1770 in music

none 1770 music Events January 20 – The new Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré), the first purpose-built opera house in Paris, designed by Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux, is inaugurated with a performance of Rameau's Zoroastre.Pitou Spire 1983 The Paris Opéra: An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers and Performers: Genesis and Glory, 1671–1715 Westport, Ct Greenwood 9780313214202 26Mead Christopher Curtis 1991 Charles Garnier's Paris Opera Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press 978-0-262-13275-6 45 May 16 – The new Opéra royal de Versailles, designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, is inaugurated.Praefcke Andreas http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/france/f_versailles_gabriel.htm Carthalia Versailles: Théâtre Gabriel / Opéra Royal English 2025-05-21 Ballet is performed in Oslo for the first time, by Madame Stuart. Musikalisches Vielerley is published; a collection of pieces from various composers, edited by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Hamburg: Michael Christian Bock). Classical music Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Fantasia in D minor, H.224 Johann Christian Bach 6 Keyboard Concertos, Op. 7 6 Quartets, Op. 8 Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto in D major, G.479 Joseph Haydn – Baryton Trio in A major, Hob.XI:2 Gabriele Leone – Six sonatas for mandolin and bass marked with signs according to the new method, Op. 2 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony 11 Pietro Nardini – Sonatas for 2 Flutes/Violins and Basso Continuo Methods and theory writings Johann Caspar Heck – The Art of Playing the Harpsichord John Holden – An Essay Towards a Rational System of Music Operas Christoph Willibald Gluck – Paride ed Elena, Wq.39 André Grétry – Les deux avares Published popular music William Billings – The New England Psalm Singer, featuring the song Chester. Births February 18 – Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer (died 1846) February 20 – Ferdinando Carulli, composer (died 1841)Aaron Shearer Classic Guitar Technique https://books.google.com/books?id=ThUdFt1P7_UC&pg=PA70 March 1985 Alfred Music Publishing 978-0-89898-572-6 70 February 22 – Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composerDon Randel, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, Harvard, 1996, p. 952. (died 1839) February 26 – Antoine Reicha, composer (died 1836) May 19 – Antoine-Charles Glachant, violinist and composer (died 1851) June 4 – James Hewitt, composer (died 1827) November 8 – Friedrich Witt, composerDavid Mason Greene Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA442 1985 Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd. 978-0-385-14278-6 442 (died 1836) November 29 – Peter Hänsel, composerEduard Bernsdorf Neues Universal-Lexikon der Tonkunst ... Unter Mitwirkung von Frz. Liszt, H. Marschner ... https://books.google.com/books?id=Ne2uRjirE0cC&pg=PA298 1857 Robert Schäfer 298 December 13 – John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer (died 1836)Maggie Humphreys Robert Evans Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland https://books.google.com/books?id=WSLUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA66 1 January 1997 A&C Black 978-0-7201-2330-2 66 December 15 or December 16 (baptized on December 17) – Ludwig van Beethoven, composer and pianist (died 1827)When is Beethoven's birthday? https://www.classicfm.com/composers/beethoven/guides/beethoven-20-facts-about-great-composer/beethoven-haus-bonn/ 2022-03-22 Classic FM en December 17 – Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer Deaths February 26 – Giuseppe Tartini, violinist and composer, 77 April 19 – Esprit Antoine Blanchard, composer, 74 May 9 – Charles Avison, composer, 61Philip H. Highfill, Jr. Kalman A. Burnim Edward A. Langhans A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660–1800: Abaco to Belfille https://books.google.com/books?id=V8IutzpP0sYC&pg=PA180 December 1973 SIU Press 978-0-8093-0517-9 180 October 1 – Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, 64 December 9 – Gottlieb Muffat, organist and composer, 80Richard Maunder Richard Maunder Keyboard Instruments in Eighteenth-century Vienna https://books.google.com/books?id=XxDisZxtRBcC&pg=PA230 1998 Clarendon Press 978-0-19-816637-5 230 December 13 – Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz, organ-builder, 61 References Category:18th century in music Category:Music by year