Music year 1789
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Instrumental music (selection)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Piano Sonata No. 18 major KV 576, nine variations on a minuet by Jean-Pierre Duport KV 573, a small gigue in G major KV 574,
- Joseph Haydn : 92nd Symphony in G major ( Oxford Symphony )
- Johann Ladislaus Dussek : 3 sonatas for piano and flute in C, G, and E flat op. 7; Piano sonata op.10
- Michael Haydn : Symphony No. 40 , F major; Symphony No. 41 in A major
- Ludwig van Beethoven : Two Preludes , Op. 39
Musical theater
- January 14 : premiere of the opera Les Deux Petits Savoyards by Nicolas Dalayrac in Paris (Comédie Italienne)
- January 26th : The world premiere of the comic opera Der Schulz im Dorf or Der amliebte Herr Doctor by Justin Heinrich Knecht takes place in Biberach an der Riss .
- January 26 : Premiere of the opera Protesilao by Johann Gottlieb Naumann in Berlin
- 5th February : World premiere of the opera Catone in Utica by Giovanni Paisiello based on a libretto by Pietro Metastasio in Naples, (Teatro San Carlo)
- February 11 : The tragicomic opera Il pastor fido (The Faithful Shepherd) by Antonio Salieri based on a text by Lorenzo da Ponte , into which he has incorporated the overture of his work Prima la musica e poi le parole, is premiered at the Vienna Burgtheater . After only three performances, the piece will be canceled due to dramaturgical inadequacies and will be performed again on October 14 in a revised version. The role of Amarilli is cast by Adriana Ferrarese del Bene .
- March 2 : Premiere of the opera Raoul Barbe-bleue by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry in Paris (Comédie-Italienne)
- March 6th : The Messiah (Handel, arr. Mozart) is premiered.
- March 17th : Premiere of the opera Aspasie by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry at the Paris Opera
- June 25th : Premiere of the opera Nina by Giovanni Paisiello in the Palace of Caserta
- July 29th : World premiere of the play with singing Claudine von Villa Bella by Johann Friedrich Reichardt at the Schloßtheater Berlin-Charlottenburg.
- October 8 : premiere of the opera La Cleopatra by Domenico Cimarosa in St. Petersburg
- October 16 : The opera Brenno by Johann Friedrich Reichardt is premiered at the Royal Opera in Berlin. The dramma per musica is the first German-language performance there.
- October 31 : World premiere of the opera Raoul, Sire de Créqui by Nicolas Dalayrac in Paris (Comédie Italienne)
- November 7th : Premiere of the Singspiel Oberon, König der Elfen by Paul Wranitzky in Vienna.
- November 21 : World premiere of the opera Gli zingari in fiera by Giovanni Paisiello in Naples, (Teatro dei Fiorentini)
Other works
- Giovanni Paisiello : L'amor contrastato (Opera)
- Antonio Salieri : L'ape musicale (opera); La cifra (opera)
- Franz Danzi : The Triumph of Loyalty (Singspiel in three acts); The Quasimann (comic opera in two acts)
- Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli : Demofoonte ; Artaserse (both operas are based on a libretto by Pietro Metastasio )
- Stephen Storace : The Haunted Tower (Opera)
- Peter von Winter : Medea and Jason (melodrama based on a libretto by AC von Törring-Seefeld). The world premiere took place in Munich.
- Vicente Martín y Soler : The Sad Hero Kosometovich (Opera)
Born
- January 26 : Józef Damse , Polish composer († 1852 )
- February 1 : Hippolyte Chelard , French composer († 1861 )
- February 2 : Ludwig Maurer , German composer, conductor and violinist († 1878 )
- February 15 : Friedrich Ernst Fesca , German composer († 1826 )
- March 7th : Jean Vidal , French violinist and conductor († 1867 )
- March 19 : Michael Nagnzaun , Austrian clergyman and musician († 1860 )
- April 2 : Alois Franz Peter Glutz von Blotzheim , Swiss composer and traveling singer († 1827 )
- May 16 : Johann Nepomuk Schelble , German conductor, singer and teacher († 1837 )
- May 24th : Cathinka Buchwieser , German-Austrian opera singer (soprano) and actress († 1828 )
- June 27 : Friedrich Silcher , German song composer († 1860 )
- August 9 : Robert Nicolas-Charles Bochsa , French composer and harp virtuoso († 1856 )
- October 13 : Joséphine Fodor , French opera singer († 1870 )
- October 18 : Giovanni Tadolini , Italian composer, conductor and singing teacher († 1872 ) (according to other information, he could not have been born until 1793)
- October 24 : Ramon Carnicer , Spanish composer of operas († 1855 )
- October 26 : Joseph Mayseder , Austrian violin virtuoso and composer. († 1863 )
- October 28 : Johann Gottlob Schneider , German composer and organist († 1864 )
- December 14 : Maria Szymanowska , Polish piano virtuoso and composer († 1831 )
Died
- February 2 : Armand-Louis Couperin , French composer and organist (* 1727 )
- May 15 : Michael Angstenberger , Austrian hymn composer (* 1717 )
- June 14 : Johann Wilhelm Hertel , German composer (* 1727 )
- July 15th : Jacques Duphly , French composer, harpsichordist and organist. (* 1715 )
- September 11 : Luka Sorkočević , Croatian diplomat and composer (* 1734 )
- September 12th : Franz Xaver Richter , Moravian singer (bass), composer and important representative of the Mannheim School (* 1709 )
- October 6 : Cecilia Young , English singer († 1712 )
See also
Web links
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