1770 in music
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Events
- January 20 â The new Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré), the first purpose-built opera house in Paris, designed by Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux, is inaugurated with a performance of Rameau's Zoroastre.[1][2]
- May 16 â The new Opéra royal de Versailles, designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, is inaugurated.[3]
- Ballet is performed in Oslo for the first time, by Madame Stuart.
- Musikalisches Vielerley is published; a collection of pieces from various composers, edited by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Hamburg: Michael Christian Bock).
Classical music
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach â Fantasia in D minor, H.224
- Johann Christian Bach
- 6 Keyboard Concertos, Op. 7
- 6 Quartets, Op. 8
- Luigi Boccherini â Cello Concerto in D major, G.479
- Joseph Haydn â Baryton Trio in A major, Hob.XI:2
- Gabriele Leone â Six sonatas for mandolin and bass marked with signs according to the new method, Op. 2
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart â Symphony 11
- Pietro Nardini â Sonatas for 2 Flutes/Violins and Basso Continuo
Methods and theory writings
- Johann Caspar Heck â The Art of Playing the Harpsichord
- John Holden â An Essay Towards a Rational System of Music
Operas
- Christoph Willibald Gluck â Paride ed Elena, Wq.39
- André Grétry â Les deux avares
Published popular music
- William Billings â The New England Psalm Singer, featuring the song Chester.
Births
- February 18 â Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer (died 1846)
- February 20 â Ferdinando Carulli, composer (died 1841)[4]
- February 22 â Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer[5] (died 1839)
- February 26 â Antoine Reicha, composer (died 1836)
- May 19 â Antoine-Charles Glachant, violinist and composer (died 1851)
- June 4 â James Hewitt, composer (died 1827)
- November 8 â Friedrich Witt, composer[6] (died 1836)
- November 29 â Peter Hänsel, composer[7]
- December 13 â John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer (died 1836)[8]
- December 15 or December 16 (baptized on December 17) â Ludwig van Beethoven, composer and pianist (died 1827)[9]
- December 17 â Johann Friedrich Schubert, composer
Deaths
- February 26 â Giuseppe Tartini, violinist and composer, 77
- April 19 â Esprit Antoine Blanchard, composer, 74
- May 9 â Charles Avison, composer, 61[10]
- October 1 â Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, 64
- December 9 â Gottlieb Muffat, organist and composer, 80[11]
- December 13 â Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz, organ-builder, 61