1770 in music

1770 in music

Events

* The "Concert des Amateurs" is founded by François-Joseph Gossec.

Classical music

*"Symphony in G major" by Michael Haydn
*"Symphony no 11" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
*"Sonatas for 2 Flutes/Violins and Basso Continuo" by Pietro Nardini

Opera

*Pasquale Anfossi - "Armida"
*Gennaro Astarita - "Il re alla caccia"
*Christoph Willibald Gluck - "Paride ed Elena"
*Johann Adolf Hasse - "Piramo e Tisbe"
*Joseph Haydn - "Le Pescatrici"
*Antonio Sacchini - "Calliroe"

Published popular music

*"The New England Psalm Singer" by William Billings, featuring the song "Chester".

Births

*February 18 - Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer
*February 20 - Ferdinando Carulli, composer
*February 22 - Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer
*February 26 - Antoine Reicha, composer
*May 19 - Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer
*June 4 - James Hewitt, composer
*September 19 - Johann G. Repsold, musical instrument maker
*November 8 - Friedrich Witt, composer
*November 29 - Peter Hansel, composer
*December 13 - John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer
*December 17 - Ludwig van Beethoven, composer
*December 17 - Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer

Deaths

*February 26 - Giuseppe Tartini, violinist and composer
*February 26 - Francois Hanot, composer
*April 19 - Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer
*May 4 - Christian Gottfried Krause, composer
*May 9 - Charles Avison, composer
*July 26 - Michael Schevenstuhl, composer
*October 1 - Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer


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