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  3. 1778

The year 1778 in classical music and in lyrical art

1778. With other artists, Leopold Mozart, Christoph Willibald von Gluck 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 Johann Nepomuk Hummel, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Symphony No. 31 in D major, “Paris”” de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for example.

All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1778 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 80 of these moments for 1778.

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Fortunato Santini

Birth of Fortunato SantiniThat year: 1778, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1861)

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Birth of Karol SchollThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (dead in 1837)

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Birth of Franz WeissThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (dead in 1830)

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03

Birth of Hendrik C. SteupThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (dead in 1827)

13

Fernando Sor

Birth of Fernando SorThat year: 1778, Classical music, Spanish classical guitarist and composer (dead in 1839)

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Birth of Vincenzo PucittaThat year: 1778, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1861)

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Birth of Walter JanesThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (dead in 1827)

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Birth of Georg Carl Friedrich LobedanzThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (dead in 1825)

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Thomas Arne

Death of Thomas ArneThat year: 1778, Classical music, British composer (born in 1710)

Giovanni Battista Costanzi

Death of Giovanni Battista CostanziThat year: 1778, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1704)

08

Birth of Friedrich August KanneThat year: 1778, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1833)

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03

Francesco Corselli

Death of Francesco CorselliThat year: 1778, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1705)

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Death of Georg Andreas SorgeThat year: 1778, Classical music, German composer (born in 1703)

06

Birth of Joseph FunkThat year: 1778, Classical music, American music teacher, publisher, and composer (dead in 1862)

07

Death of Johann Balthasar KehlThat year: 1778, Classical music, German composer (born in 1725)

12

Birth of Jan Václav ChmelenskýThat year: 1778, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 1864)

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08

Death of Lorenz Christoph MizlerThat year: 1778, Classical music, German music historian and polymath (born in 1711)

Johann Baptist Gänsbacher

Birth of Johann Baptist GänsbacherThat year: 1778, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1844)

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Birth of Friedrich WestenholzThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (dead in 1840)

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19

Francesca Cuzzoni

Death of Francesca CuzzoniThat year: 1778, Classical music, singer (born in 1696)

July


07

Birth of Antonio Francesco Gaetano Saverio PaciniThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (dead in 1866)

10

Sigismund von Neukomm

Birth of Sigismund von NeukommThat year: 1778, Classical music, Austrian composer and pianist (dead in 1858)

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Death of Placidus MetschThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (born in 1700)

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03

Inauguration: La ScalaThat year: 1778, Classical music (Milan, Italy)

05

Thomas Linley

Death of Thomas LinleyThat year: 1778, Classical music, English singer, violinist and composer (1756-1788) (born in 1756)

27

Birth of Gaetano RiccioliniThat year: 1778, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer (dead in 1845)

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27

Birth of Carl Friedrich RungenhagenThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer and music teacher (dead in 1851)

Birth of Damião Barbosa de AraújoThat year: 1778, Classical music, Brazilian composer (dead in 1856)

30

Death of Quirino GaspariniThat year: 1778, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1721)

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11

George Bridgetower

Birth of George BridgetowerThat year: 1778, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1860)

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Birth of Michele BenedettiThat year: 1778, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1862)

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Death of Davide PerezThat year: 1778, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1711)

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14

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Birth of Johann Nepomuk HummelThat year: 1778, Classical music, Austrian composer and pianist (dead in 1837)

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Birth of Henri MessemaeckersThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (dead in 1864)

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Death of Jean-Noël HamalThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (born in 1709)

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12

Death of Hermann RaupachThat year: 1778, Classical music, German composer (born in 1728)

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Birth of Nikolaus KraftThat year: 1778, Classical music, Czech composer and violoncellist (dead in 1853)

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Death of Giovanni Andrea FioroniThat year: 1778, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1716)


This was also in 1778

Birth of James NewhallThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (dead in 1820). Death of Célestin HarstThat year: 1778, Classical music, French composer (born in 1698). Death of Georg CzarthThat year: 1778, Classical music, German composer (born in 1708). Death of Johann Konrad GretschThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (born in 1710). Death of Antonio VandiniThat year: 1778, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1690). Death of Gennaro D'AlessandroThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (born in 1717). Birth of Henry SmartThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (dead in 1823). Birth of Johann David BachThat year: 1778, Classical music, music pedagogue, composer (dead in 1848). Birth of Friedrich Ferdinand FlemmingThat year: 1778, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1813). Birth of Francesca Maffei FestaThat year: 1778, Classical music, Italian soprano (dead in 1835). Death of Joseph Anton Xaver AuffmannThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (born in 1715). Death of Giovanni Battista MarellaThat year: 1778, Classical music, guitarist, composer (born in 1745). Birth of Louis GianellaThat year: 1778, Classical music, Italian flautist and composer (dead in 1817). Birth of Lorenza CorreaThat year: 1778, Classical music, soprano (dead in 1831). Death of Élisabeth DuparcThat year: 1778, Classical music, French opera singer . Birth of James AirdThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (dead in 1795). Birth of Agostino BelloliThat year: 1778, Classical music, composer (dead in 1839). Death of František JiránekThat year: 1778, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1698).

Works (composition or publishing)
  • Joseph Haydn (age 46)
    • Symphony No. 65 in A major (Work for orchestra)
    • Piano Sonata No. 53 in E minor (Work for soloist)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (age 22)
    • Symphony No. 31 in D major, “Paris”That year: 1778, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
    • Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra in CThat year: 1778, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
    • Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minorThat year: 1778, Classical music (Work for soloist)
    • Flute Concerto No. 1 in G majorThat year: 1778, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
    • Andante for flute and orchestra in C majorThat year: 1778, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), composed in 1779
    • Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minorThat year: 1778, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Ballet, Les petits riens (Ballet)
    • Basta, vincesti... Ah non lasciarmi, no (Song, lied)
    • Popoli di Tessaglia !... Io non chiedo, eterni Dei (Song, lied)
    • lcandro, lo confesso... Non sò d'onde viene (Song, lied)
    • Se al labbro mio non credi (Song, lied)
    • Gavotte in B-flat (Work for orchestra)
    • Quartet No. 2 for flute with strings in G (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Sinfonia Concertante for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and orchestra in E-flat major (Work for orchestra with soloist)
    • Violin Sonata No. 17 in C major (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Violin Sonata No. 18 in G major (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Violin Sonata No. 19 in E-flat major (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Violin Sonata No. 20 in C major (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Violin Sonata No. 22 in A major (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Violin Sonata No. 23 in D major (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • 12 Variations for piano in E-flat major from “Je suis Lindor” (Work for soloist)
    • 9 Variations in C from “Lison dormait” (Work for soloist)
  • Luigi Cherubini (age 18)
    • Intermezzo (Work for orchestra)

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