1774 in music

none August 2026 1774 music Events Antonio Salieri is appointed court composer to the Emperor Joseph II. Domenico Cimarosa is invited to Rome for the opera season. Charles Burney writes A Plan for a Music School. Pascal Taskin becomes keeper of the King's instruments. Georg Joseph Vogler becomes a pupil of Giovanni Battista Martini at Bologna. Opera Pasquale Anfossi – Olimpiade Christoph Willibald Gluck Iphigenie en Aulide Wq.40 Orphée et Eurydice, Wq.41 (French revision of Wq. 30) Josef Mysliveček – Artaserse, ED.10:B.b5 Giovanni Paisiello Il duello comico, R.1.41 La frascatana, R.1.43 Antonio Salieri – La Calamita de’ cuori Classical music Carl Friedrich Abel – 6 Keyboard Concertos, Op. 11 Johann Christian Bach – Symphony in B-flat major, W.B 17 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – Keyboard Sonata in B-flat major, F.9 Josse-François-Joseph Benaut – Mass in C major Ernst Eichner – 2 Harpsichord Concertos, Op. 5 Joseph Haydn Baryton Trio in D major, Hob.XI:34 Great Organ Mass Niccolò Jommelli – Pietà Signore, H.Anh.42 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concertone in C major, K.190/186E March in D major, K.237/189c Symphony No. 29 in A Symphony No. 30 Joseph Bologne Saint-Georges 2 Violin Concertos, Op. 3 (Paris: Bailleux) 2 Violin Concertos, Op. 4 (Paris: Bailleux) Carl Stamitz Concerto for Viola No. 1 in D major 6 Quartets, Op. 4 Johann Adolph Hasse – Il Ciclope Methods and theory writings Martin Gerbert – De cantu et musica sacra Johann Adam Hiller Anweisung zum musikalisch-richtigen Gesange Exempel-Buch der Anweisung zum Singen Heinrich Laag – Anfangsgründe zum Clavierspielen und Generalbas Georg Simon Löhlein – Anweisung zum Vionlinspielen Giovanni Battista Mancini – Pensieri e riflessioni pratiche sopra il canto figurato Giovanni Battista Martini – Esemplare, o sia Saggio fondamentale pratico di contrappunto Johann Friedrich Reichardt – Briefe eines aufmerksamen Reisenden die Musik betreffend Births February 16 – Pierre Rode, violinist, composer, (d. 1830) March 5 – Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer April 17 – Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek, organist and composer October 7 – Ferdinando Orlandi, composer October 23 – René de Chazet, librettist and writer (died 1844) November 14 – Gaspare Spontini, composer (died 1851)Gaspare Spontini Opera Composer, Maestro, Conductor Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gaspare-Spontini 2026-08-01 Britannica.com en November 18 – William Horsley, composer December 20 – Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer Deaths January 20 – Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, 44 January 30 Jean-Pierre Guignon, French composer (born 1702) Frantisek Tuma, composer, 69 July 1 (buried) – Wenceslaus Wodiczka, violinist and composer July 7 – Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer August 25 – Niccolò Jommelli, composer, 59 December 2 – Johann Friedrich Agricola, composer, 54 References Category:18th century in music Category:Music by year