The year 1766 in classical music and in lyrical art
1766. With other artists, Christoph Willibald von Gluck, John Wesley and Jean le Rond d'Alembert influenced their time (classical era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Franz Xaver Süssmayr, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Symphony No. 27 in G major” de Joseph Haydn, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1766 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 90 of these moments for 1766.
1766, from day to day
January
21
Birth of Vincent HouškaThat year: 1766, Classical music, Czech composer, violist and violoncellist (dead in 1840)
30
Death of Susannah Maria CibberThat year: 1766, Classical music, English singer and actress (born in 1714)
February
11
Birth of Carl DemmerThat year: 1766, Classical music, German singer (dead in 1822)
13
Birth of Lorenz SchneiderThat year: 1766, Classical music, composer (dead in 1855)
24
Birth of Samuel WesleyThat year: 1766, Classical music, English organist and composer (dead in 1837)
26
Death of August Bernhard Valentin HerbingThat year: 1766, Classical music, German organist and composer (born in 1735)
March
04
Death of Karel HabermannThat year: 1766, Classical music, composer, trombonist (born in 1712)
05
Death of Gregor WernerThat year: 1766, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1693)
07
Birth of Elise BernerThat year: 1766, Classical music, Austrian opera singer and actress (dead in 1824)
20
Death of Giovanni Battista PescettiThat year: 1766, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1704)
22
Birth of František Benedikt DussekThat year: 1766, Classical music, Czech composer, conductor and organist (dead in 1817)
28
Birth of Joseph WeiglThat year: 1766, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1846)
April
12
Birth of Christian Gottlieb KleebergThat year: 1766, Classical music, composer (dead in 1811)
May
26
Birth of Martin-Joseph AdrienThat year: 1766, Classical music, French operatic bass (dead in 1822)
June
15
Birth of John Erhardt WeipertThat year: 1766, Classical music, composer (dead in 1823)
19
Birth of Edmund WeberThat year: 1766, Classical music, German church music director (dead in 1830)
23
Death of Thomas RoseingraveThat year: 1766, Classical music, English/Irish organist and composer (born in 1688)
30
Death of Matthäus SchlögerThat year: 1766, Classical music, composer (born in 1722)
July
19
Birth of Friedrich FleischmannThat year: 1766, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1798)
22
Birth of Franz Xaver SüssmayrThat year: 1766, Classical music, Austrian composer and conductor (dead in 1803)
31
Birth of Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-CharpentierThat year: 1766, Classical music, French organist (dead in 1834)
August
01
Birth of Ignaz LadurnerThat year: 1766, Classical music, French pianist (dead in 1839)
16
Birth of Carolina NairneThat year: 1766, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1845)
22
Birth of Joseph-Denis DocheThat year: 1766, Classical music, French conductor (dead in 1825)
23
Birth of Louis-Hippolyte MespletThat year: 1766, Classical music, composer (dead in 1831)
September
05
Birth of Luigi BassiThat year: 1766, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1825)
October
09
Birth of Bedřich Diviš WeberThat year: 1766, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (dead in 1842)
25
Birth of Carl Gottlieb HeringThat year: 1766, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1853)
Also in October
Composition of Piece for piano in FThat year: 1766, Classical music (Work for soloist), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart .
November
03
Birth of Simon MolitorThat year: 1766, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1848)
09
Death of Unico Wilhelm van WassenaerThat year: 1766, Classical music, Dutch noble, diplomat and composer (1692-1766) (born in 1692)
15
Birth of Rodolphe KreutzerThat year: 1766, Classical music, French violinist, conductor, composer (dead in 1831)
20
Birth of John Wall CallcottThat year: 1766, Classical music, English composer (dead in 1821)
December
15
Death of Carlo TessariniThat year: 1766, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1690)
This was also in 1766
Birth of Aleksey ZhilinThat year: 1766, Classical music, Russian composer and multi instrumentalist (dead in 1848). Inauguration: Theater am KärntnertorThat year: 1766, Classical music (Vienna, Austria). Death of Antonio DuniThat year: 1766, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1700). Inception: Anhaltische Philharmonie DessauThat year: 1766, Classical music. Birth of John AddisonThat year: 1766, Classical music, composer (dead in 1844). Birth of Jean Théodore LatourThat year: 1766, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1837). Birth of Antonio BottiThat year: 1766, Classical music, composer (dead in 1799). Birth of August Gottlob FischerThat year: 1766, Classical music, composer (dead in 1822). Death of Peter Pasqualino de MarziThat year: 1766, Classical music, composer . Death of Johann Georg Franz WaßmuthThat year: 1766, Classical music, composer (born in 1707). Birth of Johann Heinrich LöweThat year: 1766, Classical music, German family (dead in 1835). Death of Morten Ræhs den y RæhsThat year: 1766, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1702). Birth of Caroline WuietThat year: 1766, Classical music, composer, editor (dead in 1835).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Georg Philipp Telemann (age 85) - Ein Lammlein geht und tragt die Schuld (Work for choir)
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Joseph Haydn (age 34) - Symphony No. 27 in G majorThat year: 1766, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 18 in G majorThat year: 1766, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 16 in B-flat majorThat year: 1766, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 19 in D majorThat year: 1766, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 20 in C majorThat year: 1766, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 25 in C majorThat year: 1766, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 32 in C majorThat year: 1766, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- The Songstress (Opera)
- Mass No. 3 in C major, “Cäcilienmesse” (Work for choir)
- Mass No. 5 in E-flat major, “in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae, Grosse Orgelmesse” (Work for choir)
- Symphony No. 10 in D major (Work for orchestra)
- Harpsichord Concerto No. 6 in F major, “Double Concerto” (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Harpsichord Concerto No. 8 in C major (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in G major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 13 in G major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in C major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in F major (Work for soloist)
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Luigi Boccherini (age 23) - Cello Sonata in C major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Cello Sonata in E-flat major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Trio No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 4 No. 2 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Trio No. 3 in E major, Op. 4 No. 3 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Trio No. 4 in F minor, Op. 4 No. 4 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Trio No. 5 in D major, Op. 4 No. 5 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Trio No. 6 in F major, Op. 4 No. 6 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (age 10) - A Berenice... Sol nascente (Song, lied)
- Oh, temerario Arbace !... Per quel paterno amplesso (Song, lied)
- Per pietà, bell'idol mio (Song, lied)
- Or che il dover... Tali e cotanti sono (Song, lied)
- Gallimathias Musicum (Work for orchestra)
- Kyrie (Work for choir)
- Violin Sonata No. 10 in B-flat (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Violin Sonata No. 5 in E-flat (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Violin Sonata No. 6 in G (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Violin Sonata No. 7 in C (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Violin Sonata No. 8 in D (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Violin Sonata No. 9 in F (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 7 Variations in D from “Willem van Nassau” (Work for soloist)
- 8 Variations in G from “Laat ons Juichen” (Work for soloist)
