From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Overview of the events of 1778 in music
January 1 – Première of William Boyce 's "When rival nations great in arms", at St James's Palace , London.[ 1] January 14 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , while visiting Mannheim, meets local composer Georg Joseph Vogler .[ 1] January 27 – Niccolò Piccinni 's first French opera, Roland , is premièred at the Paris Opera.[ 1] February 14 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart writes to his father, Leopold Mozart , telling him how much he hates composing for the flute.[ 1] February 17 – Ignaz Umlauf ’s Die Bergknappen becomes the first singspiel by a local composer to be performed in Vienna.[ 1] March 1 – Christoph Willibald Gluck returns to Vienna after a residence of ten years in Paris.[ 1] March 2 – The Nationaltheater of Vienna's opera buffa company gives its final performance.[ 1] March 15 – Thomas Arne is buried at St Paul's, Covent Garden , London.[ 1] March 20 – Jiří Antonín Benda leaves his post as Kapellmeister at the court of Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha .[ 1] March 26 – Seven-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven gives his first concert performance, at Cologne.[ 1] April 8 – Antonio Salieri leaves Vienna after a twelve-year absence from his native Italy.[ 1] May 1 – Anna Maria Mozart complains of various ailments in a letter from Paris, where she is accompanying her son Wolfgang. She dies here on July 3.[ 1] June 4 – King George III of the United Kingdom celebrates his 40th birthday; "Arm’d with her native force", an ode composed by William Boyce for the occasion, is performed for the first time.[ 1] July 9 – Mozart writes to his father complaining about the French language and the poor standard of singing.[ 1] July 13 – Leopold Mozart learns of his wife's death from a family friend, Abbé Joseph Bullinger.[ 1] July 24 – The première of Giovanni Paisiello ’s Lo sposo burlato takes place at the Russian court.[ 1] August 1 – First publication (in London) of the song "To Anacreon in Heaven " with words by Ralph Tomlinson (d. March 17). Date of writing and first publication of the music by John Stafford Smith which becomes "The Star-Spangled Banner " is uncertain but probably about this time.August 3 – Teatro alla Scala, Milan , opens with a performance of Antonio Salieri 's latest opera, Europa riconosciuta [ 1] August 27 – Mozart meets Johann Christian Bach in Paris.[ 1] October 14 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrives in Strasbourg, where he will give three concerts.[ 1] Carl Philip Emanuel Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in G major, H.477
Harpsichord Concerto in D major, H.478
Sechs Clavier-Sonaten für Kenner und Liebhaber Johann Christian Bach – 4 Sonatas and 2 Duetts, Op. 15Jean-Frédéric Edelmann – 3 Sonates, Op. 6, for harpsichordFelice Giardini
6 String Trios, Op. 20
6 Quartets, Op. 21 François Joseph Gossec – Symphonie concertante in F major No. 2, "à plusieurs instruments"Joseph Haydn
Little Organ Mass Symphony No.54 in G major, Hob.I:54
Il maestro e lo scolare , Hob.XVIIa:1František Kocžwara – The Battle of Prague, Op. 23Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Joseph Bologne Saint-Georges – 2 Symphonies concertantes, Op. 13Antonio Salieri – Sinfonia Veneziana Johann Abraham Peter Schulz – Keyboard Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 2Hans Hinrich Zielche – 6 Flute SonatasPublished popular music [ edit ] Methods and theory writings [ edit ] January 5 – Fortunato Santini , composerJanuary 9 – Dede Efendi , composerJanuary 13 – Anton Fischer, composerFebruary 12 – Franz Joseph Volkert, composerFebruary 14 – Fernando Sor , guitarist and composerFebruary 17 – Vincenzo Pucitta , Italian composer (d. 1861 )[ 2] March 8 – Friedrich August Kanne , composer and music critic(d. 1833 )[ 3] April 6 – Joseph Funk , composer and music teacher (d. 1862 )[ 4] May 8 – Johann Gansbacher , composer (d. 1844 )[ 5] May 28 – Friedrich Westenholz, composerJuly 10 – Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm , Austrian composer and royal kapellmeister (d. 1858 )July 29 – Carl Borromaus NeunerSeptember 3 – Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composerNovember 14 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel , composerFebruary 15 – Johann Gottlieb Görner , organist and composer (b. 1697)March 5 – Thomas Arne , composer, best known for "Rule Britannia " (b. 1710)May 8 – Lorenz Christoph Mizler , physician and music writer (b. 1711)July 2 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau , philosopher, writer and composer (b. 1712)July 3 – Anna Maria Mozart , mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1720; typhoid)[ 1] August 5 – Thomas Linley the younger , composer, aged 22August 14 – Augustus Montague Toplady , hymn-writer (b. 1740)August 24 – Johannes Ringk , organist, composer and copyist of Bach (b. 1717)September 20 – Quirino Gasparini , composer (b. 1721)October 30 – Davide Perez , opera composer (b. 1711)November 11 – Anne Steele , hymn-writer (b. 1717)December – Samuel Linley , oboist and singer (b. 1760)
December 12 – Hermann Raupach , composer (b. 1728)date unknown
