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Overview of the events of 1783 in music
Events
Classical music
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Johann Adolph Hasse - Missa Ultima in g minor
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Carl Friedrich Abel – 6 Symphonies, Op. 17
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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger – Mass in D major
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – 2 Sonaten, 2 Fantasien und 3 Rondos für Kenner und Liebhaber, Wq.58
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Ludwig van Beethoven –
Three Piano Sonatas, WoO 47 ("Kurfuerstensonaten") in E-flat, F, and D
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Muzio Clementi
- 3 Piano Sonatas, Op.9
- 3 Piano Sonatas, Op.10
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Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Six Symphonies after Ovid's Metamorphoses
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Jane Mary Guest – 6 Sonatas, Op. 1
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Joseph Haydn
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Michael Haydn – Symphony in E-flat major
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Anton Kraft – 3 Cello Sonatas, Op. 2
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Joseph Martin Kraus – String Quartets, Op.1 (published,
Berlin: J.J. Hummel, Plate 561)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Luci care, luci belle, K.346/439a
- Mia speranza adorata, K.416
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Vorrei spiegarvi, o Dio, K.418
- Duo for Violin and Viola, K.423
- Duo for Violin and Viola, K.424
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Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425
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Great Mass in C minor
, K. 427
- Così dunque tradisci, K.432/421a
- Ecco quel fiero istante, K.436
- Mi lagnerò tacendo, K.437
- Due pupille amabili, K.439
- Country Dance in G major, K.610
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Giovanni Paisiello – La passione di Gesù Cristo
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Antonio Rosetti – Sextet in D major, M.B24/II:19
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Daniel Gottlob Türk – 12 Leichte Klaviersonaten
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Giovanni Battista Viotti
- Concerto for Piano No. 7 in G
- Violin Concerto No.10 in B-flat major
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Samuel Wesley – Magnificat
Opera
Published popular music
- "I had a horse, I had nae mair", "The Rigs o' Barley", and other songs by
Robert Burns
Methods and theory writings
Births
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January 12 –
Erik Gustaf Geijer, writer and composer (d. 1847)
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January 20 –
Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d.
1860)
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January 26 –
Helmina von Chézy, librettist (d. 1856)
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February 9 –
Vasily Zhukovsky, librettist and poet (died 1852)
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February 15 –
Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer
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March 8 –
Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, German composer (died 1846)
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March 26 – Johann Baptist Weigl, composer
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April 21 –
Reginald Heber, librettist and clergyman (died 1826)
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May 10 –
Niccola Benvenuti, composer
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May 14 –
Jacques Jules Bouffil, composer and musician (died 1868)
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May 22 –
Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer (died 1866)
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June 29 –
August Alexander Klengel, pianist, organist and composer
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September 23 –
Jane Taylor, librettist and poet (died 1824)
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October 13 – Frantiszek Soltyk, composer
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December 14 – Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer
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December 28 –
Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg, composer
- date unknown –
Charles-François-Jean-Baptiste Moreau, French librettist (died 1832)
Deaths
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January 5 –
Friedrich Wilhelm Riedt, flautist, music theorist and composer (born 1710)
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January 10 –
Phanuel Bacon, librettist and writer (born 1700)
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January 14 –
Giacobbe Cervetto, cellist and composer (born 1682)
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January 31 –
Caffarelli, castrato singer (born 1710)
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February 10 –
James Nares, composer (born 1715)
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February 21 –
Richard Duke, violin maker (born 1718)
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March 1 –
Thomas Lowe, tenor (born c.1719)
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March 23 –
Gaspard Fritz, composer
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April 7 –
Ignaz Holzbauer, composer (born 1711)
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May 11 –
Juliane Reichardt, composer and pianist (born 1752)
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May 18 –
Lucrezia Aguiari, coloratura soprano (born 1741)
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July 27 –
Johann Kirnberger, music theorist/violist (born 1721)
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October 7 –
William Tans'ur, composer, teacher and arranger of hymn tunes (born c.1706)
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October 29 –
Jean le Rond d'Alembert, music theorist and philosopher (born 1717)
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November 3 –
Charles Collé, songwriter (born 1709)
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December 16 –
Johann Adolph Hasse, singer, composer and music teacher (born 1699)
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December 20 –
Antonio Soler, composer (born 1729)
References