Music year 1775

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Music year 1775
Josef Mysliveček	Georg Anton Benda

Events

• February 23 : The play Le Barbier de Séville ou la Précaution inutile (Eng: 'The Barber of Seville or The Useless Caution') by Pierre Beaumarchais premieres at the Théâtre des Tuileries in Paris. It will serve as a template for several operas in later years.
• The King of Sweden Gustav III. Gustav had an opera house built on Gustav-Adolfs-Platz (Gustav Adolfs Torg) in Stockholm according to plans by the architect Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz . The opera house is inaugurated in 1782.

Operas and other stage works

• January 13th : The dramma giocoso La finta giardiniera (German: 'The gardener out of love) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is premiered in Munich .
• January 20 : The opera Il Demofoonte by Josef Mysliveček based on the libretto by Pietro Metastasio is premiered at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.
• January 27 : World premiere of the melodrama Ariadne auf Naxos by Georg Anton Benda in Gotha .
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  Overview of the characters and contents of the opera Il re pastore by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  April 23 : The opera seria Il re pastore (German: 'The Shepherd King') by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with the libretto by Pietro Metastasio has its world premiere in Salzburg.
• May 1st : The melodrama Medea by Georg Anton Benda premieres in Leipzig.
• August 29 : The world premiere of the opera L'incontro improvviso (German: 'The unexpected gathering') by Joseph Haydn takes place in Esterháza .
• Johann André - Erwin and Elmire
• Antonio Salieri - La finta scema (1775)
• Vicente Martín y Soler : Il tutore burlato (opera)

Chamber music

• Luigi Boccherini
  • 6 Quintetti op. 20 (G. 289–294), for 2 violins, viola, 2 violoncellos
  • 6 Quartettini op. 22 (G. 183–188), for 2 violins, viola, cello

Church music

• Joseph Haydn - l ritorno di Tobia
• Joseph Martin Kraus - Requiem in D minor (VB 1)

Orchestral music

• Luigi Boccherini
  • 6 symphonies op.21 (G. 493–498)
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf - Concerto for oboe in D major
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major (KV 211)
  • Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major (KV 216)
  • Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major (KV 218)
  • Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major (KV 219)
  • Serenade No. 5 in D major (KV 204 / 213a)
  • March in D major (KV 213b)
• Antonio Salieri - Symphony in D major Il Giorno onomastico

Born

Date of birth saved

• January 21 : Manuel del Pópulo Vicente García , Spanish tenor, singing teacher and opera composer († 1832 )
• February 19 : Pietro Antonio Bossi , Italian organ builder († 1848 )
• June 13 : Anton Radziwiłł , Polish-Prussian politician, landowner and composer († 1833 )
• 0July 5 : William Crotch , English composer and organist († 1847 )
• 0August 2 : José Ángel Lamas , Venezuelan composer († 1814 )
• 0August 5 : Joseph Moralt , German musician and conductor († 1855 )
• August 31 : François de Fossa , French officer, composer and guitarist († 1849 )
• 0October 6 : Johann Anton André , German composer and music publisher († 1842 )
• October 15 : Bernhard Henrik Crusell , Finnish clarinetist and composer († 1838 )
• October 21 : Giuseppe Baini , Italian music historian and church composer († 1844 )
• October 27 : Traugott Maximilian Eberwein , German composer and conductor († 1831 )
• October 30 : Catterino Cavos , Russian composer of Italian origin († 1840 )
• 0November 1 : Andreas Kretzschmer , German lawyer and folk song researcher († 1839 )
• November 21 : Johann Georg Christian Apel , German organist and composer († 1841 )
• 0December 6 : Nicolas Isouard , Maltese composer († 1818 )
• December 16 : François-Adrien Boieldieu , French opera composer († 1834 )
• December 25 : Antun Sorkočević , Croatian composer, writer and diplomat († 1841 )
• December 28 : João Domingos Bomtempo , Portuguese composer, pianist, conductor and music organizer († 1842 )

Exact date of birth unknown

• József Ruzitska , Hungarian composer († after 1823)

Giovanni Battista Sammartini

Karl Joseph Riepp

Died

Date of death secured

• January 15 : Giovanni Battista Sammartini , Italian composer (* 1700 or 1701 )
• January 20 : Sebastian Klotz , German violin maker (* 1696 )
• 0May 5th : Karl Joseph Riepp , German organ builder (* 1710 )
• 0May 9 : Vittoria Tesi , Italian opera singer and singing teacher (* 1700 )
• June 11 : Egidio Duni , Italian opera composer (* 1708 )
• 0August 6 : Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber , German composer and organist (* 1702 )
• 0November 7th : Johann Gottfried Hildebrandt , German organ builder (* 1724 or 1725 )
• 0November 7th : François Rebel , French violinist and composer (* 1701 )
• November 16 : Marian Paradeiser , Lower Austrian composer and Benedictine (* 1747 )
• November 29 : Giovanni Lorenzo Somis , Italian violinist, composer and painter (* 1688 )
• 0December 9 : Pietro Gnocchi , Italian composer, geographer and historian (* 1689 )
• December: Antonio Gaetano Pampani , Italian conductor, opera and oratorio composer (* around 1705)

Exact date of death unknown

• Jacques Fleury , French writer, librettist and composer (* 1730 )
• Christian Viktor Herold , German bell caster, redsmith and piece caster (* 1698 )

See also

Portal: Music  - Overview of Wikipedia content on music

Web links

Commons : Music 1775  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Commons : Opera Libretti 1775  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Remigio Coli: Luigi Boccherini. La vita e le opere , Maria Pacini Fazzi Editore: Lucca 2005, p. 109 and 132
2. ^ Remigio Coli: Luigi Boccherini. La vita e le opere , Maria Pacini Fazzi Editore: Lucca 2005, p. 109 and 115