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THE MOZARTCIRCLE ALMANAC: YEAR 1776 ver. 20260228 HOME [A] - Important Composers in Carpani's 1812 List • Haydn J [No. 1] • Mozart [No. 25] [Ia] - Composers: Births [Ib] - Composers: Deaths The composers with [#number#] are those considered by Carpani for his exclusive list of year 1812, you can find published by MozartCircle here: http://mozartcircle.porticodoro.com/mzc/scholarworks/?Id=April2020 WARNING: ABOUT THE DATING OF COMPOSITIONS The dating of many works from this period is mostly derived from informed speculation (also for Mozart's works, but especially for Haydn's works). The printed publishing of a work, in many cases, happened ca. 5 or even 10 years after its real composition and/or its premiere. Many dates of orchestral or chamber music are determined only by the advertising system of that period. The dating you find in this Almanac tries to represent the most accurate conclusions established by scholars. |
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HAYDN (JOSEPH)
[A] [see Carpani's 1812 Gran Gallery No. 1] • Sacred Music 1776 • Hob.XXIIIa:2 Motet: Animae Deo gratae or Agite Properate [C-M] (1776 or before) • Hob.XXIIIb:5 Salve Regina [G-M] (ca. 1776) • Operas 1776 • Hob.XXIXa:3 Didone Abbandonata (Dido) (Marionette Opera, 1776; Bader) LOST • Cantatas 1776 (Secular) • Hob.XXVIb:1 Deutschlands Klage auf den Tod des grossen Friedrichs Borussens König [Eb-M] (1776) [probably LOST] • Incidental Music 1776 • Hob.30:2 Musik zum Schauspiel Die Feuersbrunst (1774 or 1776? or 1778?) LOST(?) More than incidental musik, it should be a Marionette Singspiel with dialogues. For this work it exists a score discovered in 1935, the authenticity of which is still highly debated. Moreover it's not sure if the music was really intended for this Die Feuersbrunst, in particular, or for another (similar?) libretto (we don't have). Even the composer of the score is not sure: Haydn or a revision by Haydn of someone else's music? We know that Pleyel, the pupil of Haydn, wrote some music for this work and/or even completed the instrumentation. Even the dating is uncertain: 1774 or 1776 or 1778, based on speculation. Probably the Incidental music (mostly Interludes?) for: - Shakespeare’s Hamlet Hob:XXX:B (1774-1776) - Goethe’s Götz von Berlichingen Hob:XXX:C (ca. 1776) are lost and the attribution seems uncertain. In any case, the info is interesting, since directly puts Haydn in the Literature Context of the Sturm und Drang, not only in the Music Context of such Genius/Sturm und Drang movement. It’s also possible that such works were written by other composers and Haydn wrote the orchestral revision: it seems that Haydn often directly revised all the music to be performed at Esterhazy Court. • Overtures 1776 • Hob.Ia:4 Overture [D-M] (1776-85?) • Symphonies 1776 Haydn's Symphonies from 1774 are among the most important ones, since they represent a fundamental point of style definition both in music writing and richer instrumentation. • Hob.1:61 Symphony [D-M] (1776) • Hob.1:66 Symphony [Bb-M] (1774/5-76) • Hob.1:67 Symphony [F-M] (1774/5/6-79) • Hob.1:69 Symphony Laudon[C-M] (1775-76) • Keyboard Music 1776 • Hob.16:27 Keyboard Sonata No.42 or IMSLP No.27 [G-M] (ca 1774-76) • Hob.16:28 Keyboard Sonata No.43 or IMSLP No.28 [Eb-M] (ca 1774-76) • Hob.16:29 Keyboard Sonata No.44 or IMSLP No.29 [F-M] (ca 1774-76) • Hob.16:30 Keyboard Sonata No.45 or IMSLP No.30 [A-M] (ca 1774-76) • Hob.16:31 Keyboard Sonata No.46 or IMSLP No.31 [E-M] (ca 1774-76) • Hob.16:32 Keyboard Sonata No.42 or IMSLP No.32 [B-m] (ca. 1774-76) • Chamber Music 1776 • Hob.V:7 2 Violins & Cello [A-M] (1776) • Hob. XIV:1 2 Horns, Violin, Cello, Keyboard [Eb-M] (1776 or before) • Dances 1776 • Hob.IX:6 12 Minuets (ca. 1776) ________________ |
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[A] [see Carpani's 1812 Gran Gallery No. 25] • Masses 1776 • K220/196b Missa brevis Mass No.9 or Spatzen [C-M] (1775–76) • K258/258 Missa brevis Mass No.11 Spaur [C-M] (1775–76) • K259/259 Missa brevis Mass No.12 or Organ Solo [C-M] (1775–76) • K262/246a Missa longa Mass No.13 [C-M] (1776) • K257/257 Missa Mass No.10 or Credo [C-M] (1776–77?) • Sacred Music 1776 • K243/243 Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento [Eb-M] (1776) • K260/248a Venite populi [D-M] (1776) • K241/241 Church Sonata No.7 or No.9 [G-M] (1776) • K244/244 Church Sonata No.8 [F-M] (1776) • K245/245 Church Sonata No.9 or No.11 [D-M] (1776) • K263/263 Church Sonata No.10 or No.12 [C-M] (1776) The dating of Church Sonatas K224 and K225 is debated. Some scholars think them from the beginning of 1776, others from the beginning of 1780. • Arias 1776 • K255/255 Ombra felice (Io ti lascio) [F-M] (1776) • K256/256 Clarice cara mia sposa [D-M] (1776) • Orchestral 1776 • K239/239 Serenade No.6 or Serenata notturna [D-M] (1776) • K247/247 Divertimento No.10 or Lodronische Nachtmusik [F-M] (1776) • K248/248 March [F-M] (1776) • K250/248b Serenade No.7 or Haffner [D-M] (1776) • K249/249 March Haffner [D-M] (1776) • K251/251 Divertimento No.11 [D-M] (1776) • K286/269 Notturno [D-M] (1776) Curious work with the Nocturnal Echo-Structure resembling the Echo Symphony by von Schacht (Jommelli’s pupil) from 1775: Symphony in Eb major Sinfonia d'Eco or d’Echo or con Eco (1775) • Concertos 1776 • K238/238 Piano Concerto No.6 [Bb-M] (1776) • K242 Piano Concerto No.7 Lodron for 3 pianos [F-M] (1776) • K246/246 Piano Concerto No.8 Lützow (1776) • K261/261 Adagio [E-M] (1776) (probably replacement for Violin Concerto No.5) • K269/261a Rondo [Bb-M] (1776-77) (probably replacement for Violin Concerto No.1) • Chamber Music 1776 • K240/240 Divertimento No.9 [Bb-M] (1776) • K252/240 Divertimento No.12 [Eb-M] (1776) • K253/253 Divertimento No.13 [F-M] (1776) • K254/254 Divertimento Piano Trio No.1 [Bb-M] (1776) • Dances 1776 • K101/250a 4 Contredanses Serenade (1776) ________________ | ||
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COMPOSERS: BIRTHS • Year 1776 JANUARY •--> January 24: Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, author and composer († 1822) FEBRUARY •--> February 18: John Parry, Welsh harpist and composer († 1851) •--> February 21: Vincenzo Lavigna, Italian teacher and composer († 1836): TEACHER OF GIUSEPPE VERDI MARCH •--> March 31: Joseph Küffner, German violinist, guitarist and composer († 1856) APRIL •--> April 8: Thaddäus Weigl, Austrian composer († 1844) •--> April 27: Hyacinthe Jadin, French conductor and composer († 1800) MAY •--> May 10: George Thomas Smart, English conductor († 1867): CLOSE FRIEND OF WEBER •--> May 12: Juan Bros y Bertomel, Spanish composer († 1852) •--> May 13: Charles Ots, Belgian composer († 1845) •--> May 13: Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa, Portuguese composer († 1825) JUNE •--> June 1: George Schetky, American cellist, teacher and composer († 1831) AUGUST •--> August 4: Wenceslas Sedlak, Bohemian clarinetist and composer († 1851) •--> August 15: Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, Austrian conductor and composer († 1841): MOZART'S PUPIL •--> August 16: Philipp Jakob Riotte, German composer († 1856) DECEMBER •--> December 6: Paul Friedrich Struck, German composer († 1820): HAYDN'S PUPIL • Date Unknown Carl Traugott Eisrich, German-Russian composer and conductor († 1835) ________________ |
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COMPOSERS: DEATHS • Year 1776 FEBRUARY •--> February 13: Luis Misón, Spanish composer (b. 1727) MARCH •--> March 19: Johann Wilhelm Simonetti, German Kapellmeister, violinist and composer (b. 1690) APRIL •--> April 22: Filippo Finazzi, Italian singer, Kapellmeister and composer (b. 1705) •--> April 22: »»» Johann Adolph Scheibe, German-Danish theorist and composer (b. 1708) MAY •--> May 6: James Kent, English organist and composer (b. 1700) JUNE •--> June 12: Bartolomeo Felici, Italian organist and composer (b. 1695) NOVEMBER •--> November 22: Johann Caspar Simon, German organist, conductor and composer (b. 1701) DECEMBER •--> December 24: Giacinto Schiatti, Italian violinist, Kapellmeister and composer (b. unknown) • Date Unknown Giorgio Antoniotti, Italian composer and cellist (b. c. 1692) Josep Carcoler, Catalan composer (b. 1698) Johann Friedrich Ruhe, German cantor, conductor and composer (b. 1699) Aaron Williams, Welsh composer (b. 1731) probable – Matteo Capranica, organist and composer (b. 1708) ________________ |