1785, from day to day
1785. With other artists, Joseph Haydn, Leopold Mozart and John Wesley 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.
The year 1785 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
03
Death of Baldassare Galuppi That year: 1785, Classical music, Italian composer (1706-1785) (born in 1706)
07
Birth of Adelaide Malanotte That year: 1785, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1832)
10
Composition of String Quartet No. 18 in A major That year: 1785, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
February
10
Composition of Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor That year: 1785, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
16
Birth of Augustus Meves That year: 1785, Classical music, British pianist (1785-1859) (dead in 1859)
March
06
Birth of Karol Kurpiński That year: 1785, Classical music, Polish composer and conductor (1785-1857) (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 Pixis That year: 1785, Classical music, German violinist (1785-1842) (dead in 1842)
19
Birth of Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann That year: 1785, Classical music, French pianist (dead in 1853)
April
19
Birth of Alexandre Pierre François Boëly That year: 1785, Classical music, French composer, organist and pianist (1785-1858) (dead in 1858)
26
Death of Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff That year: 1785, Classical music, German noble and composer (1744-1785) (born in 1744)
27
Birth of Conrad Berg That year: 1785, Classical music, French composer, writer, and piano teacher (dead in 1852)
May
06
Birth of Louis Chancourtois That year: 1785, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1855)
09
Death of Franz Xaver Schnizer That year: 1785, Classical music, German composer (born in 1740)
10
Death of Étienne-Joseph Floquet That year: 1785, Classical music, French composer (born in 1748)
15
Death of Karel Blažej Kopřiva That year: 1785, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (born in 1756)
June
02
Death of Gottfried August Homilius That year: 1785, Classical music, German composer, cantor and organist (born in 1714)
14
Birth of Joseph Czerny That year: 1785, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1831)
22
Death of Matthias van Vanden Gheyn That year: 1785, Classical music, Flemish organist, carillonist, and baroque-classical composer (1721-1785) (born in 1721)
July
29
Death of Carlo Cotumacci That year: 1785, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1709)
August
18
Birth of Friedrich Wieck That year: 1785, Classical music, German piano teacher, music critic and music educator (1785-1873) (dead in 1873)
September
04
Birth of Wenzel Plachy That year: 1785, Classical music, composer (dead in 1858)
05
Birth of Thomas Adams That year: 1785, Classical music, English organist and composer for organ, born 1785 (dead in 1858)
20
Death of August Heinrich Gehra That year: 1785, Classical music, composer (born in 1715)
25
Birth of George Pinto That year: 1785, Classical music, British musician and composer (dead in 1806)
28
Birth of Max Bohrer That year: 1785, Classical music, German cellist (1785-1867) (dead in 1867)
October
06
Birth of Albert Methfessel That year: 1785, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1869)
10
Birth of Ferdinand Neukäufler That year: 1785, Classical music, actor, stage actor, opera singer (dead in 1860)
11
Death of Paolo Tommaso Alberghi That year: 1785, Classical music, composer (born in 1716)
13
Birth of Jean Schneitzhoeffer That year: 1785, Classical music, ballet composer for Paris Opera (dead in 1852)
28
Birth of Johann Christoph Grünbaum That year: 1785, Classical music, translator, music teacher, opera singer, singer, composer (dead in 1870)
November
08
Birth of Friedrich Kalkbrenner That year: 1785, Classical music, German-born French pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer (1784-1849) (dead in 1849)
13
Birth of Sarah Ann Glover That year: 1785, Classical music, English music educator (dead in 1867)
19
Death of Bernard de Bury That year: 1785, Classical music, French composer (1720-1785) (born in 1720)
Birth of Johann Christian Gerber That year: 1785, Classical music, German stage actor and opera singer (baritone) (dead in 1850)
December
04
Birth of Mlle Le Sénéchal de Kerkado That year: 1785, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1815)
06
Death of Kitty Clive That year: 1785, Classical music, British actress (1711-1785) (born in 1711)
07
Birth of William Francis Patrick Napier That year: 1785, Classical music, Irish soldier in the British Army and military historian (dead in 1860)
08
Death of Antonio Maria Mazzoni That year: 1785, Classical music, composer (1717-1785) (born in 1717)
13
Birth of Anna Milder-Hauptmann That year: 1785, Classical music, Soprano opera singer in Austria and Germany (1785-1838) (dead in 1838)
17
Birth of Dorothea von Lieven That 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 Rolle That year: 1785, Classical music, German baroque composer *1785 (born in 1716)
Also in December
Publishing of Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor That year: 1785, Classical music (Work for soloist), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart .
This was also in 1785
Birth of Samuel Dyer That year: 1785, Classical music, composer (dead in 1835) . Birth of Karolina Stefani That year: 1785, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1803) . Death of Johann Gottfried Berwald, d.y. That year: 1785, Classical music, violinist (born in 1737) . Death of Jean Baptiste Miroglio That year: 1785, Classical music, composer (born in 1725) . Birth of José Guelbenzu That year: 1785, Classical music, composer (dead in 1855) . Birth of Helene Harlaß That year: 1785, Classical music, stage actor, opera singer (dead in 1818) . Death of Pasquale Errichelli That year: 1785, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1730) . Death of Francesco Chabran That year: 1785, Classical music, composer (born in 1723) . Birth of Zofia Dmuszewska That year: 1785, Classical music, actor (dead in 1807) . Death of Antoine Mahaut That year: 1785, Classical music, French musician (born in 1720) . Death of Gaspare Giuseppe Gaetano Chiabrano That year: 1785, Classical music, composer (born in 1725) . Birth of Malcolm MacDonald That year: 1785, Classical music, composer (dead in 1800) . Birth of Joseph Nicholds That year: 1785, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1860) . Birth of Venceslav Wratny That year: 1785, Classical music, composer (dead in 1810) . Death of George Rush That year: 1785, Classical music, composer (born in 1760) . Birth of James Alexander Hamilton That year: 1785, Classical music, English music theorist and compiler of instruction books (dead in 1845) . Birth of Chevalier de Lagoanère That year: 1785, Classical music, composer (dead in 1841) . Birth of Alberico Curioni That year: 1785, Classical music, Italian tenor (1785-1875) (dead in 1875) . Birth of Bernard That year: 1785, Classical music, French actor . Birth of Karl Steinacker That year: 1785, Classical music, composer (dead in 1815) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- 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 major That 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)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (age 29)
- The Marriage of Figaro That year: 1785, Classical music (Opera)
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail That year: 1785, Classical music (Opera), composed in 1780
- 12 Variations in C from “Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman” That year: 1785, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1781
- Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major That year: 1785, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- String Quartet No. 14 in G major That year: 1785, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1782
- Maurerische Trauermusik That 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-flat That year: 1785, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1783
- Quartet for piano and strings in G minor That year: 1785, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Adagio and Fugue in C minor That year: 1785, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1788
- Gesellenreise (Song, lied)
- Davide penitente (Work for choir)
- Andante in A major (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Die Maurerfreude (Work for choir)
- Der Zauberer (Song, lied)
- Die Zufriedenheit (Song, lied)
- Die betrogene Welt (Song, lied)
- Fantasy No. 4 in C minor (Work for soloist)
- Das Veilchen (Song, lied)
- Dite almeno, in che mancai (Song, lied)
- Mandina amabile (Work for choir)
- Del gran regno dell amazoni (Song, lied)
- Violin Sonata No. 33 in E-flat major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Zerfließet heut', geliebte Brüder (Work for choir)
- Ihr unsere neuen Leiter (Work for choir)
- Adagio for 2 clarinets and 3 basset-horns in B-flat (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Adagio for 2 basset-horns and bassoon in F (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Lied der Freiheit (Song, lied)
- Studies (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Luigi Cherubini (age 25)
- Demetrio (Opera)
- La finta principessa (Opera)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (age 15)
- 3 Piano Quartets, WoO 36 (Work for chamber orchestra)