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Overview of the events of 1784 in music
Overview of the events of 1784 in music
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- January 5 – In Paris, Antonio Salieri signs a contract with the Opéra for a work entitled Les Danaïdes.[1]
- January 7 – Composer Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny marries Amélie de Villemagne.[1]
- February 9 – The Piano Concerto No. 14 becomes the first entry in the catalogue of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.[1]
- March – 28-year-old Mozart gives the first performances of his Piano Concerto No. 15 at the Trattnerhof and Burgtheater in Vienna.
- April 24 – Mozart writes to his father Leopold, recommending the work of newcomer Ignaz Pleyel.[1]
- April 29 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and violinist Regina Strinasacchi 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 Emperor.
- May 27 – June 5 – Handel Commemoration concerts in Westminster Abbey, London.
- June 13 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 17 is performed for the first time, by his student, Barbara von Ployer. Giovanni Paisiello is in the audience.
- August 17 – Luigi Boccherini is given a pay rise of 12000 reals by his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.[1]
- August 28 – In Vienna, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger's Mass in E flat is performed for the first time, with the orchestral arrangement replaced by organ accompaniment, in accordance with the preferences of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.[1]
- December 11 – Mozart is received into the Masonic lodge "Beneficence".
- The first opera is mounted at the unfinished Teatro Nuovo in Bergamo, Lombardy, Giuseppe Sarti's Medonte, re di Epiro.
Classical music[]
- Niel Gow – A Collection of Strathspey Reels, etc.
- Joseph Haydn
- 6 Divertimentos, Hob.IV:6–11
- Keyboard Sonata in G major, Hob.XVI:40 (no. 54)
- Keyboard Sonata in B-flat major, Hob.XVI:41 (no. 55)
- Keyboard Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI:42 (no. 56)
- 24 Lieder, Hob.XXVIa:13–24 (second book)
- Michael Haydn – Symphony in B-flat major; Symphony in C major
- – Für fülende Seelen am Klavier
- Edward Jones – Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, including "Deck the Halls"
- Leopold Kozeluch – Keyboard Concerto in F major, P.IV:1
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Piano Concerto No. 14
- Piano Concerto No. 15
- Giovanni Paisiello – Six quartets, Op. 1
- Joseph Reicha – Cello Concerto in D major
- Giovanni Battista Viotti – Duetto concertante for 2 Violins in D major; Duetto concertante for 2 Violins in D minor
Opera[]
Births[]
- January 1 – William Beale, composer and organist (died 1854)
- January 27 – Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer (died 1851)
- January 29 – Ferdinand Ries, composer
- February 3 – John Fane, composer and diplomat
- February 27 – Job Plimpton, composer (died 1864)
- March 25 – François-Joseph Fétis, Belgian musicologist, composer, critic and teacher (died 1871)
- April 8 – Dionisio Aguado, guitarist and composer (died 1849)
- June 14 – Francesco Morlacchi, opera composer (died 1841)
- July 27 – George Onslow, composer (died 1853)
- August 5 – Louis Spohr, composer, violinist and conductor (died 1859)
- August 23
- October 15 – Thomas Hastings, composer (died 1872)
- November 7 – Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner, German pianist and composer
- date unknown – Samuel Simms, organist and composer (died 1868)
Deaths[]
References[]
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