Overview of the events of 1785 in music
Events January 1 – Giovanni Paisiello officially leaves his employment at the court of Catherine the Great in Russia, having returned to Italy some months earlier.[ 1] January 12 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's Die Entführung aus dem Serail [ 2] January 15 – The first performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's six string quartets dedicated to Joseph Haydn (or possibly just three of them) is given in Mozart's own home.[ 1] January 21 – Soprano Nancy Storace , who was about to give birth, was replaced as Rosina in a Vienna production of Giovanni Paisiello 's Il barbiere di Siviglia Luisa Laschi , to great acclaim.[ 3] February 7 – Leopold Mozart leaves Munich for Vienna, with a pupil, Heinrich Marchand, in tow.[ 1] February 26 – Polish violinist Feliks Janiewicz makes what was probably his debut as a soloist in a concert at the Burgtheater in Vienna.[ 4] March 7 – King Ferdinand I of Naples awards a lifetime annual salary of 1,200 ducats to Giovanni Paisiello , on the understanding that the latter writes one new opera every year.[ 1] March 28 – Domenico Cimarosa becomes second organist at the Chapel Royal of Naples .[ 1] September 19 – Amélie-Julie Candeille makes her Comédie-Française début as a singer.[ 5] October 13 – The Lord Chamberlain, James Cecil, Earl of Salisbury , refuses to grant a licence to Giovanni Gallini for his Italian Opera House in London, unless he appoints a Mr. Crawford as deputy manager.[ 6] October 26 – Joseph Haydn receives a visit from Venezuelan revolutionary Francisco de Miranda , to whom he gives a guided tour of Schloss Esterházy .[ 1] November 22 – The Hermitage Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia, is officially opened.[ 1] Composer John Antes is appointed warder of the Fulneck Moravian Settlement in England[ 7]
Composer Supply Belcher settles in Maine .[ 8]
Opera composer Michele Mortellari [it ; ca ; cs ] relocates to London from his native Italy.[ 9]
Pietro Leopoldo, Grand Duke of Tuscany appoints Filippo Maria Gherardeschi organist and maestro di cappella at the Chiesa Conventuale dei Cavalieri di S Stefano at Pisa.[ 10] Violinist Regina Strinasacchi marries Johann Conrad Schlick, cellist & Konzertmeister of the Gotha ducal band.[ 11]
Published popular music
Classical music Carl Friedrich Abel – 4 Trio Sonatas, WK 98–101 (Op. 16)Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – 2 Sonaten, 2 Fantasien und 2 Rondos für Kenner und Liebhaber, Wq.59Johann Christian Bach
6 Violin Sonatas, Op.10 (posthumously)
2 Symphonies, Op. 18 (posthumously) Ludwig van Beethoven – Three quartets for harpsichord, violin, viola, and cello, in E♭ William Billings – "I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me, We Will Go Into The House Of Ye Lord"Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto No. 10 in D major, G.483William Boyce , Ten VoluntariesGiuseppe Maria Cambini
6 Flute Quartets, T.145–150
6 Trios for Flute, Oboe and Bassoon, Op. 45 Muzio Clementi – Six piano sonatas, Op. 13Francois Devienne – Flute Concerto No.3 in G majorCarl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Six Symphonies after Ovid's Metamorphoses (comp. 1781, first three published 1785)Anton Eberl – Symphony in C majorGiuseppe (or Tomasso ) Giordani – Caro Mio Ben Joseph Haydn
Franz Anton Hoffmeister
Double Bass Concerto No.1 in E-flat major
Keyboard Sonata in A major, WeiH 37 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Giovanni Paisiello – Il ritorno di Perseo , R.2.6 (cantata)Ignaz Pleyel
String Quartet
Symphony in D major, B.126 Joseph Bologne de Saint Georges – 6 String Quartets, Op. 14Johann Schenk – Die Weinlese (singspiel)John Stanley – "Delusive is the poet's dream"Gaetano Valeri [it ] – 12 Organ Sonatas, Op. 1Friedrich Witt – Symphony in A majorErnst Wilhelm Wolf – 3 String Quartets, Op. 3Maria Carolina Wolf – Glänzender sinket die Sonne
Opera Gaetano Andreozzi [it ] – Giasone e Medea Marcello Bernardini – Le donne bisbetiche, o sia L'antiquario fanatico , Teatro Pace, Rome (during carnival).[ 13] Pierre-Joseph Candeille – Pizarre, ou La conquête de Pérou Opéra , Paris (3 May)[ 14] Luigi Cherubini – La finta principessa , King's Theatre, London (9 April)[ 15] Domenico Cimarosa – La donna sempre al suo peggior s'appiglia Prosper-Didier Deshayes – Le Faux serment Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf Der Hufschmied (Der gelehrte Hufschmied ) (German version, text translated by J. C. Kaffka, of Il maniscalco , 1775), Breslau (13 May)[ 16] Robert Jephson – Campaign, or Love in the East Indies , Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London (12 May)[ 17] Thomas Linley
Michele Mortellari [it ; ca ; cs ]
Giovanni Paisiello – La grotta di Trofonio , R.1.69Ignaz Pleyel – Ifigenia in Aulide Johann Friedrich Reichardt – Artemisia Antonio Salieri – La Grotta di Trofonio Giuseppe Sarti – I finti eredi William Shield
The Nunnery , Covent Garden, London (12 April)[ 21] The Choleric Fathers , Covent Garden, London (10 November)[ 22] Omai, or A Trip Round the World , Covent Garden, London (20 December)[ 23] Stephen Storace – Gli sposi malcontenti Burgtheater , Vienna (1 June)[ 24]
Births February 2 – Isabella Colbran , coloratura soprano and composer (died 1845)March 3
March 6 – Karol Kurpiński , Polish composer (died 1857)March 19 – Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann , composer (died 1853)April 4 – Bettina Brentano , composer and writer (died 1859 )[ 25] April 19 – Alexandre Pierre François Boëly , composer (died 1858)August 18 – Friedrich Wieck , piano teacher, father of Clara Schumann (died 1873)September 5 – Thomas Adams , organist and composer (died 1858)September 11 – Alpheus Babcock , American piano maker (died 1842)November 2 – Friedrich Kalkbrenner , pianist and composer (died 1849)date unknown
Deaths January 3 – Baldassare Galuppi , composer (born 1706 )[ 26] April 26 – Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff , composer and noble (born 1744 )[ 27] May 15 – Karel Blažej Kopřiva , organist and composer (born 1756 )June 2 – Gottfried August Homilius , organist, cantor and composer (born 1714 )[ 28] June 22 – Matthias Vanden Gheyn , composer (born 1721 )[ 29] August 31 – Pietro Chiari , librettist (born 1712 )November 19 – Bernard de Bury , composer (born 1720 )[ 30] December 8 – Antonio Maria Mazzoni , composer (born 1717 )December 29 – Johann Heinrich Rolle , composer (born 1716 )[ 31] date unknown
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