burgtheater, Vienna (1 June) ==Births==
Births
February 2Isabella Colbran, coloratura soprano and composer (died 1845) • March 3 • , composer (died 1849) • Giovanni Ricordi, violinist and opera publisher (died 1853) • March 6Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer (died 1857) • March 19Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer (died 1853) • April 4Bettina Brentano, composer and writer (died 1859) • April 19Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, composer (died 1858) • August 18Friedrich Wieck, piano teacher, father of Clara Schumann (died 1873) • September 5Thomas Adams, organist and composer (died 1858) • September 11Alpheus Babcock, American piano maker (died 1842) • November 2Friedrich Kalkbrenner, pianist and composer (died 1849) • date unknown • , German-born composer and cellist (died 1867) • Zofia Dmuszewska, Polish actor and opera singer (died 1807) ==Deaths==
Deaths
January 3Baldassare Galuppi, composer (born 1706) • April 26Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer and noble (born 1744) • May 15Karel Blažej Kopřiva, organist and composer (born 1756) • June 2Gottfried August Homilius, organist, cantor and composer (born 1714) • June 22Matthias Vanden Gheyn, composer (born 1721) • August 31Pietro Chiari, librettist (born 1712) • November 19Bernard de Bury, composer (born 1720) • December 8Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer (born 1717) • December 29Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer (born 1716) • date unknown • Giovanni Battista Gervasio, composer and musician (born c. 1725) • Antoine Mahaut, composer and flautist (born 1719) ==References==
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