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Overview of the events of 1776 in music
Events
Popular music
Opera
Classical music
Methods and theory writings
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Charles Burney – A General History of Music, vol. 1 (vol. 2 published 1782, vols. 3 and 4 in 1789)
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John Hawkins – A General History of the Science and Practice of Music
Births
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January 24 –
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, author and composer
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February 18 –
John Parry, composer
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February 21 – Vincenzo Lavigna, composer
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March 31 –
Joseph Küffner, composer (died 1856)
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April 8 – Thaddaus Weigl, composer
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April 27 –
Hyacinthe Jadin, composer (died 1800)
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May 10 –
George Thomas Smart, composer
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May 12 – Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer
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May 13 – Charles Ots and Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa, composers
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June 1 –
John George Schetky, composer
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August 4 – Wenzel Sedlak, composer
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August 15 – Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer
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August 16 –
Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer
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August 19 –
Johan Peter Strömberg, dancer and theatre director
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August 29 –
Georg Friedrich Treitschke, librettist (died 1842)
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December 6 – Paul Friedrich Struck, composer
Deaths
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February 13 –
Luis Misón, composer, 50
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April 22 –
Johann Adolph Scheibe, music theorist, 67
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May 6 –
James Kent, composer, 76
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June 10 –
Leopold Widhalm, luthier, 53
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November 29 –
Zanetta Farussi, opera singer, 69
- date unknown
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Matteo Capranica, composer
References