1756. With other artists, Christoph Willibald von Gluck, Frederick II of Prussia and George Frideric Handel influenced their time (baroque era / classical era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, while others would disappear.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1756 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 60 of these moments for 1756.
1756, from day to day
January
14
Death of Johann Jeremias du GrainThat year: 1756, Classical music, composer (born in 1700)
22
Birth of Vincenzo RighiniThat year: 1756, Classical music, Italian composer, singer and kapellmeister (dead in 1812)
27
Birth of Wolfgang Amadeus MozartThat year: 1756, Classical music, Austrian composer of the Classical period (dead in 1791)
30
Birth of Joseph PreindlThat year: 1756, Classical music, composer (dead in 1823)
February
09
Birth of Karel Blažej KopřivaThat year: 1756, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (dead in 1785)
21
Birth of Gottlob Friedrich HillmerThat year: 1756, Classical music, composer (dead in 1835)
March
01
Death of Antonio BernacchiThat year: 1756, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1685)
18
Birth of Johann VogelThat year: 1756, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1788)
21
Birth of Augustus Frederic Christopher KollmannThat year: 1756, Classical music, Composer and musical theorist (dead in 1829)
24
Birth of Francesca LebrunThat year: 1756, Classical music, German singer and composer (dead in 1791)
30
Death of Sebastián de AlberoThat year: 1756, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1722)
April
07
Birth of Joseph GehotThat year: 1756, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 1825)
10
Death of Giacomo Antonio PertiThat year: 1756, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1661)
13
Death of Johann Gottlieb GoldbergThat year: 1756, Classical music, German musician (born in 1727)
22
Death of Tobias VolckmarThat year: 1756, Classical music, composer (born in 1678)
23
Birth of Alexander ReinagleThat year: 1756, Classical music, American composer, organist, and theater musician (dead in 1809)
May
07
Birth of Thomas LinleyThat year: 1756, Classical music, English singer, violinist and composer (1756-1788) (dead in 1778)
10
Birth of Johann Michael WeissbeckThat year: 1756, Classical music, composer (dead in 1808)
23
Birth of Nicolas-Joseph HüllmandelThat year: 1756, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1823)
June
17
Death of Marc-Antoine de DampierreThat year: 1756, Classical music, French composer and hornist (born in 1676)
20
Birth of Joseph Martin KrausThat year: 1756, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1792)
25
Birth of Lovisa AugustiThat year: 1756, Classical music, singer (dead in 1790)
August
15
Birth of Olof ÅhlströmThat year: 1756, Classical music, Swedish civil servant, composer, organist and music publisher (dead in 1835)
18
Birth of Pierre-Daniel-Augustin ChapelleThat year: 1756, Classical music, French composer and musician (dead in 1821)
September
08
Birth of Anton TeyberThat year: 1756, Classical music, Austrian organist, Kapellmeister and composer (dead in 1822)
09
Birth of Christoffer Christian KarstenThat year: 1756, Classical music, Swedish actor and singer (dead in 1827)
11
Birth of Heinrich KleinThat year: 1756, Classical music, composer, conductor, music pedagogue (dead in 1832)
19
Death of Josef Antonín SehlingThat year: 1756, Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (born in 1710)
October
02
Birth of Józef JavurekThat year: 1756, Classical music, Czech pianist and educator (dead in 1840)
03
Death of William McGibbonThat year: 1756, Classical music, Scottish composer and violinist (born in 1690)
04
Birth of W.H.R.R. GieddeThat year: 1756, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1816)
26
Death of Johann Theodor RoemhildtThat year: 1756, Classical music, German composer (born in 1684)
December
15
Birth of Antoinette Saint-HubertyThat year: 1756, Classical music, French operatic soprano (dead in 1812)
21
Birth of Tomáš Antonín KunzThat year: 1756, Classical music, Czech composer, organist and inventor (dead in 1830)
26
Birth of Bernard Germain de LacépèdeThat year: 1756, Classical music, French naturalist (1756-1825) (dead in 1825)
30
Birth of Paul WranitzkyThat year: 1756, Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (dead in 1808)
This was also in 1756
Birth of Mikhail SokolovskyThat year: 1756, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1795). Birth of Francesco PorriThat year: 1756, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1830). Birth of Vincenzo dal PratoThat year: 1756, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1828). Death of Étienne MangeanThat year: 1756, Classical music, French composer and violinist (born in 1710). Death of Arcangelo CalifanoThat year: 1756, Classical music, Italian composer and musician (born in 1740). Birth of Isaac-François Lefébure-WelyThat year: 1756, Classical music, classical composer, organist, pianist (dead in 1831). Death of Giuseppe Antonio AvitranoThat year: 1756, Classical music, composer (born in 1670). Inauguration: Opéra NouvelThat year: 1756, Classical music (1st arrondissement of Lyon, France). Birth of Cecilia DaviesThat year: 1756, Classical music, singer (dead in 1836). Death of Alexandre de VilleneuveThat year: 1756, Classical music, French composer (born in 1677). Birth of Maria Katarina ÖhrnThat year: 1756, Classical music, Swedish actor and singer (dead in 1783). Birth of André-Joseph FauvelThat year: 1756, Classical music, composer (dead in 1834). Birth of Franz GrillThat year: 1756, Classical music, composer (dead in 1793). Death of Elizabeth TurnerThat year: 1756, Classical music, composer . Birth of Franz KeyperThat year: 1756, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1815). Birth of Thaddäus Wolfgang von DürnizThat year: 1756, Classical music, composer (dead in 1807). Death of Jean-Odéo DemarsThat year: 1756, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1695). Death of Catherine ToftsThat year: 1756, Classical music, British singer (born in 1685). Death of Riccardo BroschiThat year: 1756, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1698). Birth of Siegfried SchmiedtThat year: 1756, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1799). Inauguration: Grand Théâtre de LyonThat year: 1756, Classical music (Lyon, France).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Joseph Haydn (age 24) - Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in C major (Work for orchestra with soloist)
