1780 in music

First page of an autographed manuscript of the "Responsiri per la settimana Santa" of 1780, preserved at the Florence Conservatory.

First page of an autographed manuscript of the "Responsiri per la settimana Santa" of 1780, preserved at the Florence Conservatory.

Events

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composes his opera Idomeneo at Munich.
• The Danish royal anthem, "Kong Christian", is first sung.
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen goes into its third edition.
• 1780–1782 Emanuel Bach revises his Magnificat Wq 215 (H 772) (Hamburg version).

Classical music

• Carl Friedrich Abel – 6 String Trios, Op. 16
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Keyboard Sonata in F major, H.269
  • Keyboard Sonata in A major, H.270
  • Rondo in G major, H.271
  • Geistliche Gesänge, Book 1 H.749
• Johann Christian Bach
  • 6 Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin or Flute, Op.16 (W.B 10-15a)
  • 6 Keyboard Sonatas, Op. 17
  • 2 Keyboard Quintets, Op. 22
• Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier – 12 Noëls avec un Carillon des morts
• Franz Benda – Violin Sonata in C minor, L3.9
• Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda
  • Viola Concerto in F major, LorB 314
  • 3 Sonatas, Op. 3
• Georg Benda – Sammlung Vermischter Stücke
• Luigi Boccherini
  • 6 String Sextets, G.454-459 (Op. 23)
  • Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid (Op. 30)
  • 6 String Quintets, G.325-330 (Op.31)
  • 6 String Quartets, G.201-206 (Op.32)
• Giuseppe Maria Cambini – 6 Trios for 2 Violins and Cello, Op. 15
• Luigi Cherubini – 6 Harpsichord Sonatas
• Muzio Clementi – 5 Piano Sonatas and a Duet, Op.1a
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Job (oratorio)
• Fedele Fenaroli – 9 Harpsichord Sonatas
• Joseph Haydn
  • Symphony No. 62
  • Symphony No. 71
  • Symphony No. 74
  • Keyboard Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI:35
  • Keyboard Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI:37
  • Keyboard Sonata in E-flat major, Hob.XVI:38
  • Keyboard Sonata in G major, Hob.XVI:39
• Leopold Kozeluch
  • 3 Keyboard Sonatas, Opp. 1-2
  • 3 Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin, Op. 17
• Franziska Lebrun – 6 Violin Sonatas, Opp. 1-2
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Symphony No. 34 in C major, K.338
  • 3 Minuets, K. 363
• Josef Myslivecek – 6 Divertimenti
• Antonio Rosetti
  • Symphony in D major, M.A12
  • Oboe Concerto in C major, M.C30
• Friedrich Schwindl – 6 Quintets or Trios, Op. 10
• Carl Stamitz
  • Flute Concerto in G major, Op. 29
  • Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in B-flat major
• Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel – Sonata for Violin and Keyboard in B-flat major, StWV 194
• Luigi Tomasini – 3 String Quartets, Op. 8
• Johann Baptist Wanhal – 6 String Trios, Op. 17

Opera

• Domenico Cimarosa
  • Caio Mario
  • Le donne rivali
  • Il falegname
  • I finti nobili
• Franz Danzi – Cleopatra
• André Grétry – Aucassin et Nicolette
• Joseph Haydn – La Fedeltà premiata, Hob.XXVIII:10
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Zaide (unfinished)
• Josef Myslivecek – Antigono
• Giovanni Paisiello – Il Barbiere di Siviglia
• Niccolò Piccinni – Atys
• Bernardo Porta – La Principessa d'Amalfi
• Joseph Bologne Saint-Georges – L'Amant anonime (premiered March 8)

Methods and theory writings

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• Salvatore Bertezen – Principi della musica
• Fedele Fenaroli – Regole musicali per i principianti di cembalo
• Johann Adam Hiller – Anweisung zum musikalisch-zierlichen Gesange (Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Junius, 1780)
• Georg Caspar Hodermann – Kurzer Unterricht für Musik-Anfänger
• Louis-Francois Henri Lefebure – Nouveau solfége

Births

• January 14 – François-Joseph Dizi, harpist
• February 2 – Ananias Davisson, shape-note advocate (died 1857)
• February 8
  • Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer
  • Franz Anton Morgenroth, composer (died 1847)
• March 10 – Juan José Landaeta, composer
• May 22 – Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer
• May 28 – Joseph Frohlich, composer
• June 18 – Michael Henkel, composer (died 1851)
• July 25 – Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer
• November 2 – Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu, soprano
• November 3 – Victor Dourlen, composer
• November 16 – Robert Archibald Smith, composer
• November 17 – Franz Clement, composer (died 1842)
• November 22 – Conradin Kreutzer, composer and conductor (died 1849)
• December 18 – Johann Martin Friedrich Nisle, composer (died c. 1861)
• date unknown
  • Ferdinand Gasse, French composer (died 1840)
  • Franciszek Lessel, Polish composer (died 1838)

Deaths

• January 1 – Johann Ludwig Krebs, German composer (born 1713)
• January 4 – Hedvig Wigert, opera singer (b. 1748)
• January 10 – Francesco Antonio Vallotti, organist, composer and music theorist (b. 1697)
• February 1 – Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer (b. 1713)
• April 21 – Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
• May 9 – Francisco Hernández Illana, Spanish composer (c.1700)
• May 14 – Pierre Montan Berton, Father of Henri-Montan Berton and composer (born 1727)
• August 19 – Bernhard Haltenberger, composer
• September 6 – George Alexander Stevens, songwriter (b. 1710)
• December 14 – Ignatius Sancho, composer and actor (b. c. 1729)
• date unknown – Martin Nürenbach, dancer