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Overview of the events of 1774 in music
Events
Opera
Classical music
Methods and theory writings
Births
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February 16 –
Pierre Rode, violinist, composer, (d.
1830)
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March 5 –
Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer
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April 17 –
Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek, organist and composer
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October 7 –
Ferdinando Orlandi, composer
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October 23 –
René de Chazet, librettist and writer (died 1844)
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November 14 –
Gaspare Spontini, composer
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November 18 –
William Horsley, composer
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December 20 –
Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer
Deaths