1768, from day to day
1768. With other artists, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Frederick II of Prussia and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach influenced their time (classical era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Nicola Porpora. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Bastien und Bastienne” de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1768 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 70 of these moments for 1768.
The year 1768 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
02
Death of Gregorio Babbi That year: 1768, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1708-1768) (born in 1708)
13
Death of Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin That year: 1768, Classical music, French composer and musician (born in 1690)
16
Birth of Carl Andreas Goepfert That year: 1768, Classical music, German composer and musician (dead in 1818)
21
Birth of Josepha Müllner-Gollenhofer That year: 1768, Classical music, composer (dead in 1843)
Also in January
Composition of Symphony No. 7 in D major That year: 1768, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart .
February
24
Birth of Jean-Blaise Martin That year: 1768, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1837)
March
03
Death of Nicola Porpora That year: 1768, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1686)
Also in March
Birth of Carles Baguer That year: 1768, Classical music, Catalan organist and composer (1768-1808) (dead in 1808) .
April
12
Birth of Carel Anton Fodor That year: 1768, Classical music, Dutch conductor (dead in 1846)
14
Death of Mateusz Zwierzchowski That year: 1768, Classical music, Polish composer and organist (born in 1713)
May
20
Death of Francesco Brusa That year: 1768, Classical music, Italian composer and organist (born in 1700)
June
04
Birth of Francesco Molino That year: 1768, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1847)
July
06
Birth of Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen That year: 1768, Classical music, German clarinetist, composer and painter (dead in 1830)
11
Death of José de Nebra That year: 1768, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1702)
20
Birth of Praskovia Kovalyova-Zhemchugova That year: 1768, Classical music, Russian actor and opera singer (dead in 1803)
Birth of Franz Anton Schubert That year: 1768, Classical music, German composer (1768-1827) (dead in 1824)
August
10
Birth of Johann Michael Vogl That year: 1768, Classical music, Austrian singer (dead in 1840)
21
Death of William Walond That year: 1768, Classical music, English composer and organist (1719-1768) (born in 1719)
September
01
Death of William Knapp That year: 1768, Classical music, composer (born in 1698)
06
Birth of Antoine de Lhoyer That year: 1768, Classical music, Composer and guitarist (dead in 1852)
12
Birth of Benjamin Carr That year: 1768, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1831)
21
Birth of Louis-Emmanuel Jadin That year: 1768, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1853)
October
02
Death of Václav Haas That year: 1768, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (born in 1694)
08
Death of Pierre Simon Fournier That year: 1768, Classical music, French typographer (born in 1712)
28
Death of Michel Blavet That year: 1768, Classical music, French flutist and composer (1700-1768) (born in 1700)
31
Death of Francesco Maria Veracini That year: 1768, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1690)
November
01
Death of Pieter van Maldere That year: 1768, Classical music, Flemish violinist and composer (1729-1768) (born in 1729)
24
Death of Leopoldo Cesare Graziani That year: 1768, Classical music, composer
December
18
Birth of Ludwig-Wilhelm Tepper de Ferguson That year: 1768, Classical music, Polish-German-Russian musician and composer (dead in 1838)
This was also in 1768
Birth of Sebastiano Nasolini That year: 1768, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1798) . Birth of Gaetano Crivelli That year: 1768, Classical music, Italian operaratic tenor (dead in 1836) . Closing: Théâtre de Rosimond That year: 1768, Classical music (Geneva, Switzerland). Birth of Karl Nanke That year: 1768, Classical music, Czech violin maker, composer, organist and singer (dead in 1831) . Death of Michelangelo Valentini That year: 1768, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1720) . Birth of Avdotya Vorobyeva That year: 1768, Classical music, Russian opera singer (dead in 1836) . Birth of Franz Loebel That year: 1768, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1827) . Birth of Teresa Strinasacchi That year: 1768, Classical music, Italian singer (1768-1838) (dead in 1838) . Death of Tommaso Prota That year: 1768, Classical music, composer (born in 1727) . Death of Pierre Saint-Sevin That year: 1768, Classical music, French composer (born in 1695) . Birth of Girolamo Masi That year: 1768, Classical music, composer (dead in 1834) . Death of Sophie Dorothea Louise Keiser That year: 1768, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1712) . Birth of Filippo Allegri That year: 1768, Classical music, composer (dead in 1853) . Death of Giuseppe Vignati That year: 1768, Classical music, Italian composer of the baroque era . Birth of Julie-Angélique Scio That year: 1768, Classical music, singer (dead in 1807) . Birth of Hampartsoum Limondjian That year: 1768, Classical music, Composer of Turkish Classical and Armenian Church music. Inventor of the Hamparsum musical notation system. (dead in 1839) . Birth of Xavier Désargus That year: 1768, Classical music, composer (dead in 1832) . Birth of Samuel Webbe the younger That year: 1768, Classical music, English musician and composer (dead in 1843) . Birth of Margarethe Danzi That year: 1768, Classical music, German composer and singer (dead in 1800) . Birth of Filippo Gragnani That year: 1768, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1820) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Joseph Haydn (age 36)
- The Apothecary That year: 1768, Classical music (Opera) Premiere
- Symphony No. 49 in F minor, “La Passione” That year: 1768, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 39 in G minor (Work for orchestra)
- Mass No. 4, “sunt bona mixta malis” (Work for choir)
- Luigi Boccherini (age 25)
- Cello Sonata in F major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Cello Sonata in C major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 5 No. 1 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in C major, Op. 5 No. 2 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Violin Sonata No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 5 No. 3 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Violin Sonata No. 4 in D major, Op. 5 No. 4 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Violin Sonata No. 5 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 5 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Violin Sonata No. 6 in E-flat major, Op. 5 No. 6 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (age 12)
- Bastien und Bastienne That year: 1768, Classical music (Opera) Premiere
- La finta semplice That year: 1768, Classical music (Opera)
- Symphony No. 8 in D major That year: 1768, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphony No. 55 in B-flat, “Neue Lambach” (Work for orchestra)
- Violin Sonata in C (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Violin Sonata in F (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Veni Sancte Spiritus (Work for choir)
- Mass No. 4 in C minor, “Missa solemnis” (Work for choir)
- Concerto for trumpet and orchestra (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Mass No. 1 in G major, “Missa brevis” (Work for choir)
- An die Freude (Song, lied)