1781 in music
Events
Classical music
- Samuel Arnold â 6 Overtures in Eight Parts, Op. 8
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- 6 Fugues, Wq.119/2-7
- Geistliche Gesänge, Book 2 Wq. 198, H. 752
- Johann Christian Bach â Sonata for Keyboard Duet, W.A 19 (Op. 18, No. 5)
- William Billings â The Psalm-Singer's Amusement
- Luigi Boccherini
- 6 String Quartets, G.207âÂÂ212 (Op. 33)
- Stabat Mater, G.532
- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf â Symphonies after Ovid's Metamorphoses, Kr.73âÂÂ84
- Joseph Haydn
- Symphony No.75 in D major, Hob.I:75
- Horn Concerto No.2 in D major, Hob.VIId:4 (could be by Michael Haydn)
- 24 Lieder, Hob.XXVIa:1âÂÂ24
- Six String Quartets, Op. 33
- Leopold Kozeluch â Sonata for Keyboard in F, "La chasse", Op. 5
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 6 Variations on "Hélas, j'ai perdu mon amant", K.360/374b
- Serenade in B-flat major, Gran Partita (or possibly 1782), K. 361
- Misera, dove son!, K.369
- Rondo in E-flat major, K.371
- Serenade in E-flat major, K.375
- Violin Sonata in F major, K.376/374d
- Violin Sonata in F major, K.377/374e
- Violin Sonata in G major, K.379/373a
- Violin Sonata in E-flat major, K.380/374f
- Sonata for 2 Pianos in D major, K.448/375a
- Giovanni Paisiello â Concerto for Keyboard No. 1 in C major
- John Parry â British harmony, being a collection of antient Welsh airs ... carefully compiled and now first published with some additional variations (Ruabon, London: John Parry & Peter Hodgson)
- Antonio Rosetti â 6 Flute Concerti
- â Canzonette fürs Klavier mit Veränderungen
- Samuel Wesley â Concerto for Violin No. 2 in D major
- Paul Wranitzky â Sinfonie Périodique No.2 in C minor (op. 11)
Opera
Methods and theory writings
Births
- January 22 â François Antoine Habeneck, violinist and conductor (died 1849)
- March 11 â Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer (died 1861)
- March 18 â Gustave Vogt, composer and oboist (died 1870)
- May 24 â Louis-François Dauprat, French composer (died 1868)
- July 20 â Sophie Lebrun, pianist and composer, daughter of Ludwig August Lebrun (died 1863)
- July 27 â Mauro Giuliani, guitarist, cellist and composer (died 1829)
- September 1 â Antoine Romagnesi (composer and publisher (died 1850)
- September 5 â Anton Diabelli, music publisher, editor and composer (died 1858)
- September 6 â Vincent Novello, organist and conductor (died 1861)
- November 9 â Carl Borromäus von Miltitz, composer (died 1845)
- November 18 â Felice Blangini, organist and composer (died 1841)
- December 1 â Charles Philippe Lafont, violinist and composer (died 1839)
Deaths
- January 22 â Johann Siebenkas, composer
- February 4 â Josef MysliveÃÂek, composer (b. 1737)
- March 17 â Johannes Ewald, librettist and dramatist (born 1743)
- May 22 â Garret Wesley Mornington, composer
- July 11 â Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer
- July 30 â Augustin Ullinger, composer
- August 16 â Johanna Carolina Bach, daughter of JS Bach (born 1737)
- October 9 â Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie, musician and composer (b. 1732)
- October 27 â Herman-François Delange
- October â Anton Zimmermann, composer
- November 4 â Faustina Bordoni, operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1697)
- date unknown â William Paxton, cellist (b. 1737)
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