1780 in music
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- 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...
composes his opera Idomeneo at Munich. - The DanishDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
national anthemNational anthemA national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
, "Kong Kristian...", is first sung. - Carl Philipp Emanuel BachCarl Philipp Emanuel Bachright|250pxCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and second son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach...
's Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen goes into its third edition. - 1780–1782 Emanuel Bach revises his MagnificatMagnificatThe Magnificat — also known as the Song of Mary or the Canticle of Mary — is a canticle frequently sung liturgically in Christian church services. It is one of the eight most ancient Christian hymns and perhaps the earliest Marian hymn...
Wq 215 (H 772) (Hamburg version).
Classical music
- Luigi BoccheriniLuigi BoccheriniLuigi Rodolfo Boccherini was an Italian classical era composer and cellist whose music retained a courtly and galante style while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. Boccherini is most widely known for one particular minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No...
– Musica notturna delle strade di MadridMusica notturna delle strade di MadridMusica notturna delle strade di Madrid , Opus 30 No. 6 , is a quintettino for stringed instruments Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid (Night Music of the Streets of Madrid,), Opus 30 No. 6 (G. 324), is a quintettino (quintet) for stringed instruments Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid... - Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Job (oratorio)
Opera
- Domenico CimarosaDomenico CimarosaDomenico Cimarosa was an Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school...
– Le donne rivaliLe donne rivaliLe donne rivali is an intermezzo in two acts by composer Domenico Cimarosa with an Italian libretto by a now unknown poet. It is speculated that Giuseppe Petrosellini may have been the author of the libretto. The opera premiered at the Teatro Valle in Rome, Italy during Carnival in 1780... - Franz DanziFranz DanziFranz Ignaz Danzi was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the noted Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi. Born in Schwetzingen, Franz Danzi worked in Mannheim, Munich, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, where he died....
– Cleopatra - André Grétry – Aucassin et NicoletteAucassin et Nicolette (opera)Aucassin et Nicolette, ou Les moeurs du bon vieux tems is a French comédie mise en musique in four acts by André Grétry. The work was first performed at Versailles on 30 December 1779 and at the Comédie-Italienne...
- 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...
– ZaideZaideZaide is an unfinished opera, K. 344, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780. Emperor Joseph II, in 1778, was in the process of setting up an opera company for the purpose of performing German opera. One condition required of the composer to join this company was that he should write a...
(unfinished) - Giovanni PaisielloGiovanni PaisielloGiovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era.-Life:Paisiello was born at Taranto and educated by the Jesuits there. He became known for his beautiful singing voice and in 1754 was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and...
– Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Niccolò PiccinniNiccolò PiccinniNiccolò Piccinni was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera. Although he is somewhat obscure, even to music lovers today, Piccinni was one of the most popular composers of opera—particularly the Neapolitan opera buffa—of his day...
– AtysAtys (Piccinni)Atys is a tragédie lyrique in three acts by Niccolò Piccinni with a French libretto by Jean-François Marmontel. Marmontel's libretto was based upon Philippe Quinault's libretto for Jean-Baptiste Lully's 1676 opera of the same title. Quinault based his rendition on Ovid's Fasti. Marmontel adapted... - Bernardo Porta – La Principessa d'Amalfi
Births
- January 14 – François-Joseph Dizi
- February 9 – Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer
- March 10 – Juan José LandaetaJuan José LandaetaJuan José Landaeta was a Venezuelan composer.Born in Caracas, his parents were free mulatos...
, composer - May 22 – Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer
- May 28 – Joseph Frohlich, composer
- June 18 – Michael Henkel, composer
- July 25 – Christian Theodor WeinligChristian Theodor WeinligChristian Theodor Weinlig was a German music teacher, composer, and choir conductor in Dresden and Leipzig....
, composer - November 2 – Alexandrine-Caroline BranchuAlexandrine-Caroline BranchuAlexandrine-Caroline Branchu was a French opera soprano. She was born in Cap-Haïtien, Haïti at a time when Haiti was a French colony...
, soprano - November 3 – Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer
- November 16 – Robert Archibald Smith, composer
- November 22 – Conradin KreutzerConradin KreutzerConradin Kreutzer or Kreuzer was a German composer and conductor. His works include the opera for which he is remembered, Das Nachtlager in Granada, and Der Verschwender, both produced in 1834.Kreutzer owes his fame almost exclusively to Das Nachtlager in Granada , which kept the stage for...
Deaths
- January 10 – Francesco Antonio VallottiFrancesco Antonio VallottiFrancesco Antonio Vallotti was an Italian composer, music theorist, and organist.- Life :He was born in Vercelli. He studied with G. A. Bissone at the church of St. Eusebius, and joined the Franciscan order in 1716. He was ordained as a priest in 1720. In 1722 he became an organist at St...
, organist, composer and music theorist (b. 1697) - February 1 – Johann Ludwig KrebsJohann Ludwig KrebsJohann Ludwig Krebs was a Rococo musician and composer primarily for the pipe organ.-Life:Krebs was born in 1713 in Buttelstedt, Germany to Johann Tobias Krebs, a well-known organist. J. Tobias had at least three sons who were considered musically talented, and J...
, composer (b. 1713) - April 21 – Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
- August 19 – Bernhard Haltenberger, composer
- September 6 – George Alexander StevensGeorge Alexander StevensGeorge Alexander Stevens was an English actor, playwright, poet, and songwriter. He was born in the parish of St. Andrews, in Holborn, a neighbourhood of London...
, songwriter (b. 1710) - December 14 – Ignatius SanchoIgnatius SanchoIgnatius Sancho was a composer, actor, and writer. He is the first known Black Briton to vote in a British election. He gained fame in his time as "the extraordinary Negro", and to 18th century British abolitionists he became a symbol of the humanity of Africans and immorality of the slave trade...
, composer and actor (b. c. 1729) - date unknown – Hedvig WigertHedvig WigertHedvig Christina Wigert was a Swedish opera singer. She belonged to the famous pioneer group of performers of the Royal Swedish Opera....
, opera singer (b. 1748) - date unknown – Martin NürenbachMartin NürenbachMartin Nürenbach, or Nurembach , was a German acrobat, actor, dancer, tight-rope-dancer and theatre director, active in Sweden, Norway and Finland...
, dancer