1771 in music explained
Events
Classical music
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- 6 Easy Sonatas, WK 141-146
- Ich will dem Herrn lobsingen
- Luigi Boccherini
- František Xaver Brixi – Pastorella in C major for organ
- Muzio Clementi – 6 Piano Sonatas, Op. 1
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- Harp Concerto in D major, Op. 9
- Jephte et Helcana (oratorio)
- Tommaso Giordani – 6 Harpsichord Quintets, Op. 1
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- Baryton Trio in A major, Hob.XI:9
- Baryton Trio in B minor, Hob.XI:96
- Piano Sonata in C minor Hob. XVI:20
- Keyboard Concerto in C major, Hob.XVIII:10
- Symphony No. 42
- Symphony No. 43
- James Hook – 6 Keyboard Concertos, Op. 1
- Thomas Linley Jr – Violin Concerto in F major
- Leopold Mozart – Missa brevis in C major (formerly attributed to W.A. Mozart as K. 115)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Aria for soprano and orchestra, “Non curo l’affetto”, K. 74b
- Symphony No. 12
- Symphony No. 13
- Symphony No. 14
- Symphony in F, “No. 42”, K. 75/75
- Symphony No. 46 in C major, K.96/111b
- Symphony No. 50 in D major, K.161/141a
- Divertimento No. 1 in E-flat major, K. 113
- Regina coeli for soprano, chorus and orchestra in C major, K. 108/74d
- Litaniae Lauretanae in B-flat major, K. 109/74e
- Betulia liberata, oratorio K. 118/74c
- Johann Gottfried Müthel – Keyboard Duet in E-flat major
- Josef Mysliveček – Veni sponsa Christi
- Johann Gottfried Wilhelm Palschau – Harpsichord Concertos No.1-2
- Niccolo Piccinni – Le finte gemelle, intermezzo premiered Jan. 2 in Rome
Opera
Methods and theory writings
- Anselm Bayly – A Practical Treatise on Singing and Playing
- Anton Bemetzrieder – Leçons de clavecin, et principes d’harmonie
- Charles Burney – The Present State of Music in France and Italy
- Johann Kirnberger – Die Kunst des reinen Satzes in der Musik
Births
- February 9 – Daniel Belknap, composer (d. 1815)
- February 24 – Johann Baptist Cramer, pianist (d. 1858)
- March 19 –, poet and librettist (died 1852)
- March 21 – Thomas John Dibdin, dramatist and songwriter (d. 1841)
- May 13 – Siegfried August Mahlmann, librettist and poet (died 1826)
- June 1 – Ferdinando Paër, Italian composer (died 1839)
- August 15 – Walter Scott, librettist and novelist (died 1832)
- August 27 – Friedrich Methfessel, composer (died 1807)
- September 17 – Johann August Apel, librettist (d. 1816)
- October 1 – Pierre Baillot, violinist and composer (d. 1842)
- October 3 – Auguste Creuzé de Lesser, librettist and politician (died 1839)
- October 9 – Charles-Augustin Bassompierre (Sewrin), librettist (died 1853)
- October 29 – Anna Leonore König, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (d. 1854)
- November 1 –, librettist (died 1839)
- November 4 – James Montgomery, librettist and editor (died 1854)
- November 17 – Jonathan Huntington, composer (d. 1838)
- December 26 – Heinrich Joseph von Collin, librettist and poet (died 1811)
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Deaths
- January 23 – Martin Berteau, composer and musician (born 1691)[5]
- March 11 – Christoph Birkmann, hymnist and pupil of JS Bach (born 1703)
- March 30 – Anton Joseph Hampel, horn player (b. 1710)[6]
- May 20 – Christopher Smart, poet and hymn-writer (b. 1722; possible liver failure)[7]
- May 29 – Johann Adolph Hass, clavichord and harpsichord maker (b. 1713)
- July 30 – Thomas Gray, librettist and poet (born 1716)
- August 19 – Daniel Schiebeler, librettist and hymnist (born 1741)
- October – René de Galard de Béarn, Marquis de Brassac, composer (born 1699)
- October 14 – František Brixi, composer (b. 1732)
- October 28 – Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer (b. 1703)
- November 4 – Pierre Nicolas Brunet, librettist and playwright (born 1733)
- November 18 – Giuseppe de Majo, Italian composer (born 1697)
- date unknown – Andrea Soldi, copyist and portraitist (born 1703)
Notes and References
- Book: Helminger, Bernhard. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 7th. 2015. Salzburg. Colorama. 978-3-902692-03-0. 17.
- Book: Carsten Wulff. Denmark. Udenrigsministeriet. Denmark. 1996. Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 978-87-87646-70-3.
- Book: Partington, Charles Frederick. The British cyclopædia of biography. 1837. 849.
- Book: Randel, Don Michael. The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 1999. Harvard University Press. 978-0-674-00084-1. 188.
- Book: Charles J. Hall. An eighteenth-century musical chronicle: events 1750-1799. April 1990. Greenwood Press. 978-0-313-26576-1. 64.
- Horn (music) . 13 . Schlesinger . Kathleen . Kathleen Schlesinger . 697-706; see page 706, footnote 68 . Two documents concerning Anton Joseph Hampel are extant...... 1 .
- Book: Chris Mounsey. Christopher Smart: Clown of God. 2001. Bucknell University Press. 978-0-8387-5483-2. 272.