Music year 1764
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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 in London and getting to know Johann Christian Bach . |
Events
- January 7th : The opera La rencontre imprévue (The unexpected meeting) by Christoph Willibald Gluck has its world premiere at the Burgtheater in Vienna. It is considered the climax of Gluck's comic opera.
- February 11 : The opera Demofoonte by Niccolò Jommelli based on a libretto by Pietro Metastasio has its world premiere at the Ducal Theater in Stuttgart.
Carl Friedrich Abel around 1764, painted by Thomas Gainsborough
- February 29 : Johann Christian Bach and Carl Friedrich Abel found the successful Bach-Abel Concerts in London , which were performed until 1781 .
- March 8th The comic opera Rose et Colas by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny based on the libretto by Michel-Jean Sedaine has its world premiere at the Théâtre de l'Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.
- April 23rd : On their concert tour through Europe that began the previous year, Leopold Mozart and his two children Wolfgang and Nannerl come to London, where they meet Johann Christian Bach and make music with him. The four sonatas for piano and violin KV 6 to 9, composed in the same year, are Wolferl's first printed compositions.
- August 20 : The comic opera L'anneau perdu et retrouvé by Louis Claude Armand Chardin and Jean-Benjamin de Laborde premieres at the Théâtre de l'Hôtel de Bourgogne . The libretto is by Michel-Jean Sedaine .
- November 4th : The opera Il re pastore by Niccolò Jommelli based on a libretto by Pietro Metastasio has its world premiere at the Schlosstheater in Ludwigsburg.
- Joseph Haydn composes among other things his 21st and 22nd symphonies (The Philosopher) .
Born
Date of birth saved
- January 2 : Genovefa Brenner , Salzburg opera singer and actress, mother of Carl Maria von Weber († 1798 )
- February 22nd : Alexander Campbell , Scottish musician, writer, collector and arranger of Scottish and English folk songs († 1824 )
- April 1 : Johann Evangelist Reiter , German Catholic pastor, geometer, fresco painter, sculptor, stonemason, musician, architect and writer († 1835 )
- 17 / 18 April : Bernhard Anselm Weber , German composer and music director († 1821 )
- July 5 : János Lavotta , Hungarian composer († 1820 )
- September 11 : Valentino Fioravanti , Italian composer († 1834 )
- October 19 : Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy , French soldier, politician, writer and librettist († 1846 )
- October 21 : János Bihari , Hungarian composer and violin virtuoso ("Gypsy violinist") († 1827 )
- October 22 : Maximilian-Friedrich von Droste zu Hülshoff , German composer († 1840 )
- November 30th : Franz Xaver Gerl , Austrian opera singer and composer († 1827 )
- December 8 : Ignác Held , Bohemian composer († 1816 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- André-Frédéric Eler , French composer and music teacher († 1821 )
- Wilhelm Hepp , Palatine organ builder († 1832 )
- František Jan Štiasný , Czech cellist and composer († around 1830)
Died
Date of death secured
- March 30th : Pietro Locatelli , Italian violin virtuoso and composer (* 1695 )
- April 13 : Nicolò Fiorenza , Neapolitan violinist and composer (* after 1700)
- April 17th : Johann Balthasar Christian Freislich , German composer, organist and Kapellmeister (* 1687 )
- April 17 : Johann Mattheson , German composer and scholar (* 1681 )
- May 10 : Christian Friedrich Henrici , Saxon lyricist Johann Sebastian Bachs (* 1700 )
- June 6 : Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel , German composer and organist (* 1686 )
- June 11 : Christoph Stoltzenberg , German composer (* 1690 )
- June 25 : Wilhelm Ernst Starke , German Reformed theologian, philologist and hymn poet (* 1692 )
- September 10 : Giovanni Antonio Giay , Italian composer (* 1690 )
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- September 12th : Jean-Philippe Rameau , French composer and music theorist (* 1683 )
- October 22 : Jean-Marie Leclair , French composer and violinist (* 1697 )
- October 23 : Pierre-Charles Roy , French librettist (* 1683 )
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- December 12th : Christian Klausing , German organ builder (* 1687 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Domenico Dall'Oglio , Italian violinist and composer (* around 1700 )
- Andrea Pacini , Italian old castrato, opera singer, composer and clergyman (* around 1690 )
- Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri , Italian composer and violinist (* 1690 )
See also
Web links
Commons : Music 1764 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Commons : Libretto 1764 - collection of images, videos and audio files