See also: 1783 in music, other events of 1784, 1785 in music, list of years in music. See also: 1782 in music, other events of 1783, 1784 in music, list of years in music. ... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1784 in music, other events of 1785, 1786 in music, list of years in music. ... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

Events

• June 13 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 17 is performed for the first time, by his student, Barbara von Ployer. Giovanni Paisiello is in the audience.

June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... W. A. Mozart, 1790 portrait by Johann Georg Edlinger Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria – December 5, 1791 in Vienna, Austria ) is among the most significant and enduringly popular composers of European classical music. ... Paisiello at the clavichord, by Elizabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1791. ...

Classical music

• Joseph Haydn - Symphony no. 76
• Michael Haydn - Symphony in B flat major; Symphony in C major
• Giovanni Battista Viotti - Duetto concertante for 2 Violins in D major; Duetto concertante for 2 Violins in D minor

(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. Although he is still often called Franz Joseph Haydn, Haydn himself actually never used Franz, signing letters and... Johann Michael Haydn (September 14, 1737 – August 10, 1806) was an Austrian composer, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. ... Giovanni Battista Viotti (May 12, 1755 - March 3, 1824) was an Italian violinist and composer. ...

Opera

• "Il Ricco d´un giorno" by Antonio Salieri, libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
• "Les Danaides" by Antonio Salieri
• "Richard Coeur de Lion" by André Grétry

The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera refers to an art form particular to Europe, which is made up of a dramatic stage performance set to music. ... 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. ... Lorenzo Da Ponte (March 10, 1749 - August 17, 1838) was an Italian librettist. ... 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. ... André Ernest Modeste Grétry (February 8, 1741 – September 24, 1813), a Belgian composer, who worked from 1767 onwards in France. ...

Births

• January 1 - William Beale
• January 27 - Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer
• January 29 - Ferdinand Ries, composer
• January 31 - Carl Wilhelm Henning, composer
• February 3 - John Fane, composer and diplomat
• February 27 - Job Plimpton, composer
• April 8 - Dionisio Aguado
• July 27 - Georges Onslow
• August 5 - Louis Spohr
• September 7 - Frantisek Max Knize, composer
• October 15 - Thomas Hastings, composer
• December 1 -Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer

January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838) was a Bonn-born pupil of Beethoven who published a collection of reminiscences of his teacher. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... Dionisio Aguado (April 8, 1784 — December 29, 1849) was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... Georges Onslow (July 27, 1784 – October 3, 1853) was a prolific French composer of noble birth and English descent, who studied with Johann Baptiste Cramer and Anton Reicha. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... Self-portrait of Spohr as a young man. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... Thomas Hastings (15 October 1784–15 May 1872) was an American composer, primarily an author of hymn tunes and texts. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Deaths

• January 11 - Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer
• February 24 - Anton Laube, composer
• June 7 - Jean-Baptiste Canavas
• July 1 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
• August 6 - Karl Kohaut, composer
• August 4 - Giovanni Battista Martini
• September 27 - Boniface Stoecki, composer
• exact date unknown - Joseph Key of Nuneaton, composer of popular church music