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Overview of the events of 1779 in music
Overview of the events of 1779 in music
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Events[]
Opera[]
Classical music[]
Methods and theory writings[]
- – Nouvel essai sur l'harmonie
- – Méthode de Harpe
- Franz Paul Rigler – Anleitung zum Klavier
- – Novo tratado de musica metrica, e rythmica
- Francesco Antonio Vallotti – Della scienza teorica e pratica della moderna musica (On the scientific theory and practice of modern music)
Births[]
- January 8 – John White, organist and composer
- January 15 – Jean Coralli, ballet producer and choreographer
- February 1 – Nikolaus von Krufft, Austrian composer (died 1818)
- February 5 – François van Campenhout, singer and composer (d. 1848)
- February 22 – Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer (d. 1813)
- February 23 – Johann Caspar Aiblinger, composer (d. 1867)
- March 1 – Jacob Gottfried Weber, composer (d. 1839)
- March 13 – Oliver Shaw, composer (d. 1848)
- April 11 – Louise Reichardt, German composer (died 1826)
- April 21 – William Knyvett, composer
- May 28 – Thomas Moore, poet and lyricist
- August 1 – Francis Scott Key, songwriter (died 1843)[3]
- September 10 – Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer
- October 15 – Johan Olof Wallin, songwriting bishop
Deaths[]
- February 7 – William Boyce, composer, 69[4]
- April 6 – Tommaso Traetta, composer, 52[5]
- April 7 – Martha Ray, singer, 32/33 (murdered)[6]
- June 6 – Joseph Inchbald, actor and singer, 44[7]
- November 27 – Josse Boutmy, organist and harpsichordist, 82[8]
- December 5 – Hermann Anton Gelinek, organist and violinist, 70[9]
- December 28 – Gennaro Manna, composer, 64[10]
- December - Richard Morris, collector of folk songs, 76[11]
- unknown date – Edward Jones, Welsh composer, 49/50[12]
References[]
- ^ "William Boyce", Eighteenth Century English Music (rslade.co.uk)
- ^ Philip H. Highfill; Kalman A. Burnim; Edward A. Langhans (1973). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. SIU Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-8093-0919-1.
- ^ Penton, Kemberly (September 14, 2016). "Remembering Francis Scott Key: The Man Behind America's National Anthem 'The Star-Spangled Banner'". Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
- ^ The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage. 1806. p. 21.
- ^ Joseph Haydn (1870). Haydn's Universal Index of Biography from the Creation to the Present Time. E. Moxon, Son, and Company. p. 541.
- ^ McDonagh, Josephine (2003). Child Murder and British Culture, 1720–1900. Cambridge University Press. p. 73. ISBN 9780521781930.
- ^ Philip H. Highfill; Kalman A. Burnim; Edward A. Langhans (1973). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. SIU Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-8093-0919-1.
- ^ "Premiere Suite - Josse Boutmy". repertoire-explorer. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Burnett R. Toskey (1983). Concertos for Violin and Viola: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia. B.R. Toskey. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-9601054-8-9.
- ^ Rochus Freiherr von Liliencron; Franz X. von Wegele; Anton Bettelheim (1884). Allgemeine deutsche Biographie ...: Auf Veranlassung ... Duncker & Humblot.
- ^ Robert Thomas Jenkins. "MORRIS, RICHARD (1703-1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ Robert Evans; Maggie Humphreys (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4411-3796-8.
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