Music year 1772
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Events
- January 2nd : The funeral of Sigismund III. Christoph von Schrattenbach , Archbishop of Salzburg, is the occasion for the world premiere of Michael Haydn's Missa pro defunctis Archiepiscopo Sigismund.
- March 13 : Florian Leopold Gassmann succeeds Georg Reutter the Younger as Hofkapellmeister at the court of Emperor Joseph II in Vienna.
- June 5 : Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf is ennobled by Empress Maria Theresia .
- August : The new Prince Archbishop of Salzburg, Hieronymus Franz Josef von Colloredo , appoints Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as salaried concertmaster of the Salzburg court orchestra. Mozart continues to try to escape the strict regulations of the Salzburg service and starts his third trip to Italy on October 24th, which will last until March 13th, 1773 with his father.
- Carl Stamitz is court composer for Duke Louis de Noailles in Versailles.
- Ignaz Pleyel becomes a student of Joseph Haydn .
Operas and other stage works
- January 29th : The opera La fiera di Venezia by Antonio Salieri celebrates a great success at its premiere at the Burgtheater in Vienna .
- May 1st : On the occasion of the enthronement of the Prince Archbishop of Salzburg, Pietro Metastasio wrote the work Il sogno di Scipione , set to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . Presumably only part of the opera will be premiered at the enthronement.
- August 17th : World premiere of the comic opera Der Krieg by Johann Adam Hiller in Berlin.
- November 5th : World premiere of the opera Temistocle by Johann Christian Bach on the libretto by Pietro Metastasio at the Hoftheater in Mannheim .
- December 16 : In Milan, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Lucio Silla is premiered.
- The opera seria Alessandro nell'Indie by Pasquale Anfossi based on the libretto by Pietro Metastasio has its world premiere in Rome.
- The Serenata Endimione by Johann Christian Bach has its world premiere in London .
Church music
- March 19 : The oratorio La Betulia liberata by Florian Leopold Gassmann is premiered as the first performance of the Tonkünstler-Sozietät .
- Giovanni Paisiello - Requiem (in memory of Gennara di Borbone)
Orchestral music
- Johann Christian Bach - Symphonia concertante in G major
- Christian Cannabich - Symphony No. 50 in D minor
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Joseph Haydn
- Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor "Farewell Symphony"
- Symphony No. 46 in B major
- Symphony No. 47 in G major "The Palindrome"
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Divertimento in D major (KV 131)
- Divertimento in D major (KV 136/125 a) - "Salzburg Symphony No. 1"
- Divertimento in B flat major (KV 137/125 b) - "Salzburg Symphony No. 2"
- Divertimento in F major (KV 138/125 c) - "Salzburg Symphony No. 3"
Chamber music
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Luigi Boccherini
- 6 Quintetti op. 13 (G. 277–282), for 2 violins, viola, 2 violoncellos
- 6 string trios op. 14 (G. 419–424), for violin, viola, cello
- 6 Quartettini op. 15 (G. 177–182), for 2 violins, viola, cello
- Joseph Haydn - String Quartets Op. 20 " solar quartets "
- Andrea Lucchesi - 6 Sonatas for Harpsichord and Violin Op. 1
Popular music
- Rev. William Leeves and Lady Anne Barnard - Auld Robin Gray
Born
Date of birth saved
- February 22 : Josef Lipavský , Czech composer († 1810 )
- March 30 : Johann Wilhelm Wilms , German-Dutch composer († 1847 )
- June 7th : Anton von Eulenstein , Austrian composer, violonist and civil servant († 1821 )
- July 11 : Pietro Carlo Guglielmi , Italian composer († 1817 )
- September 6 : Carl Gottlieb Bellmann , German musician († 1862 )
- September 27 : Antonio Casimir Cartellieri , German composer († 1807 )
- November 10 : Johann Nepomuk Kaňka junior , Bohemian lawyer and composer († 1865 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Jacint Boada i Casanoves , Catalan choirmaster, organist, composer and monk († 1859 )
- Cyrill Demian , Austrian organ and piano builder († 1847 )
- Giacomo Monzino , Italian guitarist and composer († 1854 )
Died
First half of the year
- January 4th : Giuseppe Zonca , Italian composer (* 1715 )
- March 10 : Martin Schmid , Swiss Jesuit missionary, musician and master builder (* 1694 )
- March 11 : Georg Reutter the Younger , Austrian composer (* 1708 )
- March 25 : Alexander Holzhay , German organ builder (* 1722 )
- April 19 : Johann Peter Kellner , German composer (* 1705 )
- June 15 : Louis-Claude Daquin , French composer (* 1694 )
- June: Raphael Courteville , English singer, organist and composer (* 1675 or 1676 )
Second half of the year
- August 21 : Alessandro Felici , Italian composer, organist and harpsichordist (* 1742 )
- August 21 : Wilhelm Adolf Paulli , German librettist and writer (* 1719 )
- September 15 : Ludwig Christian Hesse , German composer and viol player (* 1716 )
- October 8 : Jean Cassanéa de Mondonville , French violin virtuoso and composer (* 1711 )
- October 28 : Christoph Ludwig Fehre , German composer and organist (* 1718 )
- November 16 : Johannes Schmidlin , Swiss pastor, composer and choir director (* 1722 )
- December 1st : Jean-Antoine Bérard , French opera singer, singing teacher in Paris (* 1710 )
- December 12th : Johann Gottfried Seyfert , German composer (* 1731 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli , Italian violinist and composer (* around 1690)
- Panna Cinka , Hungarian violinist (* 1711 )
- Johann Christoph Meinel , German organ builder
- Johann Patroclus Möller , Westphalian master organ builder (* 1698 )
See also
Web links
Commons : Music 1772 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Commons : Opera Libretti 1772 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ^ Remigio Coli: Luigi Boccherini. La vita e le opere , Maria Pacini Fazzi Editore: Lucca 2005, pp. 109–112 and 132