1777. With other artists, Joseph Haydn, 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 Georg Christoph Wagenseil. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, “Jeune homme”” de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1777 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 1777.
1777, from day to day
January
01
Death of Emanuele BarbellaThat year: 1777, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1718)
08
Birth of Filippo TraettaThat year: 1777, Classical music, American composer and music teacher (dead in 1854)
12
Birth of Stepan DavydovThat year: 1777, Classical music, Russian composer and singer (dead in 1825)
22
Death of Simon Le DucThat year: 1777, Classical music, French violinist and composer (born in 1742)
25
Birth of Karoline JagemannThat year: 1777, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1848)
February
01
Birth of William Henry WareThat year: 1777, Classical music, composer (dead in 1828)
07
Death of Jean-François RameauThat year: 1777, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1716)
09
Birth of Johann Bernhard LogierThat year: 1777, Classical music, German-Irish composer (dead in 1846)
March
01
Death of Georg Christoph WagenseilThat year: 1777, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1715)
10
Birth of Johann Baptist MoraltThat year: 1777, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1825)
31
Birth of Joseph KüffnerThat year: 1777, Classical music, German musician and composer (dead in 1856)
April
02
Death of Maksym BerezovskyThat year: 1777, Classical music, Ukrainian composer (born in 1745)
14
Birth of Jan Nepomuk VocetThat year: 1777, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (dead in 1843)
18
Birth of Ludwig BergerThat year: 1777, Classical music, German pianist and composer (dead in 1839)
May
04
Birth of Charles-Louis-Joseph HanssensThat year: 1777, Classical music, Belgian conductor and composer (dead in 1852)
12
Birth of Giovanni MorandiThat year: 1777, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1856)
July
12
Death of Filippo ManfrediThat year: 1777, Classical music, composer (born in 1731)
27
Death of William HayesThat year: 1777, Classical music, English composer, organist and singer (born in 1708)
August
03
Premiere of The World on the MoonThat year: 1777, Classical music (Opera), Joseph Haydn
17
Death of Giuseppe ScarlattiThat year: 1777, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1723)
23
Death of Giuseppe SellittoThat year: 1777, Classical music, Italian composer and organist (born in 1700)
28
Death of Andrea BasiliThat year: 1777, Classical music, composer (born in 1705)
September
01
Death of Johann Ernst BachThat year: 1777, Classical music, German composer (born in 1722)
Also in September
Composition of Flute Concerto No. 2 in D majorThat year: 1777, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart .
October
06
Birth of William RussellThat year: 1777, Classical music, organist and composer (dead in 1813)
13
Death of Dismas HatašThat year: 1777, Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (born in 1724)
November
05
Birth of Charles-Frédéric KreubéThat year: 1777, Classical music, French composer, violinist and conductor (1777-1846) (dead in 1846)
30
Death of Jean-Marie Leclair the youngerThat year: 1777, Classical music, French composer (born in 1703)
December
06
Birth of John RobertsonThat year: 1777, Classical music, composer (dead in 1827)
16
Birth of János FuszThat year: 1777, Classical music, Hungarian musician (dead in 1819)
22
Death of Anton Cajetan AdlgasserThat year: 1777, Classical music, German organist and composer (born in 1729)
26
Death of Dom Philippe-Joseph CaffiauxThat year: 1777, Classical music, composer (born in 1712)
31
Birth of Thomas AnsteyThat year: 1777, Classical music, composer (dead in 1851)
This was also in 1777
Death of Ignazio BalbiThat year: 1777, Classical music, composer (born in 1696). Inauguration: Mannheim Court TheatreThat year: 1777, Classical music (Mannheim, Germany). Death of Carl Christoph HachmeisterThat year: 1777, Classical music, organist (born in 1710). Birth of Johann Heinrich ToblerThat year: 1777, Classical music, Swiss composer (dead in 1838). Birth of Giuseppe GiorgisThat year: 1777, Classical music, composer (dead in 1837). Birth of Friederike VossThat year: 1777, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1860). Birth of Thomas H. ThompsonThat year: 1777, Classical music, composer (dead in 1834). Birth of Johann Gottfried SchunckeThat year: 1777, Classical music, horn player (dead in 1861). Death of Ernst EichnerThat year: 1777, Classical music, German musician (born in 1740). Birth of José María BustamanteThat year: 1777, Classical music, Mexican composer (dead in 1861). Birth of Nicolas-Joseph PlatelThat year: 1777, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1835).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Joseph Haydn (age 45) - Piano Sonata No. 33 in C minor (Work for soloist)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (age 21) - Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, “Jeune homme”That year: 1777, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Recueil des airs du ballet "Orphée" (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sancta Maria, mater Dei (Work for choir)
- Dans un bois solitaire (Song, lied)
- Oiseaux, si tous les ans (Song, lied)
- Ah, lo previdi !... Ah, t'invola... Deh, non vacar (Song, lied)
- Capriccio for piano in C (Work for soloist)
- 4 Contra dances (Work for orchestra)
- Divertimento No. 14 in B-flat (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Divertimento No. 16 in E-flat (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Divertimento No. 15 in B-flat, “Zweite Lodronische Nachtmusik” (Work for orchestra)
- Violin Concerto No. 7 in D (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Mass No. 14 in B-flat major, “Missa brevis” (Work for choir)
- Alma Dei creatoris (Work for choir)
- Quartet No. 1 for flute with strings in D (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Piano Sonata No. 7 in C major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major (Work for soloist)
- Church Sonata No. 13 in G (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Church Sonata No. 14 in C, “pro festis Palii” (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Trio Sonata for 2 violins and cello in B-flat major (Work for chamber orchestra)
