1762. With other artists, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Leopold Mozart and Christoph Willibald von Gluck influenced their time (classical era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Francesco Geminiani. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Symphony No. 5 in A major” de Joseph Haydn, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1762 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 70 of these moments for 1762.
1762, from day to day
January
02
Birth of Jean-Baptiste MathieuThat year: 1762, Classical music, musician (dead in 1847)
05
Birth of Constanze MozartThat year: 1762, Classical music, German singer (dead in 1842)
18
Birth of Camillo BarniThat year: 1762, Classical music, composer (dead in 1840)
19
Birth of Cécile Stanislas Xavier de GirardinThat year: 1762, Classical music, French politician and general (1762-1827) (dead in 1827)
20
Birth of Jérôme-Joseph de MomignyThat year: 1762, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 1842)
29
Birth of Giuseppe NicoliniThat year: 1762, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1842)
30
Birth of Grigorij Ivanovič ČernyšëvThat year: 1762, Classical music, Russian opera singer (1762-1831) (dead in 1831)
February
02
Birth of Girolamo CrescentiniThat year: 1762, Classical music, Italian singer castrato (dead in 1846)
09
Birth of Andrew ShirrefsThat year: 1762, Classical music, composer (dead in 1807)
11
Death of Johann Tobias KrebsThat year: 1762, Classical music, German composer and organist (born in 1690)
19
Birth of Friedrich Franz HurkaThat year: 1762, Classical music, composer, conductor, opera singer, singer (dead in 1805)
March
05
Death of Georg Christian SchemelliThat year: 1762, Classical music, German church musician and publisher of a famous song book (born in 1680)
22
Birth of Andrew AdgateThat year: 1762, Classical music, American conductor (dead in 1793)
24
Birth of Marcos PortugalThat year: 1762, Classical music, Portuguese classical composer (dead in 1830)
25
Birth of Francesco PolliniThat year: 1762, Classical music, Italian composer and music educator (dead in 1846)
30
Death of Vincenzo CiampiThat year: 1762, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1719)
April
04
Birth of Stephen StoraceThat year: 1762, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1796)
13
Birth of Karl Friedrich HornThat year: 1762, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1830)
23
Death of Johann Samuel EndlerThat year: 1762, Classical music, German composer (born in 1694)
26
Birth of Pierre-Jean GaratThat year: 1762, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1823)
May
06
Birth of Luigi MolinoThat year: 1762, Classical music, composer, conductor, harpist, violinist (dead in 1846)
15
Birth of Robert LeaumontThat year: 1762, Classical music, composer (dead in 1814)
22
Birth of Georg Gottfried MüllerThat year: 1762, Classical music, composer (dead in 1821)
24
Death of Joseph UmstattThat year: 1762, Classical music, composer (born in 1711)
June
16
Birth of Karl Christian AgtheThat year: 1762, Classical music, German organist and composer (dead in 1797)
19
Death of Johann Ernst EberlinThat year: 1762, Classical music, German composer and organist (born in 1702)
Birth of Johann Christian FranzThat year: 1762, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1812)
24
Birth of Johann Baptist WesselyThat year: 1762, Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (dead in 1810)
Also in June
Death of Giovanni GiorgiThat year: 1762, Classical music, Italian/Portuguese composer (born in 1690) .
July
05
Death of Jakob AdlungThat year: 1762, Classical music, organist (born in 1699)
20
Death of Christoph NichelmannThat year: 1762, Classical music, German musician and composer (born in 1717)
Birth of Jakob HaibelThat year: 1762, Classical music, Austrian composer, operatic tenor and choirmaster (dead in 1826)
30
Death of Johann Valentin GörnerThat year: 1762, Classical music, German composer (born in 1702)
September
17
Death of Francesco GeminianiThat year: 1762, Classical music, Italian composer and violinist (born in 1687)
October
06
Death of Francesco ManfrediniThat year: 1762, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1684)
15
Birth of Samuel Adams HolyokeThat year: 1762, Classical music, United States composer (dead in 1820)
November
04
Birth of Carlo GervasoniThat year: 1762, Classical music, Italian organist, violinist and composer (dead in 1819)
05
Birth of Thomas Hamly ButlerThat year: 1762, Classical music, composer (dead in 1823)
16
Death of Jacques-Christophe NaudotThat year: 1762, Classical music, French composer (born in 1690)
December
25
Birth of Michael KellyThat year: 1762, Classical music, Irish singer and composer (dead in 1826)
26
Birth of Franz TauschThat year: 1762, Classical music, clarinetist and composer (dead in 1817)
This was also in 1762
Death of Johann Sebald TriemerThat year: 1762, Classical music, German composer (born in 1700). Birth of Feliks JaniewiczThat year: 1762, Classical music, Polish composer and violinist (dead in 1848). Birth of Joseph ReinagleThat year: 1762, Classical music, English music composer and cellist (dead in 1825). Birth of Jane Mary GuestThat year: 1762, Classical music, English composer and pianist (dead in 1846). Death of Johann Georg LinikeThat year: 1762, Classical music, composer, conductor (born in 1680). Death of Johann Christian SchickhardtThat year: 1762, Classical music, German composer and recorder player (born in 1680). Death of Josep FreixenetThat year: 1762, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1730). Death of André-Joseph ExaudetThat year: 1762, Classical music, French composer (born in 1710). Birth of Tebaldo MonzaniThat year: 1762, Classical music, Italian publisher and composer (dead in 1839). Death of Johann Gottlieb JanitschThat year: 1762, Classical music, German Baroque composer (born in 1708). Death of Baldassarre AngeliniThat year: 1762, Classical music, composer (born in 1714).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Joseph Haydn (age 30) - Symphony No. 5 in A majorThat year: 1762, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 9 in C majorThat year: 1762, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Acide e Galatea (Opera)
- Symphony No. 3 in G major (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 4 in D major (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony in B-flat major, “A” (Work for orchestra)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (age 6) - Violin Sonata No. 1 in C majorThat year: 1762, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in D majorThat year: 1762, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Allegro in B-flat (Work for soloist)
- Minuet in F (Work for soloist)
- Minuet in F (Work for soloist)
- Minuet in F (Work for soloist)
