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Overview of the events of 1789 in music
Overview of the events of 1789 in music
Classical music [ edit ]
Ludwig van Beethoven – Two Preludes through all twelve major keys for piano , Op. 39
William Hamilton Bird – The Oriental Miscellany
William Crotch – The Captivity of Judah (oratorio)
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – String Quintet in G major, Kr.190
Jean-Louis Duport – 6 Cello Sonatas, Op. 4
Jan Ladislav Dussek – Piano Sonatas No. 4–6, Op. 10
John Gunn – 40 Favorite Scotch Airs for Violin, Flute, or Cello
Joseph Haydn
Leopold Anton Kozeluch – Concerto for Clarinet no 2 in E flat major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Vasilj Alekseevič Paškevič – Muzyka operyi Komitscheskoi Fewej
Ignaz Pleyel
String Quintet in F major, B.285
3 Flute Quartets, B.381–383
6 Violin Duos, B.513–518
Karl Leopold Röllig – Kleine Tonstücke für die Glasharmonika
Daniel Gottlob Türk – Klaviersonaten, größtenteils für Kenner
Giovanni Battista Viotti – Violin Concerto No.16 in E minor
Methods and theory writings [ edit ]
January 30 – George Augustus Kollmann, composer
February 1 – Hippolyte André Jean Baptiste Chélard , composer (d. 1861)
February 8 – Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer , composer (d. 1878)
February 15 – Friedrich Fesca , composer (d. 1826)
May 24 – Cathinka Buchwieser , German opera singer and actress (d.1828)
June 27 – Friedrich Silcher , composer (d. 1860)
September 1 – Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer
October 18 – Giovanni Tadolini , composer
October 24 – Ramon Carnicer y Batlle , composer (d. 1855)
October 26 – Joseph Mayseder
October 28 – Johann Schneider , composer
November 13 – Martin de Ron, composer
December 8 – John Fawcett , composer (d. 1867)
December 14 – Maria Agata Szymanowska , composer (d. 1831)
January 1 – Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer
January 2 – Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer
January 20 – Johann Christoph Oley , composer
February 2 – Armand-Louis Couperin , organist and composer (b. 1727)
May 10 – Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer
May 12 – Robert Bremner , music collector and publisher (born 1713)
June 7 – Václav Jan Kopřiva (b. 1708)
June 14 – Johann Wilhelm Hertel , composer (b. 1727)
July 4 – Cláudio Manuel da Costa , poet and conductor (b. 1729)
July 15 – Jacques Duphly , composer (b. 1715)
September 11 – Luka Sorkočević , composer (b. 1734) (suicide)
September 12 – Franz Xaver Richter , composer (b. 1709)
October 24 – Joaquin de Oxinaga, composer
date unknown
Minette , actress, singer and dancer (b. 1767) (killed in Haitian race riot)
Andreas Lidl , British composer (born c. 1740)