1761 in music
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Events
- Francesco GeminianiFrancesco Geminianithumb|230px|Francesco Geminiani.Francesco Saverio Geminiani was an Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist.-Biography:...
visits Dublin, where he is robbed of a valuable manuscript. - Domenico CimarosaDomenico CimarosaDomenico Cimarosa was an Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school...
enters the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto. - Joseph HaydnJoseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
enters the service of the Esterházy family
Opera
- Charles-Guillaume Alexandre – George et Georgette
- Florian Leopold GassmannFlorian Leopold GassmannFlorian Leopold Gassmann was a German-speaking Bohemian opera composer of the transitional period between the baroque and classical eras. He was one of the principal composers of dramma giocoso immediately before Mozart....
– Catone in Utica - Baldassare Galuppi – Le Tre Amante Ridicoli
Classical music
- Thomas Arne – Judith (oratorioOratorioAn oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...
) - Christoph Willibald GluckChristoph Willibald GluckChristoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck was an opera composer of the early classical period. After many years at the Habsburg court at Vienna, Gluck brought about the practical reform of opera's dramaturgical practices that many intellectuals had been campaigning for over the years...
– Don Juan (balletBalletBallet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
) - François Joseph GossecFrançois Joseph GossecFrançois-Joseph Gossec was a French composer of operas, string quartets, symphonies, and choral works.-Life and work:...
– Sei sinfonie a più stromenti, op.5 - Joseph HaydnJoseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
– Symphony No. 6 ("Le matin")Symphony No. 6 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 6 in D major is an early symphony written by Joseph Haydn and the first written after Haydn had joined the Esterházy court. It is the first of three that are characterised by unusual virtuoso writing across the orchestral ensemble...
, Symphony No. 7 ("Le midi")Symphony No. 7 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 7 in C major, Hoboken I/7, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn, sometimes called "Le midi." The symphony was most likely composed in 1761, together with the other two of the Day Trilogy, No.s 6 and 8....
and Symphony No. 8 ("Le soir")Symphony No. 8 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn wrote his Symphony No. 8 in G major under the employ of Prince Esterházy in 1761, in the transition between the Baroque and Classical periods. It is the third part of a set of three symphonies - Le matin , Le midi and Le soir .-Orchestration:The orchestration used in Symphony No... - Michael HaydnMichael HaydnJohann Michael Haydn was an Austrian composer of the classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn.-Life:...
– Symphony in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
– Minuet for Harpsichord
Births
- January 20 – Giovanni Domenico PerottiGiovanni Domenico PerottiGiovanni Domenico Perotti was an Italian composer....
, composer (died 1825) - January 22 – Georg Nikolaus von NissenGeorg Nikolaus von NissenGeorg Nikolaus von Nissen was a Danish diplomat and music historian...
, biographer of Mozart (died 1826) - January 26 – Jens ZetlitzJens ZetlitzJens Zetlitz was a Norwegian priest and poet.Born in Stavanger, at the close of the 18th century he traveled to Copenhagen to study theology. He became a member of Det Norske Selskab, and became well known for his entertaining songs and drinking songs...
, songwriter (died 1821) - February 12 – Jan Ladislav DussekJan Ladislav DussekJan Ladislav Dussek was a Czech composer and pianist. He was an important representative of Czech music abroad in the second half of 18th century and the beginning of 19th century...
, composer (died 1812) - February 15 – Jacob Kimball, Jr.Jacob Kimball, Jr.Jacob Kimball, Jr. born on February 15, 1761 and died in Topsfield, Massachusetts July 24, 1826 was one of the first American composers. He played fife and drum in the American Revolutionary War and participated in battle of Lexington and Bunker Hill....
, composer (died 1826) - February 20 – Johann Christian Ludwig AbeilleJohann Christian Ludwig AbeilleJohann Christian Ludwig Abeille was a German pianist and composer.His father was baronial valet in Bayreuth. He was educated at the Karlsschule in Stuttgart where his teachers were Antonio Boroni, Ferdinando Mazzanti, and Johann Gottlieb Sämann...
, pianist and composer - February 22 – Erik TulindbergErik TulindbergErik Tulindberg was the first known Finnish composer of classical music.-Life:Tulindberg was born in Vähäkyrö in Western Finland. He studied in Turku and then worked as a civil servant in Oulu from 1784 to 1809 and thereafter in Turku. He played the violin and cello and was appointed a member of...
, composer (died 1814) - April 20 – Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer
- June 13 – Antonín VranickýAntonín VranickýAntonín Vranický , was a famous Czech violinist and composer of the 18th century. He was the brother of Pavel Wranitzky....
or Wranitzky, violinist and composer (died 1820) - July 20 – Joseph Lefebvre, composer
- September 4 – F.L.Æ. KunzenF.L.Æ. KunzenFriedrich Ludwig Æmilius Kunzen was a German composer and conductor who lived and worked for much of his life in Denmark.-Life:...
, composer - date unknown – John StevensonJohn Stevenson (composer)Sir John Andrew Stevenson was an Irish composer of classical music. He is best known for his publications of Irish Melodies with poet Thomas Moore...
, composer (died 1833)
Deaths
- January 3 – Willem de FeschWillem de FeschWillem de Fesch was a virtuoso Dutch violone player and composer.The pupil of Karel Rosier, who was a Vice-Kapellmeister at Bonn, Willem later married his daughter, Maria Anna Rosier.De Fesch was active in Amsterdam between 1710 and 1725...
, violinist and composer (born 1687) - January 18 – Francesco FeoFrancesco FeoFrancesco Feo was an Italian composer, known chiefly for his operas. He was born and died in Naples, where most of his operas were premièred.-Life:...
, opera composer (born 1691) - February 15 – Carlo CecereCarlo CecereCarlo Cecere was an Italian composer of operas, concertos and instrumental duets including, for examples, some mandolin duets and a concerto for mandolin. Cecere worked in the transitional period between the Baroque and Classical eras of music.-Life:Surprisingly little is known about his life,...
, composer (born 1706) - March 7 – Antonio PalellaAntonio PalellaAntonio Palella was an Italian composer and harpsichordist.-Recording:*1 concerto in Neapolitan Flute Concertos, Auser Musici, Carlo Ipata, director, Hyperion CDA67784...
, composer - March 27 – Johann Ludwig Steiner, composer
- June 12 – Meinrad Spiess, composer
- July 9 – Carl Gotthelf GerlachCarl Gotthelf GerlachCarl Gotthelf Gerlach was a German organist, who took over the Leipzig Collegium Musicum from Johann Sebastian Bach between 1737 and 1739....
, organist (born 1704) - date unknown
- Adam FalckenhagenAdam FalckenhagenAdam Falckenhagen was a German lutenist and composer of the Baroque period.He was born in Groß-Dölzig, near Leipzig in Saxony, but spent the later part of his life in Bayreuth. He wrote tuneful music which is still played today on lute and guitar...
, lutenist and composer (born 1697) - Newburgh HamiltonNewburgh HamiltonNewburgh Hamilton was born in County Tyrone, Ireland and entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1708, aged sixteen, but he left without obtaining a degree. He is known to have been Handel’s librettist for three works: Alexander’s Feast , Samson and the Occasional Oratorio...
, librettist (born 16911691 in music-Events:*July – Johann Heinrich Buttstett succeeds Nicolaus Vetter as organist of the Predigerkirche in Erfurt.-Classical music:*John Blow – Ode for St Cecilia's Day*Bianca Maria Meda – Cari Musici...
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- Adam Falckenhagen