1761. With other artists, Leopold Mozart, Christoph Willibald von Gluck and Jean-Philippe Rameau influenced their time (classical era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Pierre Gaveaux, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Symphony No. 7 in C major, “Le midi”” de Joseph Haydn, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1761 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 1761.
1761, from day to day
January
03
Death of Willem de FeschThat year: 1761, Classical music, Dutch violone player and composer (born in 1687)
16
Death of Anton JiránekThat year: 1761, Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (born in 1712)
20
Birth of Giovanni Domenico PerottiThat year: 1761, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1825)
25
Death of Frédéric-Hubert PaulinThat year: 1761, Classical music, composer (born in 1678)
28
Death of Francesco FeoThat year: 1761, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1691)
February
15
Death of Carlo CecereThat year: 1761, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1706)
Birth of William ParkeThat year: 1761, Classical music, English oboist (dead in 1847)
Birth of Jacob Kimball, Jr.That year: 1761, Classical music, composer (dead in 1826)
20
Birth of Ludwig AbeilleThat year: 1761, Classical music, German classical pianist (dead in 1838)
22
Birth of Erik TulindbergThat year: 1761, Classical music, Finnish composer, violinist and civil servant (1761-1814) (dead in 1814)
March
07
Death of Antonio PalellaThat year: 1761, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1692)
27
Birth of Ondřej KusýThat year: 1761, Classical music, Czech composer and violoncellist (dead in 1806)
April
03
Death of Christian Ferdinand AbelThat year: 1761, Classical music, German Baroque violinist, cellist and viol virtuoso (born in 1682)
Also in April
Birth of Franz GleißnerThat year: 1761, Classical music, German litographer and composer (dead in 1818) .
May
14
Birth of Symphorien-Joseph ErmelThat year: 1761, Classical music, composer (dead in 1842)
June
12
Death of Meinrad SpießThat year: 1761, Classical music, German composer (born in 1683)
July
05
Death of Domenico Silvio PassioneiThat year: 1761, Classical music, Catholic cardinal (born in 1682)
13
Birth of Antonín VranickýThat year: 1761, Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (dead in 1820)
20
Birth of Joseph LefèbvreThat year: 1761, Classical music, composer (dead in 1822)
August
16
Birth of Yevstigney FominThat year: 1761, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1800)
26
Birth of Nehemiah ShumwayThat year: 1761, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1843)
September
12
Birth of Georg Friedrich WolfThat year: 1761, Classical music, composer (dead in 1814)
13
Birth of Franz Jakob FreystädtlerThat year: 1761, Classical music, composer, musician (dead in 1841)
14
Birth of Pavel Lambert MašekThat year: 1761, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (dead in 1826)
17
Birth of Bernard ViguerieThat year: 1761, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1819)
24
Birth of F.L.Æ. KunzenThat year: 1761, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1817)
29
Death of Angelo Maria ScacciaThat year: 1761, Classical music, Italian composer and violonist (born in 1690)
October
09
Birth of Pierre GaveauxThat year: 1761, Classical music, French operatic tenor and composer (dead in 1825)
17
Death of Johann PfeifferThat year: 1761, Classical music, German composer (born in 1697)
25
Death of Gioacchino ContiThat year: 1761, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1714)
November
01
Birth of Antonín VolánekThat year: 1761, Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist, composer and organist (dead in 1817)
December
13
Birth of Johann Andreas StreicherThat year: 1761, Classical music, German piano maker and composer (dead in 1833)
21
Birth of Gotthelf Benjamin FlaschnerThat year: 1761, Classical music, composer (dead in 1789)
This was also in 1761
Death of Claude RameauThat year: 1761, Classical music, French organist (born in 1690). Birth of Marie-Elizabeth CléryThat year: 1761, Classical music, French composer and harpist (dead in 1811). Death of Pierre HugardThat year: 1761, Classical music, French composer (born in 1726). Death of Charles-Alexandre JollageThat year: 1761, Classical music, French musician and composer . Birth of François Guillaume Ducray-DuminilThat year: 1761, Classical music, French writer (dead in 1819). Birth of François AldayThat year: 1761, Classical music, composer (dead in 1835). Birth of Antoine HugotThat year: 1761, Classical music, French composer and flautist (dead in 1803). Birth of Jean-Joseph RousseauThat year: 1761, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1800). Birth of John StevensonThat year: 1761, Classical music, Irish composer (dead in 1833). Birth of James LeachThat year: 1761, Classical music, composer (dead in 1798). Birth of Marie de GrandmaisonThat year: 1761, Classical music, French opera singer . Birth of Herkulan SiessmayrThat year: 1761, Classical music, composer (dead in 1832). Death of John SheelesThat year: 1761, Classical music, composer (born in 1688). Birth of Giambattista CimadorThat year: 1761, Classical music, Italian composer and violinist (dead in 1805).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Georg Philipp Telemann (age 80) - Der Herr erhore dich in deiner Not (Work for choir)
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Joseph Haydn (age 29) - Symphony No. 7 in C major, “Le midi”That year: 1761, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1907
- Symphony No. 8 in G major, “Le soir”That year: 1761, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 6 in D major, “Le matin” (Work for orchestra)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (age 5) - Allegro in CThat year: 1761, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Allegro in FThat year: 1761, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Andante in CThat year: 1761, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Minuet in CThat year: 1761, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Minuet in FThat year: 1761, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Minuet in GThat year: 1761, Classical music (Work for soloist)
