The year 1771 in classical music and in lyrical art
1771. With other artists, Frederick II of Prussia, 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 Ferdinando Paer, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Ascanio in Alba” de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1771 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 1771.
1771, from day to day
January
20
Birth of Antonín VojtíšekThat year: 1771, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (dead in 1820)
22
Death of Martin BerteauThat year: 1771, Classical music, French musician (born in 1691)
23
Birth of Elisabeth ForsseliusThat year: 1771, Classical music, Swedish actor and singer (dead in 1850)
February
09
Birth of Daniel BelknapThat year: 1771, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1815)
20
Birth of Jan August VitásekThat year: 1771, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer, pianist and organist (dead in 1839)
24
Birth of Johann Baptist CramerThat year: 1771, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1858)
Also in February
Birth of William LinleyThat year: 1771, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1835) .
March
01
Birth of Armand Emmanuel TrialThat year: 1771, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1803)
Death of Isfrid KayserThat year: 1771, Classical music, German organist and religious servant (born in 1712)
April
19
Birth of Gioseffo CatrufoThat year: 1771, Classical music, Italian composer, musicologist, music educator and music theorist (dead in 1851)
May
16
Birth of Jan SzczurowskiThat year: 1771, Classical music, actor, opera singer (dead in 1849)
30
Death of Anton Joseph HampelThat year: 1771, Classical music, Horn player (born in 1705)
June
01
Birth of Ferdinando PaerThat year: 1771, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1839)
11
Death of Joseph Ferdinand TimmerThat year: 1771, Classical music, composer (born in 1708)
17
Birth of Christian Gottlob August BergtThat year: 1771, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1837)
Death of Antoine FelThat year: 1771, Classical music, composer, opera singer (born in 1694)
23
Death of Jean-Claude TrialThat year: 1771, Classical music, composer (born in 1732)
July
27
Birth of Zedekiah SangerThat year: 1771, Classical music, composer (dead in 1821)
August
22
Birth of Johann Joseph RöslerThat year: 1771, Classical music, composer (dead in 1812)
September
05
Birth of Antonio Peregrino BenelliThat year: 1771, Classical music, Italian musician and composer (dead in 1830)
Also in September
Death of Pietro AulettaThat year: 1771, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1698) .
October
01
Birth of Pierre BaillotThat year: 1771, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1842)
03
Birth of Georg Joseph von RieffThat year: 1771, Classical music, composer (dead in 1842)
04
Birth of Carl AmendaThat year: 1771, Classical music, theologian, violinist (dead in 1836)
10
Birth of Ambros RiederThat year: 1771, Classical music, (1771-1855) (dead in 1855)
11
Birth of Carl CannabichThat year: 1771, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1806)
14
Death of František BrixiThat year: 1771, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1732)
17
Premiere of Ascanio in AlbaThat year: 1771, Classical music (Theatrical music), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
21
Birth of Alexandre-Étienne ChoronThat year: 1771, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1834)
28
Death of Johann Gottlieb GraunThat year: 1771, Classical music, German composer and violinist (born in 1703)
Also in October
Death of René de Galard de Béarn, Marquis de BrassacThat year: 1771, Classical music, French composer (born in 1699) .
November
18
Death of Giuseppe de MajoThat year: 1771, Classical music, Italian composer and organist (born in 1697)
23
Birth of Joseph MajorThat year: 1771, Classical music, composer (dead in 1828)
This was also in 1771
Death of William EdmundThat year: 1771, Classical music, composer (born in 1706). Death of Joseph-Hyacinthe FerrandThat year: 1771, Classical music, composer (born in 1709). Birth of David WeymanThat year: 1771, Classical music, composer (dead in 1822). Death of George Bickham the YoungerThat year: 1771, Classical music, British artist (born in 1706). Death of Hinrich Conrad KreisingThat year: 1771, Classical music, composer (born in 1700). Birth of Frederick MethfesselThat year: 1771, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1807). Birth of Margareta Sofia LagerqvistThat year: 1771, Classical music, Swedish actor and singer (dead in 1800). Birth of Auguste Amalie SchmalzThat year: 1771, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1848). Death of Jan František NovákThat year: 1771, Classical music, composer (born in 1706). Death of Guglielmo EttoreThat year: 1771, Classical music, composer (born in 1740).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Joseph Haydn (age 39) - Symphony No. 42 in D major (Work for orchestra)
- Harpsichord Concerto No. 10 in C major (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in F major (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- String Quartet No. 11 in D minor, Op. 9 No. 4 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 12 in C major, Op. 9 No. 1 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 9 No. 3 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 14 in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 15 in B-flat major, Op. 9 No. 5 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 16 in A major, Op. 9 No. 6 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 17 in F major, Op. 17 No. 2 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 18 in E major, Op. 17 No. 1 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 19 in C minor, Op. 17 No. 4 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 20 in D major, Op. 17 No. 6 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 21 in E-flat major, Op. 17 No. 3 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 22 in G major, Op. 17 No. 5 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (age 15) - Symphony No. 12 in G majorThat year: 1771, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 13 in F majorThat year: 1771, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 14 in A majorThat year: 1771, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Betulia LiberataThat year: 1771, Classical music (Work for choir)
- Non curo l'affetto (Song, lied)
- Divertimento No. 1 in E-flat, “Concerto” (Work for orchestra)
- Litaniae Lauretanae de Beate Maria Virginis (Work for choir)
- Regina Coeli (Work for choir)
- Inter natos mulierum (Work for choir)
- Symphony No. 42 in F (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 46 in C major (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony in D, “Ascanio in Alba” (Work for orchestra)
