Music year 1755
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Events
- William Boyce is named Master of the King's Musick .
- Ferdinando Bertoni becomes choirmaster of the Ospedale dei Mendicanti in Venice.
- The soprano Caterina Gabrielli accepted a call to the Imperial Court in Vienna , where she sang in several world premieres of Gluck : in La danza (premiere on May 5, 1755), L'innocenza giustificata (premiere on December 8, 1755), Il re pastore . She also works with Metastasio , who admires her.
- During a stay in Ireland Thomas Arne separated from his wife, the soprano Cecilia Young .
Opera
- January 6th : The opera seria Montezuma by Carl Heinrich Graun based on the libretto by Frederick the Great is premiered at the Royal Court Opera in Berlin.
- January 20 : The premiere of the opera Ezio by Johann Adolph Hasse takes place at the Royal Court Theater in Dresden . It is already Hasse's second opera of this name based on the libretto by Pietro Metastasio and is one of the most spectacular and elaborate productions at the Dresden court and at that time as a whole.
German title page of the libretto of the opera Ezio , music by Carl Heinrich Graun, Berlin 1755
- March 16 : Also based on the libretto by Pietro Metastasio, the opera Ezio by Carl Heinrich Graun is premiered at the Royal Court Opera in Berlin.
- March 31 : The Ópera do Tejo in Lisbon opens with the opera Alessandro nell'Indie by Davide Perez on the libretto by Pietro Metastasio . As early as November 1st , the opera house was destroyed by the Lisbon earthquake.
- June 15 : The world premiere of the opera Il Don Chisciotte by Ignaz Holzbauer takes place in Schwetzingen .
- August 30 : The world premiere of the opera Enea nel Lazio by Niccolò Jommelli takes place in Stuttgart.
- Johann Friedrich Agricola - Il tempio d'amore
- Pierre Montan Berton - Deucalion et Pyrrha
- Egidio Duni - L'olimpiade
Oratorios
- Carl Heinrich Graun - The death of Jesus
- Georg Philipp Telemann - The Death of Jesus TWV 5: 6
Instrumental music
- Leopold Mozart - Divertimento in F major Musical sleigh ride
Born
- February 11 : Albert Christoph Dies , German painter and writer; Author of Biographical Messages from Joseph Haydn († 1822 )
- February 28 : Maria Theresia von Ahlefeldt , German composer and pianist († 1810)
- March 2 : Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick , Belgian composer († 1799 )
- March 14th : Ignazio Alessandro Cozio di Salabue , Italian violin dealer, collector and specialist († 1840 )
- April 5 : Vincenc Mašek , Bohemian composer († 1831 )
- May 1 : Brigida Banti , Italian opera singer († 1806 )
- May 12 : Giovanni Battista Viotti , Italian violinist and composer († 1824 )
- June 18 : Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre , French mezzo-soprano, actress and dancer († 1821 )
- August 1 : Antonio Capuzzi , Italian violinist and composer († 1818 )
- October 9 : Nonnosus Brand , Bavarian composer, organist and music teacher († 1793 )
- November 10 : Franz Anton Ries , German violinist († 1846 )
- November 21 : Andreas Clemens Biber , German piano maker († 1830 )
Died
Date of death secured
- January 7th : Gallus Zeiler , Benedictine abbot and monastery composer (* 1705 )
- January 11th : Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer , French composer and harpsichordist (* 1703 )
- January 15 : Azzolino Bernardino della Ciaia , Italian composer (* 1671 )
- March 24th : Theodor Christlieb Reinhold , German composer (* 1682 )
- April: Anastasia Robinson , English opera singer (* around 1692 )
- June 10th : Johann Christoph Mocker , German organ builder (* before June 10th 1755 )
- June 21 : Giovanni Porta , Italian composer (* around 1675)
- June 23 : Johann Caspar Bachofen , Swiss composer and music teacher (* 1695 )
- July 6 : Pietro Paolo Bencini , Italian composer and conductor (* around 1670)
- July 9 : Johann Gottlob Harrer , German composer and choir director (* 1703 )
- August 4th : Johann Christoph Thielemann , German organ builder (* 1682 )
- August 14 : Jean-Baptiste Anet , French composer and violinist (* 1676 )
- September 30th : Francesco Durante , Italian composer (* 1684 )
- October 27 : Johann Michael Breunig , German composer (* 1699 )
- October 28 : Joseph Bodin de Boismortier , French flautist, harpsichordist and composer (* 1689 )
- November 1st : Francisco António de Almeida , Portuguese composer (* 1702 )
- November 25th : Johann Georg Pisendel , German violinist and composer (* 1687 )
- November 30th : Johann Elias Bach , German composer from the Bach family (* 1705 )
- December 1 : Maurice Greene , English composer and organist (* 1696 )
- December 8th : Jean-Baptiste Stuck , Italian-French cellist and composer (* 1680 )
- December 21 : Caspar Ruetz , German cantor and composer (* 1708 )
- December 21 : Manuel de Sumaya , Mexican composer (* 1680 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Rosa Bavarese , German opera singer (soprano) and Bavarian electoral chamber singer (* around 1710)
Died after 1755
- Johann Jacob Köpler , German organ builder (* before 1700 )
See also
Web links
Commons : Music 1755 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Commons : 1755 opera libretti - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ "Gabrielli, Catarina", in: Christoph Willibald Gluck. Complete works , GluckWV-online, URI: http://www.gluck-habenausgabe.de/gwv/habenregister/eintrag/gabrielli-catarina.html ( http://www.gluck-habenausgabe.de/person/0 ) ( September 3, 2019)