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See also: 1782 in music, other events of 1783, 1784 in music, list of years in music.

Contents 1 Events 2 Classical music 3 Opera 4 Published popular music 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• John Broadwood patents a piano pedal in England

[edit] Classical music

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Three Sonatas ('Kurfuerstensonaten') in E-flat, F, and D
• Joseph Haydn - Cello Concerto in D
• Michael Haydn - Symphony in E flat major
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C Minor
• Giovanni Battista Viotti - Concerto for Piano no 7 in G major
• Samuel Wesley - Magnificat

[edit] Opera

• La Caravane du Caire by André Grétry
• La finta ammalata by Pasquale Anfossi
• The Poor Soldier by William Shield

[edit] Published popular music

• "I had a horse, I had nae mair", "The Rigs o' Barley", and other songs by Robert Burns

[edit] Births

• February 15 - Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer
• March 8 - Gottfied Wilhelm Fink
• March 26 - Johann Baptist Weigl, composer
• May 10 - Niccola Benvenuti, composer
• May 22 - Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer
• June 29 - August Alexander Klengel, composer
• October 13 - Frantiszek Soltyk, composer
• December 14 - Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer
• December 28 - Robert Gallenberg, composer

[edit] Deaths

• January 5 - Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer
• March 23 - Gaspard Fritz, composer
• April 7 - Ignaz Holzbauer
• July 27 - Johann Philipp Kimberger, music theorist/violist
• unknown date - James Nares
• December 20 - Antonio Soler
• December 23 - Johann Adolph Hasse
• date unknown - Faustina Bordoni, operatic mezzo-soprano