1775 in music
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Events
- February 23 – Première of Pierre BeaumarchaisPierre BeaumarchaisPierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a French playwright, watchmaker, inventor, musician, diplomat, fugitive, spy, publisher, arms dealer, satirist, financier, and revolutionary ....
's play, The Barber of Seville, which will later provide material for more than one opera. - Wilhelm Hauser becomes organist at the monastery of Lavaldieu and the teacher of Étienne MéhulÉtienne MéhulEtienne Nicolas Méhul was a French composer, "the most important opera composer in France during the Revolution." He was also the first composer to be called a "Romantic".-Life:...
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Classical music
- Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Concerto for Oboe in D major
- Joseph Martin KrausJoseph Martin KrausJoseph Martin Kraus , was a composer in the classical era who was born in Miltenberg am Main, Germany. He moved to Sweden at age 21, and died at the age of 36 in Stockholm...
– Requiem - 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...
– Violin Concertos 3Violin Concerto No. 3 (Mozart)The Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Salzburg in 1775. Mozart was only 19 at the time.- Movements :The piece is in three movements:AllegroAdagioRondeau. Allegro- I. Allegro :...
, 4Violin Concerto No. 4 (Mozart)Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K. 218 was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775 in Salzburg. The autograph of the score is preserved in Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków.- Structure :...
& 5Violin Concerto No. 5 (Mozart)The Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775, premiering during the holiday season that year in Salzburg. It follows the typical fast-slow-fast musical structure.- Background :...
Opera
- Johann AndréJohann AndréJohann André was a German musician, composer and music publisher.In 1774, as the patriarch of a Huguenot family, André founded one of the first music publishing houses to be independent of a bookshop, in Offenbach am Main...
– Erwin und Elmire - 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...
- La finta giardinieraLa finta giardinieraLa finta giardiniera , K. 196, is an Italian opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart wrote it in Munich in January 1775 when he was 18 years old and it received its first performance on January 13 at the Salvatortheater in Munich...
- Il re pastoreIl re pastoreIl re pastore is an opera, K. 208, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Metastasio, edited by Gianbattista Varesco. It is an opera seria...
- La finta giardiniera
- Josef MyslivečekJosef MyslivecekJosef Mysliveček was a Czech composer who contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music...
– Il Demofoonte
Births
- January 21 – Manuel del Pópulo Vicente García, singer and composer (d. 1832)
- June 4 – Francesco MolinoFrancesco MolinoFrancesco Molino was an Italian guitarist and composer.-Biography:Molino was born in Ivrea near Turin. He often travelled to Spain to give concerts...
, guitarist and composer (d. 1847) - June 13 – Antoni Radziwiłł, politician and musician (d. 1833)
- July 5 – William CrotchWilliam CrotchWilliam Crotch was an English composer, organist and artist.Born in Norwich to a master carpenter he showed early musical talent . The three and a half year old Master William Crotch was taken to London by his ambitious mother, where he not only played on the organ of the Chapel Royal in St....
, composer (d. 1847) - August 2 – José Ángel LamasJosé Ángel LamasJosé Ángel Lamas was a Venezuelan classical musician and composer born in Caracas. He was the main representative of the classical period in Venezuela....
, composer (d. 1814) - August 31 – François de FossaFrancois de FossaFrançois de Fossa was a French classical guitarist and composer. He was born in Perpignan on 31 August, 1775. He died in Paris on 3 June, 1849.- Biography :...
, guitarist and composer (d. 1849) - October 15 – Bernhard Henrik CrusellBernhard Henrik CrusellBernhard Henrik Crusell was a Swedish-Finnish clarinetist, composer and translator, "the most significant and internationally best-known Finnish-born classical composer and indeed, — the outstanding Finnish composer before Sibelius".-Early life and training:Crusell was born in Uusikaupunki ,...
, clarinettist and composer (d. 1838) - October 21 – Giuseppe BainiGiuseppe BainiGiuseppe Baini was an Italian priest, music critic, and composer of church music.He was born at Rome. He was instructed in composition by his uncle, Lorenzo Baini, and afterwards by G. Jannaconi...
, composer and music critic (d. 1844) - October 30 – Catterino CavosCatterino CavosCatterino Albertovich Cavos , born Catarino Camillo Cavos, was an Italian composer, organist and conductor settled in Russia...
, organist, conductor and composer (d. 1840) - December 16 – François-Adrien BoïeldieuFrançois-Adrien BoïeldieuFrançois-Adrien Boieldieu was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart".-Biography:...
, composer (d. 1834) - December 25 – Antun SorkočevićAntun SorkocevicAntun Sorkočević , was a diplomat, writer, composer and member of Ragusan nobility . He was a good friend of Marko Bruerović.Sorkočević was born in Dubrovnik. His father was Luka Sorkočević. Like his father he was also composer...
, writer, composer and diplomat (d. 1841) - September 17 – Margrethe SchallMargrethe SchallAnna Margrethe Schall, , was a Danish Ballerina. She was one of the most notable ballet dancers in Denmark....
, ballerina (d. 1852) - date unknown
- Joseph Antonio EmidyJoseph Antonio EmidyJoseph Antonio Emidy was a West African born slave in early life, but later became a famous and celebrated violinist and composer in Cornwall.-Life:...
, violinist and composer (d. 1835) - Andrea NozzariAndrea NozzariAndrea Nozzari was an Italian tenor.Nozzari was born in Vertova and studied in Bergamo and Rome. He is notable for the principal roles written for him by Gioachino Rossini and mostly premiered in Domenico Barbaia's theatres in Naples...
, operatic tenor (d. 1832)
- Joseph Antonio Emidy
Deaths
- January 15 – Giovanni Battista SammartiniGiovanni Battista SammartiniGiovanni Battista Sammartini was an Italian composer, organist, choirmaster and teacher. He counted Gluck among his students, and was highly regarded by younger composers including Johann Christian Bach...
, organist and composer (b. c. 1700) - May 7 – Cornelius Heinrich DretzelCornelius Heinrich DretzelCornelius Heinrich Dretzel was a German organist and composer. He was born in Nuremberg, where he appears to have spent his whole life in various organists' posts. He may have studied with J.S. Bach in Weimar , and his compositions reveal points of contact with Bach...
, organist and composer (b. 1697) - May 9 – Vittoria TesiVittoria TesiVittoria Tesi was an Italian opera singer and music teacher of the 18th century. Her vocal range was that of a contralto....
, operatic contralto (b. 1700) - June 11 – Egidio Duni, composer (b. 1708)
- November 7 – François RebelFrançois RebelFrançois Rebel was a French composer of the Baroque era. Born in Paris, the son of the leading composer Jean-Féry Rebel, he was a child prodigy who became a violinist in the orchestra of the Paris Opera at the age of 13...
, composer (b. 1701) - December 9 – Pietro GnocchiPietro GnocchiPietro Gnocchi was an Italian composer, choir director, historian, and geographer of the late Baroque era, active mainly in Brescia, where he was choir director of Brescia Cathedral...
, composer (b. 1689) - date unknown
- Allessandro BesozziAllessandro BesozziAlessandro Besozzi was an Italian composer and virtuoso oboist.He lived at the court of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia in Turin and played concerts in various European cities with his brothers Antonio and Girolamo. He wrote many concertos, but only one of them was published in his lifetime...
, oboist and composer (b. 1702) - Rosa ScarlattiRosa ScarlattiRosa Scarlatti was an Italian opera singer.Rosa Scarlatti was active in the Italian Opera in Sweden from 1754 to 1757. She also performed at Public concerts at the Swedish House of Lords....
, opera singer (b. 1727)
- Allessandro Besozzi