See also: 1773 in music, other events of 1774, 1775 in music, list of years in music. See also: 1772 in music, other events of 1773, 1774 in music, list of years in music. ... 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1774 in music, other events of 1775, 1776 in music, list of years in music. ... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

Events

• Antonio Salieri is appointed court composer to the Emperor Joseph II.
• Domenico Cimarosa is invited to Rome for the opera season.
• Charles Burney writes A Plan for a Music School.

Antonio Salieri Antonio Salieri (August 18, 1750 – May 7, 1825), born in Legnago, Italy, was a composer and conductor, as well as one of the most important and famous musicians of his time. ... Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II Joseph II (March 13, 1741 – February 20, 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790. ... Domenico Cimarosa (December 17, 1749-January 11, 1801), Italian opera composer, was born at Aversa, in the kingdom of Naples. ... Charles Burney by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1781 Charles Burney (April 12, 1726 - April 12, 1814) was an English musical historian and father of author Fanny Burney. ...

Opera

• Iphigenie en Aulide by Christoph Willibald Gluck

Gluck, detail of a portrait by Joseph Duplessis, dated 1775 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) Christoph Willibald (von) Gluck (July 2, 1714 – November 15, 1787) was a German composer. ...

Classical music

• Great Organ Mass by Joseph Haydn
• Concerto for Viola no 1 in D major by Carl Stamitz

Franz Joseph Haydn (March 31 or April 1, 1732 – May 31, 1809) was a leading composer of the Classical period, called the Father of the Symphony and Father of the String Quartet. A life-long resident of Austria, Haydn spent most of his career as a court musician for the... Karel Stamic (May 7, 1745 - November 9, 1801), who took the German form of his name Karl Stamitz and is now better known as Carl, was a Bohemian composer. ...

Births

• January 24 - Karl Moser, composer
• February 16 - Pierre Rode, violinist, composer, (d. 1830)
• March 5 - Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer
• April 17 - Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist and composer
• October 7 - Ferdinando Orlandi, composer
• November 14 - Gaspare Spontini, composer
• November 18 - William Horsley, composer
• December 20 - Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer

January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Karl Moser is an architect from Switzerland. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jacques Pierre Joseph Rode on February 16, 1774 – died November 25, 1830, was a French violinist and composer. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... Gaspare Spontini (14 November 1774 – 24 January 1851) was an Italian opera composer and conductor. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... William Horsley (November 18, 1774 - June 12, 1858), was an English musician. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Deaths

• January 20 - Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer
• January 30 - Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma and Jean-Pierre Guignon, composers
• July 7 - Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer
• August 25 - Nicolo Jommelli, composer
• December 2 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, composer
• unknown date - Vodicka Vaclav