1786 in music
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Overview of the events of 1786 in music
Overview of the events of 1786 in music
January 21 – Luigi Boccherini becomes an official composer to Prince Frederick William of Prussia .[1] February 7 – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor , presents a festival at Schönbrunn Palace , at which new compositions by both Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri are performed.[1] April 28 – Leopold Mozart writes to his daughter, Maria Anna Mozart , predicting failure for his son's latest opera, The Marriage of Figaro .[1] In fact its premiere on May 1 under the composer's baton at the Burgtheater in Vienna is a success with encores demanded.[2] The libretto is by Lorenzo da Ponte . October 18 – Leopold Mozart is given a blood test on the same day that his daughter-in-law Constanze Mozart gives birth to her third child, Johann Thomas Leopold; the baby dies a month later, Leopold the following year.[1] November 7 – America's oldest singing society is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society . November 24 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf unsuccessfully seeks employment with the newly enthroned King Frederick William II of Prussia .[1] In Britain, William Parsons succeeds John Stanley as Master of the King's Musick . In Benares , Jiwan Shah and Francis Fowke conduct an experiment comparing the pitch of the harpsichord with that of a traditional Indian instrument. Georg Joseph Vogler is appointed Kapellmeister to King Gustav III of Sweden . Publications [ edit ] Classical music [ edit ] Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Funeral music for A. Schulte [1] Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach – Ino , BR G 48 Cecilia Maria Barthélemon Op. 1: Three Sonatas for the Piano-Forte, or Harpsichord, the Second with an Accompaniment for the Violin 6 English and Italian Songs, Op.2 Luigi Boccherini – Symphony in C major, G.515 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf Der Apotheker und der Doktor (singspiel) Giobbe (oratorio) Xaver Hammer – Gamba Sonata No.1 in D major Joseph Haydn Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo in D for Keyboard, K. 485 Piano Concerto No. 23 in A , K. 488 Duet for Soprano and Tenor, “Spiegarti no poss'io”, K. 489 Scena and Rondo for Soprano, “Non più, tutti ascoltai”, K. 490 Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor , K. 491 Quartet in E♭ for Piano and Strings, K. 493 Concerto No. 4 in E♭ for Horn and Orchestra, K. 495 Trio No. 2 in G for Piano, Violin and Violoncello, K. 496 Concerto No. 25 in C for Piano and Orchestra, K. 503 Symphony No. 38 in D "Prague" , K. 504 Canon for 3 Voices in F major, K.507 Giovanni Paisiello – Amor vendicato , R.2.7 Ignaz Pleyel – Symphony in C major, B.128 Corona Schröter – 25 Lieder Michel Yost – Clarinet Concerto No.14 Published popular music [ edit ] First edition of Elias Mann 's Worcester Collection Methods and theory writings [ edit ] January 3 – Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider , composer February 16 – Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia , amateur composer and patron (died 1859) April 11 – Johann Friedrich Kelz , composer (died 1862) April 18 – Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee , composer (died 1868) June 20 – Marceline Desbordes-Valmore , lyricist (died 1859) June 21 – Charles Edward Horn , singer and composer (died 1849) July 25 – Giacomo Cordella , composer (died 1847) September 11 – Friedrich Kuhlau , composer (died 1832) September 12 – Jean-Louis Tulou , composer (died 1865) September 26 – August Mühling , German composer (died 1847) September 27 – José Mariano Elízaga , composer (died 1842 ) October 3 – Carl Almenräder , bassoonist (died 1846) October 21 – Henry Lemoine , composer (died 1854) November 10 – Carl Eberwein , violinist and composer (died 1868 ) November 18 December 20 – Pietro Raimondi , composer date unknown January 4 – Moses Mendelssohn , philosopher and grandfather of composers Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Mendelssohn (born 1729) January 14 – Michael Arne , composer (born c.1740) February 16 – Johann Georg Schürer , composer (born 1720 ) March 7 – Frantisek Benda , composer (born 1709) March 21 – Johann Gottlieb Preller , cantor and composer (born 1727 ) April 13 – Jan Tomáš Kuzník , composer and music teacher (born 1716) May 19 – John Stanley , composer (born 1712) June 2 – Giovanni Battista Lampugnani , composer (born 1706) July – Sophia Baddeley , actress and singer (born 1745) July 5 – Michel Yost , composer (born 1754) July 29 – Franz Asplmayr , composer (born 1728) August 2 – François-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet , librettist (born 1716) August 17 – King Frederick II of Prussia , amateur composer (born 1712) August 26 – Christoph Christian Sturm , lyricist (born 1786) September 6 – Karl von Ordóñez , composer (born 1734) September 18 – Giovanni Battista Guadagnini , musical instrument maker (born 1711) September 29 – Dietrich Ewald von Grotthuss pianist and composer (born 1751) October 6 – Antonio Sacchini , composer (born 1730) December 25 – Christoph Sonnleithner , composer (born 1734) References [ edit ]