1789. With other artists, Luigi Boccherini, Domenico Cimarosa and Joseph Haydn influenced their time (classical era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Maria Agata Szymanowska, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major” de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1789 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 90 of these moments for 1789.
1789, from day to day
January
01
Death of Christlieb Siegmund BinderThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer (born in 1723)
12
Birth of David BanderaliThat year: 1789, Classical music, Italian singer (dead in 1849)
20
Death of Johann Christoph OleyThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer (born in 1738)
23
Birth of Marco BordogniThat year: 1789, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1856)
24
Death of Carl August Friedrich WestenholzThat year: 1789, Classical music, German composer and singer (born in 1736)
26
Birth of Józef DamseThat year: 1789, Classical music, Polish composer and actor (dead in 1852)
February
01
Birth of Hippolyte André Jean Baptiste ChélardThat year: 1789, Classical music, French composer and conductor (dead in 1861)
02
Birth of Ludwig Wilhelm MaurerThat year: 1789, Classical music, German composer, conductor and violinist (dead in 1878)
Death of Armand-Louis CouperinThat year: 1789, Classical music, French composer, organist, and harpsichordist (born in 1727)
15
Birth of Frederic Ernest FescaThat year: 1789, Classical music, German musician and composer (dead in 1826)
March
23
Birth of Carl Ludwig PaulmannThat year: 1789, Classical music, opera singer, singer, stage actor (dead in 1832)
28
Birth of Johann Christian SchärtlichThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer (dead in 1859)
Also in March
Death of Matthias HawdonThat year: 1789, Classical music, British composer (born in 1732) .
May
01
Death of John Christian LutherThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer
09
Birth of Nicolas-Lambert WéryThat year: 1789, Classical music, Belgian violinist and music teacher (dead in 1867)
10
Death of Willem KennisThat year: 1789, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1717)
12
Death of Robert BremnerThat year: 1789, Classical music, British publisher (born in 1713)
21
Death of John HawkinsThat year: 1789, Classical music, English author and music historian (born in 1719)
24
Birth of Kathinka BuchwieserThat year: 1789, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1828)
June
01
Birth of Marie ZinckThat year: 1789, Classical music, Danish actress and opera singer (dead in 1823)
05
Birth of Anton HalmThat year: 1789, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1872)
07
Death of Václav Jan KopřivaThat year: 1789, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (born in 1708)
14
Death of Johann Wilhelm HertelThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer (born in 1727)
27
Birth of Friedrich SilcherThat year: 1789, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1860)
July
15
Death of Jacques DuphlyThat year: 1789, Classical music, French composer (born in 1715)
21
Birth of Joseph Maria WolframThat year: 1789, Classical music, German-Czech politician and amateur composer (1789-1839) (dead in 1839)
27
Death of William SavageThat year: 1789, Classical music, English composer, organist, and singer (born in 1720)
Also in July
Death of Nicola MestrinoThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer (born in 1748) .
August
09
Birth of Nicolas-Charles BochsaThat year: 1789, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1856)
31
Birth of Michal KrogulskiThat year: 1789, Classical music, pianist (dead in 1859)
September
12
Death of Franz Xaver RichterThat year: 1789, Classical music, Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theoretician (born in 1709)
October
06
Death of Cecilia YoungThat year: 1789, Classical music, English soprano (born in 1712)
10
Death of Pierre-Louis CouperinThat year: 1789, Classical music, French composer and organist (born in 1755)
13
Birth of Josephine FodorThat year: 1789, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1870)
18
Birth of Giovanni TadoliniThat year: 1789, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1872)
24
Birth of Ramón CarnicerThat year: 1789, Classical music, Spanish musician (1789-1855) (dead in 1855)
Death of Joaquín Martínez de OxinagasThat year: 1789, Classical music, Spanish organist (1719-1789) (born in 1719)
27
Birth of Joseph MaysederThat year: 1789, Classical music, Austrian violinist and composer. (dead in 1863)
30
Birth of Elena AsachiThat year: 1789, Classical music, pianist, singer and composer (dead in 1877)
November
09
Birth of Giuseppe FrezzoliniThat year: 1789, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1861)
December
03
Death of Antonio LorenzitiThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer (born in 1740)
07
Death of Francesc MarinerThat year: 1789, Classical music, Catalan organist and composer of the Barcelona Cathedral (born in 1720)
08
Birth of John FawcettThat year: 1789, Classical music, British organist, choir leader and composer (1789-1867) (dead in 1867)
14
Birth of Maria Agata SzymanowskaThat year: 1789, Classical music, Polish woman composer (dead in 1831)
Birth of Zinaida VolkonskayaThat year: 1789, Classical music, Russian lady-in-waiting (dead in 1862)
24
Death of Jean-Paul Spesoller de LatourThat year: 1789, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1724)
30
Death of Bernard Aymable DupuyThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer (born in 1707)
This was also in 1789
Birth of Márk RózsavölgyiThat year: 1789, Classical music, Hungarian musician (dead in 1848). Birth of Thomas Preston (publisher)That year: 1789, Classical music, composer (dead in 2019). Death of Jan Thomas BaustetterThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer (born in 1723). Death of Manuel da Paixão RibeiroThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer . Death of Luís Álvares PintoThat year: 1789, Classical music, Brazilian composer, conductor and musicologist (1719-1789) (born in 1719). Death of Louis ArchimbaudThat year: 1789, Classical music, French composer and organist (born in 1705). Death of Andreas LidelThat year: 1789, Classical music, British composer (born in 1740). Birth of Richard GarbettThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer (dead in 1840). Birth of Cecilia BurneyThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer (dead in 1821). Death of S. D. GrosseThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer (born in 1757). Death of Joseph EyreThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer (born in 1711). Death of Christian Michael WolffThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer (born in 1707). Birth of Wolfgang SchindlöckerThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer (dead in 1864). Birth of Heinrich StümerThat year: 1789, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1857). Birth of George Farquhar GrahamThat year: 1789, Classical music, Scottish musicologist (dead in 1867). Death of Gotthelf Benjamin FlaschnerThat year: 1789, Classical music, composer (born in 1761).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Joseph Haydn (age 57) - Symphony No. 92 in G major, “Oxford” (Work for orchestra)
- Piano Sonata No. 58 in C major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 59 in E-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Trio No. 26 in C minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (age 33) - Piano Sonata No. 16 in C majorThat year: 1789, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Clarinet Quintet in A major, “Stadler”That year: 1789, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 21 in D majorThat year: 1789, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Als desio di chi t'adora (Song, lied)
- Der Messias (Work for choir)
- 12 Allemandes (Work for orchestra)
- 6 Allemandes for orchestra (Work for orchestra)
- Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo (Song, lied)
- Alma grande e nobil core (Song, lied)
- Chi sà, chi sà, qual sia (Song, lied)
- Schon lacht der holde Frühling (Song, lied)
- Un moto di gioia mi sento (Song, lied)
- Vado, ma dove? -- oh Dei! (Song, lied)
- Contra dance in C, “Der Sieg vom Helden Koburg” (Work for orchestra)
- Short Gigue for piano in G (Work for soloist)
- 12 Minuets (Work for orchestra)
- Caro mio Druck und Schluck (Work for choir)
- Piano Sonata No. 17 in B-flat major (Work for soloist)
- 9 Variations in D (Work for soloist)
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Ludwig van Beethoven (age 19) - 2 Preludes for piano, Opp. 39 (Work for soloist)
