1785. With other artists, Frederick II of Prussia, Luigi Boccherini and Leopold Mozart influenced their time (classical era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Baldassare Galuppi. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “The Marriage of Figaro” de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1785 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 1785.
1785, from day to day
January
03
Death of Baldassare GaluppiThat year: 1785, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1706)
07
Birth of Adelaide MalanotteThat year: 1785, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1832)
10
Composition of String Quartet No. 18 in A majorThat year: 1785, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
February
02
Birth of Isabella ColbranThat year: 1785, Classical music, Spanish opera singer and composer (dead in 1845)
16
Birth of Augustus MevesThat year: 1785, Classical music, British pianist (1785-1859) (dead in 1859)
March
06
Birth of Karol KurpińskiThat year: 1785, Classical music, Polish composer and conductor (dead in 1857)
09
Composition of Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, “Elvira Madigan”That year: 1785, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12
Birth of Friedrich Wilhelm PixisThat year: 1785, Classical music, German violinist (dead in 1842)
19
Birth of Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume ZimmermannThat year: 1785, Classical music, French pianist (dead in 1853)
April
19
Birth of Alexandre Pierre François BoëlyThat year: 1785, Classical music, French composer, organist and pianist (dead in 1858)
26
Death of Karl Siegmund von SeckendorffThat year: 1785, Classical music, German noble and composer (born in 1744)
27
Birth of Conrad BergThat year: 1785, Classical music, composer, music pedagogue, pianist, piano teacher, writer (dead in 1852)
May
06
Birth of Louis ChancourtoisThat year: 1785, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1855)
09
Death of Franz Xaver SchnizerThat year: 1785, Classical music, German composer (born in 1740)
10
Death of Étienne-Joseph FloquetThat year: 1785, Classical music, French composer (born in 1748)
15
Death of Karel Blažej KopřivaThat year: 1785, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (born in 1756)
June
02
Death of Gottfried August HomiliusThat year: 1785, Classical music, German composer, cantor and organist (born in 1714)
14
Birth of Joseph CzernyThat year: 1785, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1831)
22
Death of Matthias van den GheynThat year: 1785, Classical music, Flemish organist, carillonist, and baroque-classical composer (born in 1721)
July
29
Death of Carlo CotumacciThat year: 1785, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1709)
August
18
Birth of Friedrich WieckThat year: 1785, Classical music, German piano teacher (dead in 1873)
September
04
Birth of Wenzel PlachyThat year: 1785, Classical music, composer (dead in 1858)
05
Birth of Thomas AdamsThat year: 1785, Classical music, English organist and composer for organ, born 1785 (dead in 1858)
20
Death of August Heinrich GehraThat year: 1785, Classical music, composer (born in 1715)
25
Birth of George PintoThat year: 1785, Classical music, British musician and composer (dead in 1806)
28
Birth of Max BohrerThat year: 1785, Classical music, German cellist (dead in 1867)
October
06
Birth of Albert MethfesselThat year: 1785, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1869)
10
Birth of Ferdinand NeukäuflerThat year: 1785, Classical music, actor, opera singer, stage actor (dead in 1860)
11
Death of Paolo Tommaso AlberghiThat year: 1785, Classical music, composer (born in 1716)
13
Birth of Jean SchneitzhoefferThat year: 1785, Classical music, ballet composer for Paris Opera (dead in 1852)
28
Birth of Johann Christoph GrünbaumThat year: 1785, Classical music, composer, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer, translator (dead in 1870)
November
13
Birth of Sarah Ann GloverThat year: 1785, Classical music, English music educator (dead in 1867)
19
Death of Bernard de BuryThat year: 1785, Classical music, French composer (born in 1720)
Birth of Johann Christian GerberThat year: 1785, Classical music, German stage actor and opera singer (baritone) (dead in 1850)
December
04
Birth of Mlle Le Sénéchal de KerkadoThat year: 1785, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1815)
06
Death of Kitty CliveThat year: 1785, Classical music, British actress (1711-1785) (born in 1711)
07
Birth of William Francis Patrick NapierThat year: 1785, Classical music, Irish soldier in the British Army and military historian (dead in 1860)
08
Death of Antonio Maria MazzoniThat year: 1785, Classical music, composer (born in 1717)
13
Birth of Anna Milder-HauptmannThat year: 1785, Classical music, Soprano opera singer in Austria and Germany (dead in 1838)
17
Birth of Dorothea von LievenThat year: 1785, Classical music, influential figure in 19th-century European diplomatic, political and social circles (1785-1857) (dead in 1857)
29
Death of Johann Heinrich RolleThat year: 1785, Classical music, German baroque composer *1785 (born in 1716)
This was also in 1785
Death of Gaspare Giuseppe Gaetano ChiabranoThat year: 1785, Classical music, composer (born in 1725). Birth of BernardThat year: 1785, Classical music, French actor . Death of Francesco ChabranThat year: 1785, Classical music, composer (born in 1723). Death of Pasquale ErrichelliThat year: 1785, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1730). Birth of Helene HarlaßThat year: 1785, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (dead in 1818). Birth of Samuel DyerThat year: 1785, Classical music, composer (dead in 1835). Birth of Malcolm MacDonaldThat year: 1785, Classical music, composer (dead in 1800). Death of George RushThat year: 1785, Classical music, composer (born in 1760). Death of André-Noël PaginThat year: 1785, Classical music, French composer (born in 1720). Birth of Chevalier de LagoanèreThat year: 1785, Classical music, composer (dead in 1841). Birth of James Alexander HamiltonThat year: 1785, Classical music, English music theorist and compiler of instruction books (dead in 1845). Birth of Karl SteinackerThat year: 1785, Classical music, composer (dead in 1815). Birth of Venceslav WratnyThat year: 1785, Classical music, composer (dead in 1810). Birth of José GuelbenzuThat year: 1785, Classical music, composer (dead in 1855). Birth of Joseph NicholdsThat year: 1785, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1860). Birth of Zofia DmuszewskaThat year: 1785, Classical music, actor (dead in 1807). Death of Jean Baptiste MiroglioThat year: 1785, Classical music, composer (born in 1725). Birth of Alberico CurioniThat year: 1785, Classical music, [occupation:tenore] [dates:1785] [archive:Archivio Biografico Italiano] (dead in 1875). Birth of Karolina StefaniThat year: 1785, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1803). Death of Antoine MahautThat year: 1785, Classical music, French musician (born in 1720).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Joseph Haydn (age 53) - Symphony No. 85 in B-flat major, “La Reine”That year: 1785, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 87 in A majorThat year: 1785, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 83 in G minor, “La Poule” (Work for orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 35 in D minor, Op. 42 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Piano Trio No. 22 in A major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Piano Trio No. 23 in E-flat major (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (age 29) - The Marriage of FigaroThat year: 1785, Classical music (Opera)
- Die Entführung aus dem SerailThat year: 1785, Classical music (Opera), composed in 1780
- Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minorThat year: 1785, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat majorThat year: 1785, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- 12 Variations in C from “Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman”That year: 1785, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1781
- String Quartet No. 14 in G majorThat year: 1785, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1782
- Maurerische TrauermusikThat year: 1785, Classical music (Work for choir)
- String Quartet No. 19 in C major, “Dissonance”That year: 1785, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 16 in E-flatThat year: 1785, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1783
- Adagio and Fugue in C minorThat year: 1785, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1788
- Quartet for piano and strings in G minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Adagio for 2 basset-horns and bassoon in F (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Adagio for 2 clarinets and 3 basset-horns in B-flat (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Andante in A major (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Dite almeno, in che mancai (Song, lied)
- Del gran regno dell amazoni (Song, lied)
- Studies (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Fantasy No. 4 in C minor (Work for soloist)
- Die Maurerfreude (Work for choir)
- Das Veilchen (Song, lied)
- Der Zauberer (Song, lied)
- Die Zufriedenheit (Song, lied)
- Die betrogene Welt (Song, lied)
- Lied der Freiheit (Song, lied)
- Ihr unsere neuen Leiter (Work for choir)
- Zerfließet heut', geliebte Brüder (Work for choir)
- Gesellenreise (Song, lied)
- Davide penitente (Work for choir)
- Violin Sonata No. 33 in E-flat major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Mandina amabile (Work for choir)
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Luigi Cherubini (age 25) - Demetrio (Opera)
- La finta principessa (Opera)
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Ludwig van Beethoven (age 15) - 3 Piano Quartets, WoO 36 (Work for chamber orchestra)
