1763 in music

none 1763 music Events right|thumb|The Mozart family on tour: Leopold, Wolfgang, and Nannerl. January 1 – First performance of William Boyce's "At length, th’imperious Lord of War".Music and History. Accessed 24 April 2013 March 24 – Christoph Willibald Gluck leaves Vienna, bound for Bologna where his opera Il trionfo di Clelia is to be premièred. April 26 – Gluck is awarded a pension of 600 florins by Empress Maria Theresa. May 14 – Nuovo Teatro Pubblico in Bologna opens with the première of Gluck's Il trionfo di Clelia; it is the first major opera house to be constructed with public funds and owned by the municipality. May 26 – In Paris, François-Joseph Gossec goes to court to retrieve property from the estate of his late patron Alexandre Le Riche de La Poupelinière. July 9 – Mozart family grand tour: The family of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sets out on a European tour, ending this year in Paris. James Hook becomes musical director of Marylebone Gardens in London. St Cecilia's Hall is opened by Edinburgh Musical Society as the first purpose-built concert hall in Scotland, the second in Britain. Popular music none listed Opera Johann Christian Bach - Orione, ossia Diana vendicata (premiered February 19 in London) Pietro Guglielmi – Tito Manlio Joseph Haydn – Acide Niccolò Jommelli – Didone abbandonata (third version) Vincenzo Manfredini – Carlo Magno Niccolò Piccinni – Le donne vendicate Tommaso Traetta – Ifigenia in Tauride Johann Adolph Hasse – Siroe, re di Persia Classical music Carl Friedrich Abel – 6 Flute Concertos, WK 46–51 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger – Applausus musicus (cantata) Johann Christian Bach – 6 Keyboard Concertos, Op. 1 François Joseph Gossec – 6 Symphonies, Op. 6 Joseph Haydn – Symphonies Nos. 12 and 13 Michael Haydn – Symphony in G major "Divertimento"; Symphony in B-flat major, Perger 51 "La Confidenza" Johann Joachim Quantz – Horn Concerto in E-flat major, QV 5:Anh.14 Giuseppe Tartini – 6 Violin Sonatas, Op. 9 Georg Philipp Telemann – Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille (cantata) Methods and theory writings Johann Franz Peter Deysinger – Gründlicher Unterricht die Orgel und das Clavier wohl schlagen zu lernen Ignaz Franz Xaver Kürzinger – Getreuer Unterricht zum Singen mit Manieren, und die Violin zu spielen Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg – Anleitung zur Musik überhaupt, und zur Singkunst besonders Cristiano Miller – Porta Armonica Births February 20 – Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer (died 1850) March 18 – Marie Christine Björn, ballerina March 21 – Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, librettist and novelist (died 1825) April 2 – Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari, Italian composer (died 1842) April 7 – Domenico Dragonetti, double bass virtuoso and composer (died 1846) June 14 – Johann Simon Mayr, composer (died 1845) by June 15 – Franz Danzi, German composer (died 1826) June 22 – Étienne Méhul, composer (died 1817) December 12 – Margareta Alströmer, singer and artist (died 1816) Date unknown – Johann Andreas Amon, composer and musician (died 1825) Deaths January 11 – Giovanni Benedetto Platti, Italian composer (born 1697) February 7 – Christoph Schaffrath, German composer (born 1709) February 12 (buried) – Gottfried Heinrich Bach, keyboardist son of Johann Sebastian Bach (born 1724) May 30 – Gustaviana Schröder, Swedish singer (born 1701) June 1 – Johann Caspar Vogler, composer July 16 – Jacques Hotteterre, French composer (born 1673) July 17 – Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer July 22 – John Dalton, librettist and poet (born 1709) August 14 – Giovanni Battista Somis, composer September 26 – John Byrom, librettist and poet (born 1692) December 2 – Carl August Thielo, composer unknown date – Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, composer (born 1708) probable – Nicola Logroscino, composer (born 1698) Notes 30em Category:18th century in music Category:Music by year