1789 in music
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Events
- 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...
travels to BerlinMozart's Berlin journeyOne of the longest adulthood journeys of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a visit, beginning in Spring 1789, to a series of cities lying northward of his adopted home in Vienna: Prague, Leipzig, Dresden, and Berlin.-Departure:...
. - Joseph HaydnJoseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
meets Maria Anna von GenzingerMaria Anna von GenzingerMaria Anna Sabina Genzinger , called "Marianne", was a Viennese amateur musician, the mother of six children, and a friend of the composer Joseph Haydn...
. - Adalbert GyrowetzAdalbert GyrowetzVojtěch Matyáš Jírovec was a Bohemian composer.- Biography :...
arrives in Paris. - Luigi CherubiniLuigi CherubiniLuigi Cherubini was an Italian composer who spent most of his working life in France. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest of his contemporaries....
becomes music director for the Théâtre Monsieur. - Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst BachWilhelm Friedrich Ernst BachWilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach was the eldest son of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach and the only grandson of Johann Sebastian Bach to gain fame as a composer. He was music director to Frederick William II of Prussia...
becomes Kapellmeister at Berlin. - Anna Storace appears in a London production of 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...
's Il Barbiere di Siviglia. - Mozart writes to his fellow Freemason and benefactor, Puchberg, saying that next time they meet, he will tell him about Antonio SalieriAntonio SalieriAntonio Salieri was a Venetian classical composer, conductor and teacher born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, but who spent his adult life and career as a faithful subject of the Habsburg monarchy....
’s plots "which, however, have completely failed". - Ignaz Joseph PleyelIgnaz PleyelIgnace Joseph Pleyel , ; was an Austrian-born French composer and piano builder of the Classical period.-Early years:...
becomes Kapellmeister of StrasbourgStrasbourgStrasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
Cathedral in succession to Franz Xaver Richter.
Classical Music
- Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
– Two Preludes through all twelve major keys for piano, Op. 39 - 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....
– The Captivity of Judah (oratorio) - Joseph HaydnJoseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
– Symphony No. 92 in G, "Oxford"Symphony No. 92 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn completed his Symphony No. 92 in G major, Hoboken 1/92, popularly known as the Oxford Symphony, in 1789 as one of a set of three symphonies that Haydn had been commissioned by the French Count d'Ogny to compose.-Background:... - Leopold Anton Kozeluch – Concerto for Clarinet no 2 in E flat major
- 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...
– Clarinet Quintet in AClarinet Quintet (Mozart)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581, was written in 1789 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler. A clarinet quintet is a work for one clarinet and a string quartet . Although originally written for basset clarinet, it is almost always played on a clarinet in A or B-flat...
Opera
- Domenico CimarosaDomenico CimarosaDomenico Cimarosa was an Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school...
– I Due Baroni - André Grétry – Raoul Barbe-Bleue
- 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...
– Nina - Johann Friedrich ReichardtJohann Friedrich ReichardtJohann Friedrich Reichardt was a German composer, writer and music critic.-Early life:Reichardt was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, to lutenist and Stadtmusiker Johann Reichardt . Johann Friedrich began his musical training, in violin, keyboard, and lute, as a child...
– Brenno; Claudine von Villa Bella - Antonio SalieriAntonio SalieriAntonio Salieri was a Venetian classical composer, conductor and teacher born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, but who spent his adult life and career as a faithful subject of the Habsburg monarchy....
– Il Pastor fido; La Cifra; both with libretto by Lorenzo Da PonteLorenzo Da PonteLorenzo Da Ponte was a Venetian opera librettist and poet. He wrote the librettos for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Mozart's greatest operas, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro and Così fan tutte.... - Stephen StoraceStephen StoraceStephen Storace was an English composer. His sister was the famous opera singer Nancy Storace. He was born in London in the Parish of St Marylebone to an English mother and Italian father...
– The Haunted Tower
Births
- January 30 – George Augustus Kollmann, composer
- February 1 – Hippolyte André Jean Baptiste ChélardHippolyte André Jean Baptiste ChélardHippolyte André Jean Baptiste Chélard was a French composer, violist, and conductor of the Classical era....
, composer (d. 1861) - February 8 – Ludwig Wilhelm MaurerLudwig Wilhelm MaurerLudwig Wilhelm Maurer was a German composer, conductor, and violinist born in Potsdam. In 1802, he debuted in Berlin with his first major violin performance. After a brief period of studying French violin style in Mitau , Maurer went to Russia at age 17 in 1806, where he would stay for most of...
, composer (d. 1878) - February 15 – Friedrich Fesca, composer (d. 1826)
- June 27 – Friedrich SilcherFriedrich SilcherPhillipp Friedrich Silcher , was a German composer, mainly known for his lieder , and an important folksong collector.-Life:...
, composer (d. 1860) - September 1 – Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer
- October 18 – Giovanni TadoliniGiovanni TadoliniGiovanni Tadolini was an Italian composer, conductor and singing instructor, who enjoyed a career that alternated between Bologna and Paris. Tadolini is probably best known for completing six sections of Rossini's 1833 version of the Stabat mater after the latter fell sick...
, composer - October 24 – Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer (d. 1855)
- October 26 – Joseph Mayseder
- October 28 – Johann Schneider, composer
- November 13 – Martin de Ron, composer
- December 8 – John FawcettJohn Fawcett (of Bolton)John Fawcett began in life as a shoemaker but taught himself to be a musician. In 1825, Fawcett moved to Bolton, in Lancashire, and became an organist, choir leader, and composer.- External links :...
, composer (d. 1867) - December 14 – Maria Agata SzymanowskaMaria Agata SzymanowskaMaria Szymanowska was a Polish composer and one of the first professional virtuoso pianists of the 19th century. She toured extensively throughout Europe, especially in the 1820s, before settling permanently in St. Petersburg...
, composer (d. 1831)
Deaths
- January 1 – Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer
- January 2 – Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer
- January 20 – Johann Christoph Oley, composer
- February 2 – Armand-Louis CouperinArmand-Louis CouperinArmand-Louis Couperin was a French composer, organist, and harpsichordist of the late Baroque and early Classical periods. He was a member of the Couperin family of musicians, of which the most notable were his great uncle Louis and his cousin François.- Biography :Couperin was born in Paris...
, organist and composer (b. 1727) - May 10 – Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer
- June 7 – Václav Jan KopřivaVáclav Jan KopřivaVáclav Jan Kopřiva was a Bohemian composer and organist.-Life:...
(b. 1708) - June 14 – Johann Wilhelm HertelJohann Wilhelm HertelJohann Wilhelm Hertel was a German composer, harpsichord and violin player.He was born in Eisenach, into a family of musicians. His father, Johann Christian Hertel was Konzertmeister and director of music at the Eisenach court, while his grandfather, Jakob Christian Hertel Johann Wilhelm Hertel...
, composer (b. 1727) - July 4 – Cláudio Manuel da CostaCláudio Manuel da CostaCláudio Manuel da Costa was a Brazilian poet and musician, considered to be the introducer of the Neoclassicism in Brazil...
, poer and conductor (b. 1729) - July 15 – Jacques DuphlyJacques DuphlyJacques Duphly was a French harpsichordist and organist, and the composer of bright, lively, and attractive keyboard music.- Biography :...
, composer (b. 1715) - September 11 – Luka SorkočevićLuka SorkocevicCount Luka Sorkočević, was a composer from the Republic of Ragusa.Luka Sorkočević was born in Dubrovnik and received an extensive education. His music teacher was the Italian composer Giuseppe Valentini, who was maestro di cappella of Dubrovnik Cathedral in the 1750s...
, composer (b. 1734) (suicide) - September 12 – Franz Xaver RichterFranz Xaver RichterFranz Xaver Richter, known as François Xavier Richter in France was an Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theoretician who spent most of his life first in Austria and later in Mannheim and in Strasbourg, where he was music director of the cathedral...
, composer (b. 1709) - October 24 – Joaquin de Oxinaga, composer
- date unknown – MinetteMinette (actress)Minette et Lise was a sister couple of two Haitian actresses, singers and dancers, two of the most popular in the French colony of Saint Domingue in Pre-revolutionary Haiti...
, actress, singer and dancer (b. 1767) (killed in Haitian race riot)