1788 in music
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- Antonio SalieriAntonio SalieriAntonio Salieri was a Venetian classical composer, conductor and teacher born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, but who spent his adult life and career as a faithful subject of the Habsburg monarchy....
appointed Imperial Royal Kapellmeister by Emperor Joseph II of Austria. - Domenico CimarosaDomenico CimarosaDomenico Cimarosa was an Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school...
is invited to St Petersburg by the Empress Catherine II of RussiaCatherine II of RussiaCatherine II, also known as Catherine the Great , Empress of Russia, was born in Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia on as Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg...
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Opera
- Thomas CarterThomas CarterThomas Carter may refer to:*Thomas Carter *Thomas Carter , Irish politician*Thomas Carter , British politician and Member of Parliament for Tamworth...
– The Constant Maid, or Poll of Plympton - Luigi CherubiniLuigi CherubiniLuigi Cherubini was an Italian composer who spent most of his working life in France. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest of his contemporaries....
– Ifigenia in Aulide - Franz DanziFranz DanziFranz Ignaz Danzi was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the noted Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi. Born in Schwetzingen, Franz Danzi worked in Mannheim, Munich, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, where he died....
– Die Mitternachtsstunde - Giovanni PaisielloGiovanni PaisielloGiovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era.-Life:Paisiello was born at Taranto and educated by the Jesuits there. He became known for his beautiful singing voice and in 1754 was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and...
– L'Amor Contrastato - Antonio SalieriAntonio SalieriAntonio Salieri was a Venetian classical composer, conductor and teacher born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, but who spent his adult life and career as a faithful subject of the Habsburg monarchy....
– Axur, Re d´Ormus (libretto by Lorenzo Da PonteLorenzo Da PonteLorenzo Da Ponte was a Venetian opera librettist and poet. He wrote the librettos for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Mozart's greatest operas, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro and Così fan tutte....
after Beaumarchais); Il Talismano (libretto by Lorenzo Da PonteLorenzo Da PonteLorenzo Da Ponte was a Venetian opera librettist and poet. He wrote the librettos for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Mozart's greatest operas, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro and Così fan tutte....
after Goldoni) - Joseph WeiglJoseph WeiglJoseph Weigl , was an Austrian composer and conductor.The son of Joseph Franz Weigl , the principal cellist in the orchestra of the Esterházy family, he was born in Eisenstadt and studied music under Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Antonio Salieri...
– Il pazzo per forza
Classical music
- Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
, Symphonies 39 in E flatSymphony No. 39 (Mozart)The Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, K. 543, was completed on 26 June 1788.-Composition and premiere:The 39th Symphony is the first of a set of three that Mozart composed in rapid succession during the summer of 1788. No. 40 was completed 25 July and No. 41 on 10...
, 40 in G minorSymphony No. 40 (Mozart)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550, in 1788. It is sometimes referred to as the "Great G minor symphony," to distinguish it from the "Little G minor symphony," No. 25. The two are the only minor key symphonies Mozart wrote....
and 41 in CSymphony No. 41 (Mozart)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788. It was the last symphony that he composed.The work is nicknamed the Jupiter Symphony...
Births
- February 10 – Johann Peter PixisJohann Peter PixisJohann Peter Pixis was a German pianist and composer born in Mannheim, Germany.He lived in Paris between 1825 and 1845, where he worked as a concert pianist...
, composer (died 1874) - August 20 – José Bernardo AlcedoJosé Bernardo AlcedoJosé Bernardo Alcedo , was the most important Peruvian composer of the nineteenth century.Alcedo was born in Lima, Peru...
, composer (died 1878) - October 11 – Simon SechterSimon SechterSimon Sechter was an Austrian music theorist, teacher, organist, conductor and composer.Sechter was born in Friedberg , Bohemia, then part of the Austrian Empire, and moved to Vienna in 1804, succeeding Jan Václav Voříšek as court organist there in 1824. In 1810 he began teaching piano and voice...
, composer (died 1867) - date unknown – Brita Catharina LidbeckBrita Catharina LidbeckBrita Catharina Lidbeck, also Brita Catharina Munck af Rosenschöld was a Swedish Dilettante concert singer. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music....
, Swedish concert singer and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of MusicRoyal Swedish Academy of MusicThe Royal Swedish Academy of Music or Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien, founded in 1771 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden...
(died 1864)
Deaths
- January 15 – Gaetano LatillaGaetano LatillaGaetano Latilla was an Italian opera composer, the most important of the period immediately preceding Niccolò Piccinni .Latilla was born in Bari, and studied at the Loreto Conservatory in Naples...
, composer (b. 1711) - March 29 – Charles WesleyCharles WesleyCharles Wesley was an English leader of the Methodist movement, son of Anglican clergyman and poet Samuel Wesley, the younger brother of Anglican clergyman John Wesley and Anglican clergyman Samuel Wesley , and father of musician Samuel Wesley, and grandfather of musician Samuel Sebastian Wesley...
, hymn-writer (b. 1707) - April 12
- Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer
- Carlo Antonio CampioniCarlo Antonio CampioniCarlo Antonio Campioni , also known as Carlo Antonio Campione or Charles Antoine Campion, was an Italian composer, as well as a collector of early music....
, composer (b. 1720)
- April 15 – Giuseppe BonnoGiuseppe BonnoGiuseppe Bonno was an Austrian composer of Italian origin....
, composer (b. 1711) - June 28 – Johann Christoph Vogel, composer
- July 14 – Johann Gottfried MüthelJohann Gottfried MüthelJohann Gottfried Müthel was a German composer and noted keyboard virtuoso. Along with C.P.E. Bach, he represented the Sturm und Drang style of composition....
, composer (b. 1728) - December 14 – Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, composer (b. 1714)
- December 12 – Joseph GibbsJoseph GibbsJoseph Gibbs , was an English composer.-Biography:Joseph Gibbs was not a prolific composer, but he was a not entirely unknown. He was born in Dedham, Essex in 1699, though not much more has been traced of Gibbs until 1748. In that year, he was appointed organist at the Church of St...
, composer (b. 1699) - date unknown – Antonin KammelAntonin KammelAntonín Kammel was a composer and violinist. His best-known composition is String Quartett no. 2....
, violinist and composer (b. 1730)