1784 in music
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- March - 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...
gives the first performances of his Piano Concerto No. 15Piano Concerto No. 15 (Mozart)The Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat Major, KV. 450 is a concertante work for piano, or pianoforte, and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart composed the concerto for performance at a series of concerts at the Vienna venues of the Trattnerhof and the Burgtheater in the first quarter of...
at the Trattnerhof and Burgtheater in Vienna - April 29 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and violinist Regina StrinasacchiRegina StrinasacchiRegina Schlick née Strinasacchi was a violin virtuoso in a time when women rarely performed on the violin in public. She is best known as the musician for whom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed the Sonata in B flat for Violin and Keyboard, "Strinasacchi," .Strinasacchi was born in either 1761, 1762...
perform Mozart's Sonata in B flat for Violin and Keyboard (K.454) for the first time, in the presence of Joseph II, Holy Roman EmperorJoseph II, Holy Roman EmperorJoseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg lands from 1780 to 1790. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I...
. - June 13 – 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...
's Piano Concerto No. 17 is performed for the first time, by his student, Barbara von PloyerBarbara PloyerMaria Anna Barbara or Babette Ployer was an Austrian piano and composition pupil of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for whom he wrote two piano concertos in 1784, No. 14 KV. 449 and No. 17, KV...
. Giovanni PaisielloGiovanni PaisielloGiovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era.-Life:Paisiello was born at Taranto and educated by the Jesuits there. He became known for his beautiful singing voice and in 1754 was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and...
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Classical music
- Michael HaydnMichael HaydnJohann Michael Haydn was an Austrian composer of the classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn.-Life:...
– Symphony in B flat major; Symphony in C major - Giovanni Battista ViottiGiovanni Battista ViottiGiovanni Battista Viotti was an Italian violinist whose virtuosity was famed and whose work as a composer featured a prominent violin and an appealing lyrical tunefulness...
– Duetto concertante for 2 Violins in D major; Duetto concertante for 2 Violins in D minor
OperaOperaOpera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
- André Grétry – Richard Coeur de LionRichard Coeur-de-lion (opera)Richard Coeur-de-lion is an opéra comique, described as a comédie mise en musique, by the Belgian composer André Grétry. was by Michel-Jean Sedaine. The work is generally recognised as Grétry's masterpiece and one of the most important French opéras comiques...
- 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...
– ArmidaArmida (Haydn)Armida, Hob. 28/12, is an opera in three acts by Joseph Haydn, set to a libretto based upon Torquato Tasso's poem Gerusalemme liberata . The first performance was 26 February 1784 and it went on to receive 54 performances from 1784 to 1788 at the Esterháza Court Theatre... - Thomas Linley – The Spanish Rivals
- Antonio SalieriAntonio SalieriAntonio Salieri was a Venetian classical composer, conductor and teacher born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, but who spent his adult life and career as a faithful subject of the Habsburg monarchy....
- Les DanaïdesLes DanaïdesLes Danaïdes is an opera by Antonio Salieri, in 5 acts: more specifically, it is a tragédie lyrique. The opera was set to a libretto by Leblanc du Roullet and Baron Tschudi, who in turn adapted the work of Ranieri de' Calzabigi...
- Il ricco d'un giornoIl ricco d'un giornoIl ricco d'un giorno is a dramma giocoso in three acts composed by Antonio Salieri. The Italian libretto was by Lorenzo Da Ponte after a work by Giovanni Bertati.-Performance history:...
(libretto by Lorenzo Da PonteLorenzo Da PonteLorenzo Da Ponte was a Venetian opera librettist and poet. He wrote the librettos for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Mozart's greatest operas, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro and Così fan tutte....
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- Les Danaïdes
- Andrea LuchesiAndrea LuchesiAndrea Luca Luchesi was an Italian composer.- Biography :Andrea Luchesi was born at Motta di Livenza, near Treviso the eleventh child of Pietro Luchese and Caterina Gottardi. The rather wealthy family descended from groups of noble families who had moved from Lucca to Venice in the 14th century...
– Ademira - Giovanni PaisielloGiovanni PaisielloGiovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era.-Life:Paisiello was born at Taranto and educated by the Jesuits there. He became known for his beautiful singing voice and in 1754 was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and...
– Il Re Teodoro
Births
- January 1 – William BealeWilliam BealeWilliam Beale was an English composer and baritone.Beale was born in Landrake, Cornwall. He first served as a chorister at Westminster Abbey under Dr. Arnold until his voice broke. He then served as a midshipman on HMS Révolutionnaire from 1799 to 1801...
, composer and organist - January 27 – Martin-Joseph MengalMartin-Joseph MengalMartin-Joseph Mengal , was a Belgian composer and instructor.Mengal came from a musical family and received horn and violin lessons as a child, and by the age of 13 played first horn at the Ghent opera...
, composer - January 29 – Ferdinand RiesFerdinand RiesFerdinand Ries was a German composer.- Life :Born into a musical family of Bonn, Ries was a friend and pupil of Beethoven who published in 1838 a collection of reminiscences of his teacher, co-written with Franz Wegeler...
, composer - January 31 – Carl Wilhelm Henning, composer
- February 3 – John FaneJohn Fane, 11th Earl of WestmorlandGeneral John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland GCB, GCH, PC , styled Lord Burghersh until 1841, was a British soldier, politician, diplomat and musician.-Background:...
, composer and diplomat - February 27 – Job PlimptonJob PlimptonJob Plimpton born on February 27, 1784 and died in 1864, was one of the first American Composers and an organ builder.-References:...
, composer - April 8 – Dionisio AguadoDionisio AguadoDionisio Aguado was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer.-Biography:Born in Madrid, he studied with Miguel García. In 1826, Aguado visited Paris, where he met and became friends with and for a while lived with Fernando Sor...
, guitarist and composer - July 27 – George Onslow, composer
- August 5 – Louis SpohrLouis SpohrLouis Spohr was a German composer, violinist and conductor. Born Ludewig Spohr, he is usually known by the French form of his name. Described by Dorothy Mayer as "The Forgotten Master", Spohr was once as famous as Beethoven. As a violinist, his virtuoso playing was admired by Queen Victoria...
, composer, violinist and conductor - August 23 – Jeanette WässeliusJeanette WässeliusMarie Jeanette Wässelius, commonly known as Wässelia or Mamsell Wässelia, , was a Swedish opera singer, court singer and actress, the leading prima donna of the Swedish Opera during the Napoleonic age in the first decades of the 19th century and sister of the international opera star Justina Casagli...
, operatic soprano - September 7 – Frantisek Max Knize, composer
- October 15 – Thomas HastingsThomas Hastings (composer)Thomas Hastings was an American composer, primarily an author of hymn tunes of which the best known is Toplady for the hymn Rock of Ages. He was born to Dr. Seth and Eunice Hastings in Washington, Connecticut...
, composer - November 7 – Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner, German pianist and composer
- December 1 -Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer
Deaths
- January 11 – Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer
- February 24 – Anton Laube, composer
- March 4 – Ann CargillAnn CargillAnn Cargill was a British opera diva and celebrated beauty whose life and death were a sensation in London at the close of the 18th century.-Life:...
, opera singer (b. 1760) (drowned) - July 1 – Wilhelm Friedemann BachWilhelm Friedemann BachWilhelm Friedemann Bach , the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach, was a German composer and performer...
, composer (b. 1710) - August – Louis AnseaumeLouis AnseaumeLouis Anseaume was a French librettist.He contributed the words for operas by André Ernest Modeste Grétry , Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, Egidio Romualdo Duni, Christoph Willibald Gluck, and François-André Danican Philidor...
, opera librettist - August 6 – Karl KohautKarl KohautKarl Ignaz Augustin Kohaut was an Austrian lutenist and composer of Czech descent. He is considered to be one of the last important composers of music for Baroque Lute.Born in Vienna, Karl Kohaut pursued a dual career as a diplomat and musician...
, lutenist and composer (b. 1726) - August 4 – Giovanni Battista MartiniGiovanni Battista MartiniGiovanni Battista Martini , also known as Padre Martini, was an Italian musician.-Biography:Martini was born at Bologna....
, composer (b. 1706) - September 12 – Manuel Blasco de NebraManuel Blasco de NebraManuel Orlandi Blasco de Nebra was a Spanish organist and composer who lived in Seville.He was the son of José Blasco de Nebra , the organist of Seville Cathedral since 1735, and became his assistant organist in 1768, taking over in 1778...
, organist and composer (b. 1750) - September 27 – Boniface Stoecki, composer
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- John BennettJohn Bennett (composer)John Bennett was an English organist and composer.-Biography:Very little is known about him. The date of his birth is unknown. He died in September 1784, after serving as organist at St. Dionis Backchuch Fenchurch, London for over thirty years. He was a pupil of Johann Christoph Pepusch...
, organist and composer (b. c. 1735) - Anine FrölichAnine FrölichAnine Marie Magdalene Frölich, was a Danish ballerina, one of the first professional native ballet dancers in Denmark and a prima donna within the Danish ballet in her days...
, ballet dancer (b. 1762) - Carlo Ferdinando LandolfiCarlo Ferdinando Landolfi-Personal History:Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi was a legendary, individual master luthier who was active in the Italian 18th century during the golden age of stringed instrument making....
, luthier (b. c. 1710) - Maria LinleyMaria LinleyMaria Linley was an 18th century English singer. She was trained as a singer by her father Thomas Linley the elder and performed in the Drury Lane oratorios and in concerts until her early death. She was also sketched by the British artist Samuel Shelley as Saint Cecilia, patron saint of...
singer (b. 1763)
- John Bennett