1780 In Music

Events

*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composes his opera ''Idomeneo'' at Munich.
*The Danish royal anthem, " Kong Christian", is first sung.
*Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's ''Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen'' goes into its third edition.
*1780–1782 Emanuel Bach revises his ''Magnificat'' Wq 215 (H 772) (Hamburg version).

Classical music

*Carl Friedrich Abel – 6 String Trios, Op. 16
*Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
**Keyboard Sonata in F major, H.269
**Keyboard Sonata in A major, H.270
**Rondo in G major, H.271
**''Geistliche Gesänge'', Book 1 H.749
* Johann Christian Bach
**6 Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin or Flute, Op.16 (W.B 10-15a)
**6 Keyboard Sonatas, Op. 17
**2 Keyboard Quintets, Op. 22
*Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier – ''12 Noëls avec un Carillon des morts''
*Franz Benda – Violin Sonata in C minor, L3.9
* Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda
**Viola Concerto in F major, LorB 314
**3 Sonatas, Op. 3
*Georg Benda – ''Sammlung Vermischter Stücke''
*Luigi Boccherini
**6 String Sextets, G.454-459 (Op. 23)
**'' Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid'' (Op. 30)
**6 String Quintets, G.325-330 (Op.31)
**6 String Quartets, G.201-206 (Op.32)
*Giuseppe Maria Cambini – 6 Trios for 2 Violins and Cello, Op. 15
* Luigi Cherubini – 6 Harpsichord Sonatas
*Muzio Clementi – 5 Piano Sonatas and a Duet, Op.1a
*Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – ''Job'' (oratorio)
* Fedele Fenaroli – 9 Harpsichord Sonatas
* Joseph Haydn
**Symphony No.62 in D major, Hob.I:62
**Symphony No.74 in E-flat major, Hob.I:74
**Keyboard Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI:35
**Keyboard Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI:37
**Keyboard Sonata in E-flat major, Hob.XVI:38
**Keyboard Sonata in G major, Hob.XVI:39
*Leopold Kozeluch
**3 Keyboard Sonatas, Opp. 1-2
**3 Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin, Op. 17
* Franziska Lebrun – 6 Violin Sonatas, Opp. 1-2
*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
** Symphony No. 34 in C major, K.338
**3 Minuets, K. 363
* Josef Myslivecek – 6 Divertimenti
* Antonio Rosetti
**Symphony in D major, M.A12
**Oboe Concerto in C major, M.C30
* Friedrich Schwindl – 6 Quintets or Trios, Op. 10
*Carl Stamitz
**Flute Concerto in G major, Op. 29
**Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in B-flat major
* Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel – ''Sonata for Violin and Keyboard in B-flat major'', StWV 194
*Luigi Tomasini – 3 String Quartets, Op. 8
*Johann Baptist Wanhal – 6 String Trios, Op. 17

Opera

*Domenico Cimarosa
**'' Caio Mario''
**'' Le donne rivali''
**''Il falegname''
**''I finti nobili''
*Franz Danzi – ''Cleopatra''
*André Grétry – ''Aucassin et Nicolette''
*Franz Joseph Haydn – ''La Fedeltà premiata'', Hob.XXVIII:10
*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – ''Zaide'' (unfinished)
* Josef Myslivecek – '' Antigono''
*Giovanni Paisiello – ''Il Barbiere di Siviglia''
*Niccolò Piccinni – '' Atys''
*Bernardo Porta – ''La Principessa d'Amalfi''
* Joseph Bologne Saint-Georges – ''L'Amant anonime'' (premiered March 8)

Methods and theory writings

* Anonymous – ''ABCDario Musico'' ( Bath: printed for the Authors, and sold at the Rooms, 1780.)
* Salvatore Bertezen – ''Principi della musica''
* Fedele Fenaroli – ''Regole musicali per i principianti di cembalo''
* Johann Adam Hiller – ''Anweisung zum musikalisch-zierlichen Gesange'' (Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Junius, 1780)
* Georg Caspar Hodermann – Kurzer Unterricht für Musik-Anfänger
* Louis-Francois Henri Lefebure – ''Nouveau solfége''

Births

* January 14 – François-Joseph Dizi, harpist
* February 2 – Ananias Davisson, shape-note advocate (died 1857)
*February 8
** Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer
** Franz Anton Morgenroth, composer (died 1847)
*March 10 – Juan José Landaeta, composer
*May 22 – Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer
*May 28 – Joseph Frohlich, composer
*June 18 – Michael Henkel, composer (died 1851)
*July 25 – Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer
*November 2 – Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu, soprano
*November 3 – Victor Dourlen, composer
* November 9 – Carl Borromäus von Miltitz, composer (died 1845)
*November 16 – Robert Archibald Smith, composer
*November 17 – Franz Clement, composer (died 1842)
*November 22 – Conradin Kreutzer, composer and conductor (died 1849)
*December 18 – Johann Martin Friedrich Nisle, composer (died c. 1861)
*date unknown
** Ferdinand Gasse, French composer (died 1840)
** Franciszek Lessel, Polish composer (died 1838)

Deaths

*January 1 – Johann Ludwig Krebs, German composer (born 1713)
* January 4 – Hedvig Wigert, opera singer (b. 1748)
* January 10 – Francesco Antonio Vallotti, organist, composer and music theorist (b. 1697)
* February 1 – Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer (b. 1713)
* April 21 – Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
*May 9 – Francisco Hernández Illana, Spanish composer (c.1700)
*May 14 – Pierre Montan Berton, Father of Henri-Montan Berton and composer (born 1727)
*August 19 – Bernhard Haltenberger, composer
*September 6 – George Alexander Stevens, songwriter (b. 1710)
*December 14 – Ignatius Sancho, composer and actor (b. c. 1729)
*''date unknown'' – Martin Nürenbach, dancer

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