The year 1784 in classical music and in lyrical art
1784. With other artists, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn and Frederick II of Prussia influenced their time (classical era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, “Alla turka”” de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1784 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 100 of these moments for 1784.
1784, from day to day
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Birth of Johann Friedrich BarmannThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (dead in 1847)
January
01
Birth of William BealeThat year: 1784, Classical music, English composer and baritone (dead in 1854)
05
Birth of Carl August Friedrich LiberatiThat year: 1784, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (dead in 1844)
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Birth of Joseph GwiltThat year: 1784, Classical music, British architect (dead in 1863)
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Birth of Edward TaylorThat year: 1784, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1863)
24
Birth of Charlotte HäserThat year: 1784, Classical music, German singer (dead in 1871)
27
Birth of Martin-Joseph MengalThat year: 1784, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 1851)
Death of Andrea BernasconiThat year: 1784, Classical music, 18th century Italian composer (born in 1706)
31
Birth of Carl Wilhelm HenningThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (dead in 1867)
February
02
Birth of Isabella ColbranThat year: 1784, Classical music, Spanish opera singer and composer (dead in 1845)
Birth of John Fane, 11th Earl of WestmorlandThat year: 1784, Classical music, British Army general (dead in 1859)
14
Birth of Heinrich BaermannThat year: 1784, Classical music, German clarinet virtuoso and composer (dead in 1847)
22
Birth of Joseph JowettThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (dead in 1856)
26
Premiere of ArmidaThat year: 1784, Classical music (Opera), Joseph Haydn
March
04
Death of Ann CargillThat year: 1784, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1760)
05
Death of William GoodwinThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer
15
Death of Jacob SchubackThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (born in 1726)
25
Birth of François-Joseph FétisThat year: 1784, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 1871)
27
Premiere of The Two WidowsThat year: 1784, Classical music (Opera), Bedřich Smetana
28
Birth of Charles NeateThat year: 1784, Classical music, pianist and composer (dead in 1877)
Death of François VigerThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (born in 1708)
April
02
Death of Pierre LeclairThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (born in 1709)
03
Death of Philipp Joseph HinnerThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (born in 1755)
05
Birth of Louis SpohrThat year: 1784, Classical music, German composer, violinist and conductor (dead in 1859)
08
Birth of Dionisio Aguado y GarcíaThat year: 1784, Classical music, Spanish classical guitarist and composer (dead in 1849)
12
Composition of Piano Concerto No. 17 in G majorThat year: 1784, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
May
03
Birth of Henri Montan Berton filsThat year: 1784, Classical music, French composer (1784-1832) (dead in 1832)
09
Birth of Savino MonelliThat year: 1784, Classical music, Italian tenor (dead in 1836)
June
14
Birth of Francesco MorlacchiThat year: 1784, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1841)
18
Birth of Pierre CrémontThat year: 1784, Classical music, French conductor and composer (dead in 1846)
July
01
Death of Wilhelm Friedemann BachThat year: 1784, Classical music, German composer, organist, harpsichordist (born in 1710)
02
Birth of Teresa Belloc-GiorgiThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (dead in 1855)
27
Birth of George OnslowThat year: 1784, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1853)
August
03
Death of Giovanni Battista MartiniThat year: 1784, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1706)
06
Death of Karl KohautThat year: 1784, Classical music, Czech violinist, composer and luteist (born in 1726)
13
Death of Antoine DardThat year: 1784, Classical music, French composer (born in 1715)
23
Birth of Jeanette WässeliusThat year: 1784, Classical music, Opera singer and actress (dead in 1853)
September
07
Birth of František Max KnížeThat year: 1784, Classical music, Czech composer and musician (dead in 1840)
12
Death of Manuel Blasco de NebraThat year: 1784, Classical music, Spanish musician (born in 1750)
14
Death of Nicolas CapronThat year: 1784, Classical music, French composer (born in 1740)
30
Composition of Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat majorThat year: 1784, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
October
15
Birth of Thomas HastingsThat year: 1784, Classical music, American composer (1784-1872) (dead in 1872)
16
Birth of Karl KellerThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (dead in 1855)
November
06
Death of Giuseppe ArenaThat year: 1784, Classical music, Italian composer and organist (born in 1713)
07
Birth of Friedrich KalkbrennerThat year: 1784, Classical music, German-born French pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer (1784-1849) (dead in 1849)
10
Birth of José Avelino CanongiaThat year: 1784, Classical music, clarinetist, composer (dead in 1842)
14
Death of Joseph SchusterThat year: 1784, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1722)
20
Birth of Marianne von WillemerThat year: 1784, Classical music, Austrian actress (dead in 1860)
28
Birth of Ferdinand RiesThat year: 1784, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1838)
December
01
Birth of Castil-BlazeThat year: 1784, Classical music, French musicologist, music critic and composer (dead in 1857)
This was also in 1784
Death of Ignazio CeloniatiThat year: 1784, Classical music, Italian composer and violinist (born in 1730). Birth of Johann Andreas DröbsThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (dead in 1825). Birth of Charles StokesThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (dead in 1839). Birth of Giovanni Battista PerucchiniThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (dead in 1870). Birth of John EmdinThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (dead in 1827). Birth of Thomas Lindsay WillmanThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (dead in 1840). Birth of Semyon AksyonovThat year: 1784, Classical music, Russian composer, performer and educationist (1784-1840) (dead in 1845). Birth of Neville Butler ChallonerThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (dead in 1851). Death of Udalrich BaldeneckerThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (born in 1775). Birth of Antonio BaglioniThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (dead in 1803). Death of William RileyThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (born in 1725). Birth of Raphael DresslerThat year: 1784, Classical music, Austrian composer and musician (dead in 1835). Birth of Pedro Ximénez Abril TiradoThat year: 1784, Classical music, Bolivian composer (dead in 1856). Birth of Antony CorriThat year: 1784, Classical music, Scottish composer (dead in 1832). Death of Joseph KeyThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer . Birth of Henri KarrThat year: 1784, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1842). Death of Andreas Gottlob SchwarzThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (born in 1743). Inauguration: Birmingham Triennial Music FestivalThat year: 1784, Classical music (Birmingham, United Kingdom). Birth of Impératrice SessiThat year: 1784, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1784-1808) (dead in 1808). Death of John BennettThat year: 1784, Classical music, English composer, born 1735 (born in 1735). Death of Uriah DavenportThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (born in 1690). Birth of Montague CorriThat year: 1784, Classical music, composer (dead in 1849).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Joseph Haydn (age 52) - Symphony No. 80 in D minorThat year: 1784, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 81 in G majorThat year: 1784, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 79 in F major (Work for orchestra)
- Piano Sonata No. 34 in D major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 54 in G major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 55 in B-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 56 in D major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 57 in F major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Trio No. 18 in G major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Piano Trio No. 19 in F major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Piano Trio No. 20 in D major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Piano Trio No. 21 in B-flat major (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (age 28) - Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, “Alla turka”That year: 1784, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1775
- Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat majorThat year: 1784, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Piano Concerto No. 16 in D majorThat year: 1784, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, “Krönungskonzert nº 2”That year: 1784, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat majorThat year: 1784, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minorThat year: 1784, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Quartet for piano and winds in E-flatThat year: 1784, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 17 in B-flat major, “Jagd”That year: 1784, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat majorThat year: 1784, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), published in 1787
- Violin Sonata No. 32 in B-flat major, “Strinasacchi”That year: 1784, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 6 Contra dances (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Funeral March for piano in C minor, “del Signor Maestro Contrapunto” (Work for soloist)
- 2 Minuets with Contra dances (Work for orchestra)
- 6 Minuets (Work for orchestra)
- 10 Variations in G from “Unser dummer Pöbel meint” (Work for soloist)
- 8 Variations in A major from “Come un agnello” (Work for soloist)
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Luigi Cherubini (age 24) - L'Allessandro nelle Indie (Opera)
- L'Idalide (Opera)
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Ludwig van Beethoven (age 14) - Piano Concerto in E-flat major, WoO 4That year: 1784, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
