Music year 1756
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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 is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to the world. |
Events
- In Augsburg, Leopold Mozart published the first attempt at a thorough violin school . The theoretical work is the Salzburg Prince-Bishop Sigismund III. Dedicated to Christoph von Schrattenbach .
- Christoph Willibald Gluck is by Pope Benedict XIV. To the Knights of the Golden Spur beaten.
- Johann Christian Bach settles in Italy.
- The 13-year-old Luigi Boccherini will perform on August 4th in the church of San Domenico in Lucca as a soloist in a cello concerto.
Opera
- September 23 : The opera seria Nitteti by Nicola Conforto based on a libretto by Pietro Metastasio has its world premiere at the Real Teatro del Buen Retiro in Madrid.
- December 8 : The opera Il re pastore by Christoph Willibald Gluck on a libretto by Pietro Metastasio is premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna. Caterina Gabrielli sings the main female role .
- December 18 : The opera seria Zenobia by Niccolò Piccinni based on a libretto by Pietro Metastasio has its world premiere at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.
- Pasquale Cafaro - La disfatta di Dario
- Baldassare Galuppi - Idomeneo
- Pieter van Maldere - Le Déguisement pastorale
- Jean-Philippe Rameau - Zoroastre
- Antonio Sacchini - Fra Donato
Instrumental music
- Jacques Duphly - Troisième Livre de Pièces de clavecin (harpsichord solo and harpsichord with violin)
- Joseph Haydn - Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. XVIII / 1
Instrument making
- Johann Christian Pfennig - completes the organ in the town church in Stolpen .
Born
- January 22nd : Vincenzo Righini , Italian composer and singer († 1812 )
- January 27 : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Salzburg composer († 1791 )
- February 9 : Karel Blažej Kopřiva , Czech composer († 1785 )
- April 23 (baptized): Alexander Reinagle , English-American composer († 1809 )
- May 7 : Thomas Linley junior , English composer and violinist († 1778 )
- June 20 : Joseph Martin Kraus , German-Swedish composer († 1792 )
- August 14 : Olof Åhlström , Swedish composer and music publisher († 1835 )
- October 2 : Józef Javurek , Czech pianist, conductor and composer († 1840 )
- November 11 : Josef Martin Hurka , Czech composer and cellist († after 1800)
- December 30 : Paul Wranitzky , Moravian composer and conductor († 1808 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Giovanni Battista Ceruti , Italian lute and violin maker († 1817 )
- Mikhail Matwejewitsch Sokolowski , Russian composer and conductor († around 1796)
Died
- January 25 : Christian Vater , German organ builder (* 1679 )
- March 13 : Antonio Bernacchi , Italian singer (castrato) (* 1685 )
- March 19 : Giuseppe Avitrano , Italian violinist and composer (* around 1670)
- April 10 : Giacomo Antonio Perti , Italian church musician and composer (* 1661 )
- April 15 : Johann Gottlieb Goldberg , German harpsichordist and organist (* 1727 )
- July : Carlo Ricciotti , Italian composer (* 1675 )
- August 18 : Erdmann Neumeister , German theologian, poet and hymn writer (* 1671 )
- September 10th : Filippo Balatri , Italian castrato singer, singing teacher, writer and monk (* 1682 )
- September 19 : Josef Antonín Sehling , Bohemian composer (* 1710 )
- October 26 : Johann Theodor Roemhildt , German composer and cantor (* 1684 )
- December 16 : Balthasar König , German organ builder (* 1684 )
- Riccardo Broschi , Italian composer (* around 1698)
- Catherine Tofts , English opera singer (* around 1685)
See also
Web links
Commons : Music 1756 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Commons : 1756 opera libretti - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Remigio Coli: Luigi Boccherini. La vita e le opere , Maria Pacini Fazzi Editore: Lucca 2005, ISBN 88-7246-679-2 , pp. 26-27