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Overview of the events of 1784 in music
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January 5 – In Paris,
Antonio Salieri signs a contract with the
Opéra for a work entitled
Les Danaïdes.
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January 7 – Composer
Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny marries Amélie de Villemagne.
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February 9 – The
Piano Concerto No. 14 becomes the first entry in the catalogue of works by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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- March – 28-year-old Mozart gives the first performances of his
Piano Concerto No. 15 at the Trattnerhof and Burgtheater in Vienna.
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April 24 – Mozart writes to his father
Leopold, recommending the work of newcomer
Ignaz Pleyel.
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April 29 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and violinist
Regina Strinasacchi perform Mozart's Sonata in B-flat for Violin and Keyboard (K.454) for the first time, in the presence of
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
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May 27 –
June 5 –
Handel Commemoration concerts in
Westminster Abbey, London.
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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.
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August 17 –
Luigi Boccherini is given a pay rise of 12000 reals by his employer, the
Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.
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August 28 – In Vienna,
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger's Mass in E flat is performed for the first time, with the orchestral arrangement replaced by organ accompaniment, in accordance with the preferences of
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
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December 11 – Mozart is received into the Masonic lodge "Beneficence".
- The first opera is mounted at the unfinished
Teatro Nuovo in
Bergamo, Lombardy,
Giuseppe Sarti's
Medonte, re di Epiro.
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January 1 –
William Beale, composer and organist (died
1854)
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January 27 –
Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer (died
1851)
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January 29 –
Ferdinand Ries, composer
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February 3 –
John Fane, composer and diplomat
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February 27 –
Job Plimpton, composer (died
1864)
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March 25 –
François-Joseph Fétis, Belgian musicologist, composer, critic and teacher (died
1871)
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April 8 –
Dionisio Aguado, guitarist and composer (died
1849)
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June 14 –
Francesco Morlacchi, opera composer (died
1841)
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July 27 –
George Onslow, composer (died
1853)
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August 5 –
Louis Spohr, composer, violinist and conductor (died
1859)
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August 23
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October 15 –
Thomas Hastings, composer (died
1872)
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October 16 –
Karl Keller, composer and flautist (died
1855)
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November 7 –
Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner, German pianist and composer
- date unknown –
Samuel Simms, organist and composer (died
1868)
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November 28 –
Ferdinand Ries, composer and friend of Beethoven (died
1838)