1771 in music
Events
Classical music
- Carl Friedrich Abel
- *6 Trio Sonatas, WK 86-91 Op. 9
- *6 Easy Sonatas, WK 141–146
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- *6 Harpsichord Concertos, Wq.43
- *Ich will dem Herrn lobsingen
- Luigi Boccherini
- *Cello Sonata in A major, G.4
- *6 String Quintets, G.265-270, Op. 10
- *6 String Quintets Op. 11 (with the famous minuet, No. 5 (G 275))
- *Symphony in D major, Op. 12 no 1/G 503
- *Symphony in E-flat major, Op. 12 no 2/G 504
- *Symphony in C major, Op. 12 no 3/G 505
- František Xaver Brixi – Pastorella in C major for organ
- Muzio Clementi – 6 Piano Sonatas, Op. 1
- Ernst Eichner
- * 3 Harpsichord Trios, Op. 3
- * Harp Concerto in D major, Op. 9
- Baldassare Galuppi
- * Confitebor tibi Domine in G major
- * Jephte et Helcana
- Tommaso Giordani – 6 Harpsichord Quintets, Op. 1
- Joseph Haydn
- *Baryton Trio in A major, Hob.XI:7
- *Baryton Trio in A major, Hob.XI:9
- *Baryton Trio in B minor, Hob.XI:96
- *Piano Sonata in C minor Hob. XVI:20
- *Keyboard Concerto in C major, Hob.XVIII:10
- *Symphony No. 42
- *Symphony No. 43
- James Hook – 6 Keyboard Concertos, Op. 1
- Thomas Linley Jr – Violin Concerto in F major
- Leopold Mozart – Missa brevis in C major
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- *Aria for soprano and orchestra, “Non curo l’affetto”, K. 74b
- *Symphony No. 12
- *Symphony No. 13
- *Symphony No. 14
- *Symphony in F, “No. 42”, K. 75/75
- *Symphony No. 46 in C major, K.96/111b
- *Symphony No. 50 in D major, K.161/141a
- *Divertimento No. 1 in E-flat major, K. 113
- *Regina coeli for soprano, chorus and orchestra in C major, K. 108/74d
- *Litaniae Lauretanae in B-flat major, K. 109/74e
- *Betulia liberata, oratorio K. 118/74c
- Johann Gottfried Müthel – Keyboard Duet in E-flat major
- Josef Mysliveček – Veni sponsa Christi
- Johann Gottfried Wilhelm Palschau – Harpsichord Concertos No.1-2
- Niccolo Piccinni – Le finte gemelle, intermezzo premiered Jan. 2 in Rome
- Johann Baptist Wanhal
- *6 String Quartets, Op. 6
- *6 Oboe Quartets, Op. 7
Opera
Methods and theory writings
Births
- February 9 – Daniel Belknap, composer
- February 24 – Johann Baptist Cramer, pianist
- March 19 –, poet and librettist
- March 21 – Thomas John Dibdin, dramatist and songwriter
- May 13 – Siegfried August Mahlmann, librettist and poet
- June 1 – Ferdinando Paër, Italian composer
- August 15 – Walter Scott, librettist and novelist
- August 27 – Friedrich Methfessel, composer
- September 17 – Johann August Apel, librettist
- October 1 – Pierre Baillot, violinist and composer
- October 3 – Auguste Creuzé de Lesser, librettist and politician
- October 9 – Charles-Augustin Bassompierre (Sewrin), librettist
- October 29 – Anna Leonore König, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
- November 1 –, librettist
- November 4 – James Montgomery, librettist and editor
- November 17 – Jonathan Huntington, composer
- December 26 – Heinrich Joseph von Collin, librettist and poet
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Deaths
- January 23 – Martin Berteau, composer and musician
- March 11 – Christoph Birkmann, hymnist and pupil of JS Bach
- March 30 – Anton Joseph Hampel, horn player
- May 20 – Christopher Smart, poet and hymn-writer
- May 29 – Johann Adolph Hass, clavichord and harpsichord maker
- July 30 – Thomas Gray, librettist and poet
- August 19 – Daniel Schiebeler, librettist and hymnist
- October – René de Galard de Béarn, Marquis de Brassac, composer
- October 14 – František Brixi, composer
- October 28 – Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer
- November 4 – Pierre Nicolas Brunet, librettist and playwright
- November 18 – Giuseppe de Majo, Italian composer
- date unknown – Andrea Soldi, copyist and portraitist