Music year 1785
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Instrumental music and vocal works (selection)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : 20th Piano Concerto KV 466; 21st piano concerto KV 467; 22nd piano concerto KV 482; String Quartet in A major, K. 464; Piano quartet for piano, violin, viola and cello in G minor KV 478; Fantasy No. 4 KV 475
- Joseph Haydn : Trios numbers 20 to 23 for piano, violin and violoncello ; 83rd Symphony ; 85th Sinfonia (around 1785); 87th symphony
- James Hook : Guida di musica, with 24 lessons for beginners on the harpsichord or piano Op. 37
- Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli : Alsinda (vocal work)
- Johann Christian Bach : Deux Sinfonies à grande Orchester op.18
- Anton Eberl : Symphony in C major
Musical theater
- January 25th : Premiere of the opera Panurge dans l'isle des lanternes by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry in Paris.
- April 2nd : World premiere of the opera La finta principessa by Luigi Cherubini at King's Theater in London
- October 12 : World premiere of the opera La grotta di Trofonio by Antonio Salieri at the Burgtheater in Vienna
- October 12, world premiere of the opera Antigono by Giovanni Paisiello in Naples, Teatro San Carlo
Other works
- Giovanni Paisiello : La grotta di Trofonio (Opera) (same title as the Salieri Opera, which premiered on October 12th)
- Luigi Cherubini : Demetrio (opera) based on a libretto by Pietro Metastasio from 1731, which has been set to music several times
- André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry : Œedipe à Colonne (opera, not performed)
- Domenico Cimarosa : five operas: (1) Li finti conti ; (2) I fratelli papamosche ; (3) Le statue parlante ; (4) Il marito disperato ; (5) La donna semper al suo peggior s'appiglia
- Niccolò Piccinni : Pénélope (Opera)
- Nicolas Dalayrac : La Dot (Opera in three acts)
- Giuseppe Sarti : I finti ered opera, premiered in St. Petersburg)
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach : St. Matthew Passion (not to be confused with the work of the same name by his father Johann Sebastian Bach .
- Anton Eberl : Count Balduin (opera, lost)
- Stephen Storace : Gli sposi malcontenti (opera, premiered in Vienna)
- Peter von Winter : Der Bettelstudent, or Das Donnerwetter (Singspiel, after a libretto by Paul Weidmann, based on La cueva de Salamanca by Miguel de Cervantes). The world premiere took place in Munich. The Singspiel Bellerophon by the same composer based on a libretto by Johann Friedrich Binder von Krieglstein was also premiered in Munich .
- Vicente Martín y Soler : La vedova spiritosa (opera premiered in Parma); Igor primo o sia Olga incoronata dai Russi (ballet that was also performed in Parma).
Born
- February 2 : Isabella Colbran , Spanish opera singer and composer († 1845 )
- March 6 : Karol Kurpiński , Polish composer († 1857 )
- March 19 : Pierre Zimmermann , French piano teacher and composer († 1853 )
- April 19 : Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly , French composer, organist and pianist of the Romantic period († 1858 )
- May 6 : Arvid August Afzelius , Swedish folk song collector († 1871 )
- June 21 : William Hawes , English composer and choir director († 1846 )
- August 18 : Friedrich Wieck , German musician and music teacher († 1873 )
- September 5 : Thomas Adams , English organist and composer († 1858 )
- September 25 : George Frederick Pinto , English composer († 1806 )
- October 6 : Albert Methfessel , German composer and conductor († 1869 )
- November 7th : Friedrich Kalkbrenner , Franco-German pianist and composer († 1849 )
- December 22nd : John Abbey , English organ builder († 1859 )
- November 28 : Michele Carafa , Italian composer († 1872 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Alpheus Babcock , piano and musical instrument manufacturer († 1842 )
- Giuseppe Antonio Ceruti , Italian violin maker († 1860 )
- Giovanni Ricordi , Italian music publisher († 1853 )
Died
- January 3 : Baldassare Galuppi , Italian composer (* 1706 )
- February 13 : Franz Lorenz Richter , Austrian organ builder (* 1722 )
- February 17 : Christian August Förtsch , German doctor, librettist and Freemason (* 1731 )
- February 19 : Johann Christoph Richter , German composer, pantaleon player and organist (* 1700 )
- February 24th : Johann Friedrich Ernst Benda , German chamber musician and composer (baptized 1749 )
- February 25 : Gottlieb Friedrich Bach , German musician and painter (* 1714 )
- March 15 : Friederike Charlotte Bause , German pianist and glass harmonica player (* 1766 )
- March 17th : Albertus Antonius Hinsz , organ builder in the Netherlands (* 1704 )
- March 19 : Hugh Reinagle , English cellist and composer (* 1758 or 1759)
- April 26 : Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff , German poet, actor, composer, director and singer (* 1744 )
- May 5th : Franz Xaver Schnizer , German composer and organist (* 1740 )
- May 10th : Johann Daniel Schulze , German organ builder (* 1720 )
- May 15 : Karel Blažej Kopřiva , Czech composer (* 1756 )
- June 2 : Gottfried August Homilius , German composer, cantor and organist (* 1714 )
- June 14th : Johann Rochus Egedacher , Austrian organ builder (* 1714 )
- October 11 : Paolo Tommaso Alberghi , Italian composer and violinist (* 1716 )
- November 16 : Johann Georg Stein , German organ builder (baptized 1712 )
- December 6th : Kitty Clive , English actress, soprano and author (* 1711 )
- December 8th : Antonio Maria Mazzoni , Italian composer and singer (* 1717 )
- December 29th : Johann Heinrich Rolle German composer and music teacher. (* 1716 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Johann Gregor von Camerloher , German cellist (* 1720 )
- Antoine Mahaut , Belgian composer (* around 1719 )
See also
Web links
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