1785 in music
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- Composer Supply BelcherSupply BelcherSupply Belcher was an American composer, singer, and compiler of tune books. He was one of the members of the so-called First New England School, a group of mostly self-taught composers who created sacred vocal music for local choirs. He was active first in Lexington, Massachusetts, then...
settles in MaineMaineMaine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
. - 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...
marries Johann Conrad Schlick, cellist & konzertmeister of the Gotha ducal band. - 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...
premieres the first of his Paris symphoniesParis symphoniesThe Paris Symphonies are a group of six symphonies written by Joseph Haydn and performed at the Concert Spirituel, the Concert de la Loge Olympique and the Concert de Amateurs in Paris.-The Symphonies:...
on commission from Count d'Ogny
Classical Music
- William Boyce, Ten Voluntaries
- 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...
, Symphonies 83 in G minor "La poule"Symphony No. 83 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 83 in G minor, Hoboken I/83, is the second of the six so-called Paris Symphonies written by Joseph Haydn in 1785 and it was published by Artaria in Vienna in December 1787....
and 85 in B flat "La Reine"Symphony No. 85 (Haydn)The Symphony No. 85 in B flat major, Hoboken 1/85, is the fourth of the six "Paris" symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It is popularly known as La Reine .- Background :... - 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...
- Piano Concertos 20 in D minorPiano Concerto No. 20 (Mozart)The Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1785. The first performance took place at the Mehlgrube Casino in Vienna on February 11, 1785, with the composer as the soloist.-Background:...
and 21 in C majorPiano Concerto No. 21 (Mozart)The Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, was completed on March 9, 1785 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, four weeks after the completion of the previous D minor concerto.- Structure :There are three movements.... - String Quartet in CString Quartet No. 19 (Mozart)The String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, KV. 465 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, nicknamed "Dissonance" on account of its unusual slow introduction, is perhaps the most famous of his quartets...
, "Dissonance"
- Piano Concertos 20 in D minor
- Ignace Pleyel, String Quartet
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...
- Gaetano Andreozzi – Giasone e Medea
- Prosper-Didier DeshayesProsper-Didier DeshayesProsper-Didier Deshayes was an opera composer and dancer who lived and worked in France. In 1764 he was a balletmaster at the Comédie-Française. By 1774 he had become an assistant at the Paris Opéra...
– Le Faux serment - Johann Friedrich ReichardtJohann Friedrich ReichardtJohann Friedrich Reichardt was a German composer, writer and music critic.-Early life:Reichardt was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, to lutenist and Stadtmusiker Johann Reichardt . Johann Friedrich began his musical training, in violin, keyboard, and lute, as a child...
– Artemisia - 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....
– La Grotta di Trofonio
Births
- February 2 – Isabella ColbranIsabella ColbranIsabella Colbran was a Spanish opera singer, who was known in her native country as Isabel Colbrandt. Many sources note her as a dramatic coloratura soprano but, some believe that she was a mezzo-soprano with a high extension, a soprano sfogato...
, coloratura soprano (d. 1845) - March 6 – Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer (d. 1857)
- March 19 – Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume ZimmermannPierre-Joseph-Guillaume ZimmermannPierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, , known as Pierre Zimmerman and Joseph Zimmermann, was a French pianist, composer, and music teacher.Zimmermann was born in Paris, the son of a piano maker...
, composer (d. 1853) - April 4 – Bettina BrentanoBettina von ArnimBettina von Arnim , born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist....
, composer and writer (d. 1859) - April 19 – Alexandre Pierre François BoëlyAlexandre Pierre François BoëlyAlexandre Pierre François Boëly was a French composer, organist, and pianist. Born into a family of musicians, Boëly received his first music lessons from his father, Jean François, who was a countertenor at the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris and a composer and harp teacher at the court of Versailles...
, composer (d. 1858) - August 18 – Friedrich WieckFriedrich WieckJohann Gottlob Friedrich Wieck was a noted German piano teacher, voice teacher, owner of a piano store, and music reviewer. He is remembered as the teacher of his daughter, Clara, a child prodigy who was doing international concert tours by age eleven and who later married Robert Schumann...
, piano teacher, father of Clara SchumannClara SchumannClara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...
(d. 1873) - September 5 – Thomas AdamsThomas Adams (musician)Thomas Adams was an English organist and composer for organ.Born in London, Adams studied under Thomas Busby, and served as organist at several prominent London churches...
, organist and composer (d. 1858) - September 25 – George Frederic Pinto, keyboard virtuoso and composer (d. 1805)
- November 2
- Friedrich KalkbrennerFriedrich KalkbrennerFriedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner was a German pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer who spent most of his life in England and France. Before the advent of Frédéric Chopin, Sigismond Thalberg and Franz Liszt, Kalkbrenner was by many considered to be the foremost pianist in...
, pianist and composer (d. 1849) - Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer
- Friedrich Kalkbrenner
Deaths
- January 3 – Baldassare Galuppi, composer (b. 1706)
- February 19 – Johann Christoph Richter, composer (b. 1700)
- May 9 – Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer (b. 1740)
- May 10 – Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer (b. 1748)
- May 15 – Karel Blažej KopřivaKarel Blažej KoprivaKarel Blažej Kopřiva was a Czech organist and composer from a family of musicians....
, organist and composer (b. 1756) - June 5 – Gottfried August HomiliusGottfried August HomiliusGottfried August Homilius was a German composer, cantor, and organist. He was the main representative of the empfindsamer style....
, composer (b. 1714) - August 31 – Pietro ChiariPietro ChiariAbbot Pietro Chiari was an Italian playwright, novelist and librettist.-Life:He was a Jesuit until leaving the order in 1747. From 1747 to 1762 he was court poet of Duke Francis III of Modena, in Venice, although not at the public cost...
, librettist (b. 1712) - October 24 – Jean-Jacques Robson, composer (b. 1723)
- November 19 – Bernard de BuryBernard de BuryBernard de Bury or Buri was a French musician and court composer of the late Baroque era.-Biography:...
, composer (b. 1720) - December 8 – Antonio Maria MazzoniAntonio Maria MazzoniAntonio Maria Mazzoni was an Italian composer....
, composer (b. 1717)