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Overview of the events of 1761 in music
Overview of the events of 1761 in music
Events
Popular music
Mme Papavoine – '"Reviens, aimable Thémire" (Paris)
John Parry – A collection of Welsh, English & Scotch airs with new variations, also four new lessons for the harp or harpsichord... to which are added twelve airs for the guitar (London: John Johnson)
Opera
Classical music
Thomas Arne – Judith (
oratorio ) (first published; first performed 1744)
[1]
Charles Avison – 6 Sonatas for Harpsichord, 2 Violins and Cello, Op. 8
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
La Philippine , H.96
La Gabriel , H.97
La Caroline , H.98
La Complaisante , H.109
La Louise , H.114
La Xénophon et la Sybille , H.123
L'Ernestine , H.124
Christoph Willibald Gluck – Don Juan (
ballet )
François Joseph Gossec – Sei sinfonie a più stromenti, Op. 5
Joseph Haydn
Michael Haydn – Symphony in C major
Gottfried August Homilius – 32 Praeludia zu geistlichen Liedern vor zwey Claviere und Pedal
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart –
Andante in C major for harpsichord, K. 1a
Allegro in C major for harpsichord, K. 1b
Allegro in F major for harpsichord, K. 1c
Minuet in F major for harpsichord, K. 1d
Simon Simon – Pièces de clavecin, Op. 1
Ludwig Zoschinger – Concors digitorum discordia seu 4 Partiæ
Johann Adolph Hasse
Methods and theory writings
Births
January 20 –
Giovanni Domenico Perotti , composer (died
1825 )
January 22 –
Georg Nikolaus von Nissen , biographer of Mozart (died
1826 )
January 23 –
Friedrich von Matthisson , librettist (died 1831)
January 26 –
Jens Zetlitz , songwriter (died
1821 )
February 15 –
Jacob Kimball, Jr. , composer (died
1826 )
February 20 –
Johann Christian Ludwig Abeille , pianist and composer
February 22 –
Erik Tulindberg , composer (died
1814 )
April 20 – Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer
May 3 –
August von Kotzebue , librettist (died 1819)
June 13 –
Antonín Vranický or Wranitzky, violinist and composer (died
1820 )
June 15 –
Charles Henry Wilton , British musician (died 1832)
July 20 – Joseph Lefebvre, composer
September 24 –
F.L.Æ. Kunzen , composer
October 9 –
Pierre Gaveaux , composer and operatic tenor (died 1825)
date unknown
Deaths
References