Music year 1788
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Events
- October 24th : The theater in der Josefstadt opens as the third suburban theater in Vienna .
Instrumental and choral music (selection)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : 39th Symphony in E flat major KV 543; 40th Symphony in G minor KV 550; 41st Symphony in C major, K. 551 ( Jupiter Symphony ); 26th Piano Concerto in D major, KV 537; Piano Trio in E major KV 542; Piano Trio in C major KV 548; Piano Trio in G major KV 564; Piano Sonata in F major KV 547a; Adagio in B minor KV 540
- Luigi Boccherini : 6 string quintets for 2 violins, viola and 2 violoncellos op. 40; 2 string quintets for 2 violins, viola and 2 violoncellos op. 41; 1st Symphony op.42 (around 1788)
- Antonio Salieri : Mass in D major for four-part choir and orchestra
- Joseph Haydn : 90th Symphony in C major; 91st Symphony in E flat major; Trio No. 24 for piano, violin and violoncello
- Étienne-Nicolas Méhul : 3 sonatas for piano op.2
- Johann Ladislaus Dussek : 3 sonatas for piano and violin ; Piano sonata in A flat
- Andreas Romberg : Symphony in G major , SteR 2; Symphony in E flat major , SteR 3; Symphony in E flat major , SteR 4; Symphony in D major , SteR 5; Double Concerto in D major for violin, clarinet and orchestra , SteR 42; Violin Concerto in G major , SteR 44
- Michael Haydn : Alleluia! Dextera Domini, Graduale per Dominica quarta post Pascha (sacred choral music); Alleluia! Surrexit Christ, Graduale pro Dominica quinta post Pascha (sacred choral music); 34th Symphony ; 35th symphony ; 36th Symphony ; 37th symphony ; 38th Symphony ; 39th symphony
Musical theater
- 1st January : World premiere of the opera Fedra by Giovanni Paisiello in Naples, (Teatro San Carlo)
- January 8th : The tragicomic opera Axur, re d'Ormus by Antonio Salieri with the libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte has its world premiere at the Burgtheater in Vienna and soon becomes one of Salieri's most famous and popular operas.
- 23 January : Premiere of the opera Les Deux Sérénades by Nicolas Dalayrac in Paris (Comédie Italienne)
- January 28 : In Biberach the comic opera is the harvest wreath of Justin Heinrich Knecht premiered.
- February 2 : The world premiere of the opera Andromeda by Johann Friedrich Reichardt takes place at the Royal Opera in Berlin.
- May 14 : World premiere of the opera Sargines ou L'Elève de l'amour by Nicolas Dalayrac in Paris (Comédie Italienne)
- May 24th : World premiere of the opera The Feast of Anacreon by James Hook
- June 26 : premiere of the opera Le rival confident by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry in Paris (Comédie-Italienne)
- September 10th : World premiere of the comic opera Il Talismano (Eng. The Talisman ) by Antonio Salieri at the Burgtheater in Vienna
- October 13 : premiere of the opera Fanchette ou L'Heureuse Éprouve by Nicolas Dalayrac in Paris (Comédie Italienne)
- October 16 : Premiere of the opera Medea in Colchide , by Johann Gottlieb Naumann in Berlin
- October 28 : World premiere of the comic opera Der lahme Husar by Justin Heinrich Knecht in Biberach an der Riss
- December 5th : World premiere of the opera Démophon by Luigi Cherubini at the Grand Opéra Paris
- December 27 : premiere of the opera Cleomene , by Giuseppe Sarti in Bologna
Other works
- Luigi Cherubini : Ifigenia in Aulide (opera)
- Antonio Salieri : Cublai, gran kan de 'Tartari (dramma eroicomico) completed in 1788, first performed in 1998.
- Friedrich Heinrich Himmel : La danza, "Cantata a due voci" (cantata for two voices)
- Domenico Cimarosa : La felicità inaspettata (opera); La vergine del sole (opera); La scuffiara (opera)
- Franz Danzi : The Sylph (Opera)
- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf : The Red Cap (Opera)
- Stephen Storace : La cameriera astuta , (comic opera); The Doctor and the Apothecary (Opera)
- Joseph Weigl : Il pazzo per forza , (Opera in two acts)
- Louis Emmanuel Jadin : Guerre ouverte ou Ruse contre ruse (Opera 3 acts)
- Vicente Martín y Soler : Filippo II, re di Spagna (ballet).
Born
Date of birth saved
- January 5 : Caspar Ett , German organist and composer († 1847 )
- February 10 : Johann Peter Pixis , German pianist and composer. († 1874 )
- January 31 : Felice Romani , Italian opera librettist († 1865 )
- June 28 : Franz Joseph Merklin , German organ builder († 1857 )
- August 20 : José Bernardo Alcedo , Peruvian composer († 1878 )
- August 26 : Aloys Schmitt , German composer, pianist and music teacher († 1866 )
- October 11 : Simon Sechter , Austrian music theorist, conductor and composer († 1867 )
- November 6th : Giuseppe Donizetti , Italian composer, conductor and music teacher († 1856 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Mateu Ferrer i Oller , Catalan composer, organist, orchestra leader and conductor († 1864 )
Died
Date of death secured
- January 5 : Johann Schneider , German composer, organist and violinist (* 1702 )
- January 15 : Gaetano Latilla , Italian composer (* 1711 )
- April 12 : Carlo Antonio Campioni , Italian violinist, composer and conductor (* 1720 )
- April 15 : Giuseppe Bonno , Austrian composer. (* 1711 )
- June 28 : Johann Christoph Vogel , German composer (* 1756 )
- July 14th : Johann Gottfried Müthel , German harpsichordist, organist and composer (* 1728 )
- November 2nd : Johann Samuel Schroeter , German pianist and composer. (* 1753 )
- December 12th : Joseph Gibbs , English organist and composer (* 1699 )
- December 14 : Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , German composer (* 1714 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Yang Chaoguan , Chinese politician and opera writer (* 1710 )
See also
Web links
Commons : Music 1788 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Commons : Opera Libretti 1788 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files