Music year 1786
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Instrumental music (selection)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : 38th Symphony (Prague Symphony) ; 23rd Piano Concerto in A major KV 488; 24th Piano Concerto in C minor, KV 491; 25th Piano Concerto in C major, KV 503; Horn Concerto in E flat major (KV 495); String Quartet in D major ("Hoffmeister Quartet") KV 499; Piano Trio in G major KV 496; Piano Trio in B flat major KV 502; Fragment of a Piano Sonata in B flat major KV 498a; Sonata in F major KV 497 for piano 4 hands; Allegro in G major (fragment) KV 357 for piano 4 hands; Five Variations on an Andante KV 501 for piano four hands
- Joseph Haydn : 86th Symphony in D major; 5 concerts for 2 solo lyres, 2 violins, viola, bass and 2 horns
- Johann Ladislaus Dussek : Sonatas for piano and violin (around 1786)
Musical theater
- 4th January : World premiere of the opera Il burbero di buon cuore by Vicente Martín y Soler in the Burgtheater in Vienna. The libretto is by Lorenzo Da Ponte .
- January 20th : World premiere of the opera Olimpiade by Giovanni Paisiello in Naples, Teatro San Carlo. The libretii comes from Pietro Metastasio .
- January 31 : World premiere of the opera Orpheus og Euridice by Johann Gottlieb Naumann in Copenhagen
- February 2nd : World première of the operetta The Faithful Koehler by Justin Heinrich Knecht in Biberach an der Riss
- February 7th : The comic opera Prima la musica e poi le parole by Antonio Salieri is premiered in the Orangery of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. On the same occasion, the singspiel Der Schauspieldirektor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart based on the libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie , which deals with a similar theme, will also be premiered. Salieri's work is preferred by the public.
- March 15th : Premiere of the opera Amphitryon by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry in Versailles
- March 18th : World premiere of the opera The Fair Peruvian op. 45 by James Hook
- March 30 : World premiere of the opera Il Giulio Sabino by Luigi Cherubini at the King's Theater in London
- April 13 : Premiere of the opera Antigono by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli in Mantua. The libretto is by Pietro Metastasio and has been set to music several times by various composers.
- May 1st : The opera Le nozze di Figaro , KV 492, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna. The Italian libretto is by Lorenzo da Ponte and is based on the comedy La Folle Journée, ou Le mariage de Figaro by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais from 1778. The opera is received very mixed by the Viennese audience.
- May 15th : Premiere of the opera Nina ou La Folle par amour by Nicolas Dalayrac in Paris, (Comédie Italienne)
- July 11 : The Singspiel Doktor und Apotheker by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf based on a libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie the Elder. J. premiered at the K. u. K. National Theater in Vienna. It gives the composer his greatest success and is considered his masterpiece.
- July 14th : Premiere of the opera Rosine ou L'Epouse abandonnée by François-Joseph Gossec in Paris
- July 29 : premiere of the opera Le mariage d'Antonio by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry in Paris Comédie-Italienne
- October 17th : Premiere of the opera Azémia ou Le nouveau Robinson by Nicolas Dalayrac in Fontainebleau
- October 24 : premiere of the opera L'amitié à l'épreuve (second version) by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry in Fontainebleau
- November 7th : Premiere of the opera Les méprises par resemblance by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry in Fontainebleau
- November 13th : Premiere of the opera Le comte d'Albert by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry in Fontainebleau,
- November 17th : World premiere of the opera Una cosa rara by Vicente Martín y Soler in the Burgtheater in Vienna. The libretto is by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
- December 2 : The world premiere of the tragédie lyrique Les Horaces by Antonio Salieri based on a text by Nicolas-Francois Guillard based on a presentation by Pierre Corneille takes place at the Court Theater of Versailles . The public premiere took place on December 7th at the Paris Opera. The premiere turns into a fiasco, the performance closes "not only without applause, but with unequivocal signs of disapproval."
Other works
- Giovanni Paisiello : Le gare generose (Opera)
- Domenico Cimarosa : 5 operas: (1) Il credulo ; (2) Le trame deluse ; (3) L'impresario in angustie ; (4) La baronessa stramba ; (5) Gli amanti alla prova
- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf : Fraud through superstition (opera)
- Giuseppe Sarti : Armida e Rinaldo (opera); Castor e Polluce (opera), Zenoclea (opera, not performed)
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach : The Markus Passion
- Stephen Storace : Gli equivoci (Opera)
Born
- January 3 : Friedrich Schneider , German composer, organist and Kapellmeister († 1853 )
- April 18 : Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee , Swiss composer and music author († 1868 )
- April 28 : Jean-Bernard Kaupert , Swiss music teacher and composer († 1863 )
- May 19 : Anton Gräffer , Austrian music writer, composer and guitarist († 1852 )
- September 11th : Friedrich Kuhlau , German composer († 1832 )
- September 17 : Andreas Oberleitner , Austrian musician, composer and civil servant († 1838 )
- September 27 : José Mariono Elízaga , Mexican composer († 1842 )
- October 3 : Carl Almenräder , German bassoonist and instrument maker († 1843 )
- October 21 : Henry Lemoine , French music publisher and music teacher († 1854 )
- November 10 : Franz Carl Adelbert Eberwein , Saxon music director and conductor in Weimar († 1868 )
- November 18 or 19 : Carl Maria von Weber , German composer († 1826 )
- December 6 : Karl Wolfgang Unzelmann , German actor and singer († 1843 )
- December 20th : Pietro Raimondi , Italian composer and music teacher. († 1853 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Benet Brell i Clos , Catalan conductor, composer, organist and Benedictine monk († 1850 )
Died
- February 3 : Matthias Friese , German schoolmaster, organist and organ builder (* 1739 )
- February 16 : Johann Georg Schürer , musician and composer at the Dresden court (* around 1720 )
- March 7th : Franz Benda , German violinist and composer (* 1709 )
- March 21 : Johann Gottlieb Preller , German cantor, composer and surveyor (* 1727 )
- May 19 : John Stanley , English composer and organist (* 1712 )
- July 29th : Franz Aspelmayr , Austrian composer (* 1728 )
- September 18 : Giovanni Battista Guadagnini the most famous violin maker of the Guadagnin i family (* 1711 )
- October 6 : Antonio Sacchini , Italian composer (* 1730 )
See also
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