1781 in music

none 1781 music Events March – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart moves to Vienna to pursue his career. Although he is passed over in favour of Antonio Salieri as music teacher of Princess of Württemberg, he never returns permanently to Salzburg.Bernhard Helminger Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 7th 2015 Salzburg Colorama 978-3-902692-03-0 20 Spring – Christian Gottlob Neefe is appointed court organist in Bonn, and soon takes on the young Ludwig van Beethoven as a pupil.Tilman Skowroneck Beethoven the Pianist Cambridge University Press 2010 9781139487863 39 June 27 – Mozart writes of his new pupil and admirer, Josepha Barbara Auernhammer: "I am almost every day after dinner at H: v: Auernhammer – The freulle is a monster!". July 30 – Mozart receives the original libretto of his next opera, Die Entführung aus dem Serail from the director of the Nationalsingspiel, Gottlieb Stephanie.Otto Erich Deutsch Mozart, a Documentary Biography Stanford University Press 1965 196 October 12 – First bagpipes competition in the Masonic Arms, Falkirk, Scotland. October – A British Army band, under Lord Cornwallis, plays the popular song, "The World Turned Upside Down", when surrendering to the Americans after the Siege of Yorktown.https://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_yorktown1781.html https://web.archive.org/web/20040630224119/http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_yorktown1781.html dead June 30, 2004 Yorktown is Won – Cornwallis' sword is delivered to American Forces – The World Turned Upside Down Public Broadcasting Service Yorktown, Virginia October 19, 1781 Étienne Méhul makes his first, unsuccessful attempts at orchestral composition.Méhul, Étienne Henri Étienne Méhul Classical music Samuel Arnold – 6 Overtures in Eight Parts, Op. 8Overture in D major, Op.8 No.2 (Arnold, Samuel) 6 Overtures in Eight Parts Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach 6 Fugues, Wq.119/2-76 Fugues, Wq.119/2-7 (Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel) 6 Fugues Geistliche Gesänge, Book 2 Wq. 198, H. 752 Johann Christian Bach – Sonata for Keyboard Duet, W.A 19 (Op. 18, No. 5) William Billings – The Psalm-Singer's AmusementThe Psalm-Singer's Amusement (Billings, William) The Psalm-Singer's Amusement Luigi Boccherini 6 String Quartets, G.207–212 (Op. 33) Stabat Mater, G.532 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Symphonies after Ovid's Metamorphoses, Kr.73–84 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:1–24 Six String Quartets, Op. 33 Leopold Kozeluch – 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 – Concerto for Keyboard No. 1 in C major John Parry – 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 – 6 Flute Concerti Charlotte Amelie Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg – Canzonette fürs Klavier mit Veränderungen Samuel Wesley – Concerto for Violin No. 2 in D major Paul Wranitzky – Sinfonie Périodique No.2 in C minor (Op. 11) Opera Miles Peter Andrews & Samuel Arnold – The Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern Antonio Calegari – Deucalione e Pirra Domenico Cimarosa Alessandro nell'Indie L'amante combattuto dalle donne di punto Giannina e Bernardone Giunio Bruto Il pittore parigino Elizabeth Craven et al. – The Silver Tankard Nicolas Dalayrac – Le Chevalier à la mode Marc-Antoine Désaugiers – Les Deux sylphes Joseph Haydn – La fedeltà premiata Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Idomeneo Niccolò Piccinni – Iphigenie en Tauride Antonio Salieri – Der Rauchfangkehrer Giuseppe Sarti – Giulio Sabino Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli – Montesuma Methods and theory writings Marmaduke Overend – A Brief Account of, and an Introduction to, 8 Lectures in the Science of Music Christoph Benjamin Schmidtchen – Kurzgefaßte Anfangsgründe auf das Clavier für Anfänger Births January 22 – François Antoine Habeneck, violinist and conductor (died 1849) March 11 – Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer (died 1861) March 18 – Gustave Vogt, composer and oboist (died 1870) May 24 – Louis-François Dauprat, French composer (died 1868) July 20 – Sophie Lebrun, pianist and composer, daughter of Ludwig August Lebrun (died 1863) July 27 – Mauro Giuliani, guitarist, cellist and composer (died 1829) September 1 – Antoine Romagnesi (composer and publisher (died 1850) September 5 – Anton Diabelli, music publisher, editor and composer (died 1858) September 6 – Vincent Novello, organist and conductor (died 1861) November 9 – Carl Borromäus von Miltitz, composer (died 1845) November 18 – Felice Blangini, organist and composer (died 1841) December 1 – Charles Philippe Lafont, violinist and composer (died 1839) Deaths January 22 – Johann Siebenkas, composer February 4 – Josef Mysliveček, composer (b. 1737) March 17 – Johannes Ewald, librettist and dramatist (born 1743) May 22 – Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, composer (born 1735)C.F.J. Hankinson, editor, DeBretts Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, 147th year (London, U.K.: Odhams Press, 1949), page 1100. July 11 – Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer July 30 – Augustin Ullinger, composer August 16 – Johanna Carolina Bach, daughter of JS Bach (born 1737) October 9 – Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie, musician and composer (b. 1732) October 27 – Herman-François Delange October – Anton Zimmermann, composer November 4 – Faustina Bordoni, operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1697) date unknown – William Paxton, cellist (b. 1737) References Category:18th century in music Category:Music by year