1789 in music

none August 2026 1789 music Events Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart travels to Berlin. Joseph Haydn meets Maria Anna von Genzinger. Adalbert Gyrowetz arrives in Paris. Luigi Cherubini becomes music director for the Théâtre Monsieur. Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach becomes Kapellmeister at Berlin. Anna Storace appears in a London production of Giovanni Paisiello's Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Mozart writes to his fellow Freemason and benefactor, Puchberg, saying that next time they meet, he will tell him about Antonio Salieri’s plots "which, however, have completely failed". Ignaz Joseph Pleyel becomes Kapellmeister of Strasbourg Cathedral in succession to Franz Xaver Richter. Classical music Ludwig van Beethoven – Two Preludes through all twelve major keys for piano, Op. 39 William Hamilton Bird – The Oriental Miscellany William Crotch – The Captivity of Judah (oratorio) Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – String Quintet in G major, Kr.190 Jean-Louis Duport – 6 Cello Sonatas, Op. 4 Jan Ladislav Dussek – Piano Sonatas No. 4–6, Op. 10 John Gunn – 40 Favorite Scotch Airs for Violin, Flute, or Cello Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 92 in G, "Oxford" Fantasia in C major, Hob.XVII:4 Leopold Anton Kozeluch – Concerto for Clarinet no 2 in E flat major Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A majorClarinet Quintet in A Major, K 581 Chamber Music, Wind Instruments, Mozart Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/Clarinet-Quintet-in-A-Major-K-581 2026-08-01 Britannica.com en Un moto di gioia mi sento, K.579 Vasilj Alekseevič Paškevič – Muzyka operyi Komitscheskoi Fewej Philip Phile – "The President's March" Ignaz Pleyel String Quintet in F major, B.285 3 Flute Quartets, B.381–383 6 Violin Duos, B.513–518 Karl Leopold Röllig – Kleine Tonstücke für die Glasharmonika Daniel Gottlob Türk – Klaviersonaten, größtenteils für Kenner Giovanni Battista Viotti – Violin Concerto No.16 in E minor Opera Domenico Cimarosa – I Due Baroni André Grétry – Raoul Barbe-Bleue Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne – Nephté Giovanni Paisiello – Nina Johann Friedrich Reichardt – Brenno; Claudine von Villa Bella Antonio Salieri – Il Pastor fido; La Cifra; both with libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte Stephen Storace – The Haunted Tower Paul Wranitzky – Oberon, König der Elfen Methods and theory writings André Grétry – Mémoires, ou essai sur la musique John Gunn – The Theory and Practice of Fingering the Violoncello Manuel da Paixão Ribeiro – Nova arte de viola Luigi Antonio Sabbatini – Elementi teorici della musica Daniel Gottlob Türk Klavierscule Von den wichtigsten Pflichten eines Organisten Births January 30 – George Augustus Kollmann, composer February 1 – Hippolyte André Jean Baptiste Chélard, composer (d. 1861) February 8 – Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer (d. 1878) February 15 – Friedrich Fesca, composer (d. 1826) May 24 – Cathinka Buchwieser, German opera singer and actress (d.1828) June 27 – Friedrich Silcher, composer (d. 1860) September 1 – Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer October 18 – Giovanni Tadolini, composer October 24 – Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer (d. 1855) October 26 – Joseph Mayseder October 28 – Johann Schneider, composer November 13 – Martin de Ron, composer December 8 – John Fawcett, composer (d. 1867) December 14 – Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer (d. 1831) Deaths January 1 – Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer January 2 – Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer January 20 – Johann Christoph Oley, composer February 2 – Armand-Louis Couperin, organist and composer (b. 1727) May 10 – Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer May 12 – Robert Bremner, music collector and publisher (born 1713) June 7 – Václav Jan Kopřiva (b. 1708) June 14 – Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer (b. 1727) July 4 – Cláudio Manuel da Costa, poet and conductor (b. 1729) July 15 – Jacques Duphly, composer (b. 1715) September 11 – Luka Sorkočević, composer (b. 1734) (suicide) September 12 – Franz Xaver Richter, composer (b. 1709) October 24 – Joaquin de Oxinaga, composer date unknown Minette, actress, singer and dancer (b. 1767) (killed in Haitian race riot) Andreas Lidl, British composer (born c. 1740) References Category:18th century in music Category:Music by year