1780 in music

Events

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composes his opera Idomeneo at Munich.
• The Danish royal anthem, "Kong Christian", is first sung.
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen goes into its third edition.
• 1780-1782 Emanuel Bach revises his Magnificat Wq 215 .

  Classical music

• Carl Friedrich Abel – 6 String Trios, Op. 16
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
• *Keyboard Sonata in F major, H.269
• *Keyboard Sonata in A major, H.270
• *Geistliche Gesänge, Book 1 H.749
• Johann Christian Bach
• *6 Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin or Flute, Op.16
• *6 Keyboard Sonatas, Op. 17
• *2 Keyboard Quintets, Op. 22
• Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier – 12 Noëls avec un Carillon des morts
• Franz Benda – Violin Sonata in C minor, L3.9
• Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda
• *Viola Concerto in F major, LorB 314
• *3 Sonatas, Op. 3
• Georg Benda – Sammlung Vermischter Stücke
• Luigi Boccherini
• *6 String Sextets, G.454-459
• *Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid
• Giuseppe Maria Cambini – 6 Trios for 2 Violins and Cello, Op. 15
• Luigi Cherubini – 6 Harpsichord Sonatas
• Muzio Clementi – 5 Piano Sonatas and a Duet, Op.1a
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Job
• Fedele Fenaroli – 9 Harpsichord Sonatas
• Joseph Haydn
• *Symphony No.62 in D major, Hob.I:62
• *Symphony No.74 in E-flat major, Hob.I:74
• *Keyboard Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI:35
• *Keyboard Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI:37
• *Keyboard Sonata in E-flat major, Hob.XVI:38
• *Keyboard Sonata in G major, Hob.XVI:39
• Leopold Kozeluch
• *3 Keyboard Sonatas, Opp. 1-2
• *3 Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin, Op. 17
• Franziska Lebrun – 6 Violin Sonatas, Opp. 1-2
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• *Symphony No. 34 in C major, K.338
• *3 Minuets, K. 363
• Antonio Rosetti
• *Symphony in D major, M.A12
• *Oboe Concerto in C major, M.C30
• Friedrich Schwindl – 6 Quintets or Trios, Op. 10
• Carl Stamitz
• *Flute Concerto in G major, Op. 29
• *Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in B-flat major
• Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel – Sonata for Violin and Keyboard in B-flat major, StWV 194
• Luigi Tomasini – 3 String Quartets, Op. 8
• Johann Baptist Vanhal – 6 String Trios, Op. 17

  Opera

• Domenico Cimarosa
• *Caio Mario
• *Le donne rivali
• *Il falegname
• *I finti nobili
• Franz Danzi – Cleopatra
• André Grétry – Aucassin et Nicolette
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Zaide
• Giovanni Paisiello – Il Barbiere di Siviglia
• Niccolò Piccinni – Atys
• Bernardo Porta – La Principessa d'Amalfi

  Methods and theory writings

• Anonymous – ABCDario Musico
• Salvatore Bertezen – Principi della musica
• Fedele Fenaroli – Regole musicali per i principianti di cembalo
• Johann Adam Hiller – Anweisung zum musikalisch-zierlichen Gesange
• Georg Caspar Hodermann – Kurzer Unterricht für Musik-Anfänger
• Louis-Francois Henri Lefebure – Nouveau solfége

  Births

• January 14 – François-Joseph Dizi, harpist
• February 8 – Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer
• March 10 – Juan José Landaeta, composer
• May 22 – Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer
• May 28 – Joseph Frohlich, composer
• June 18 – Michael Henkel, composer
• July 25 – Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer
• November 2 – Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu, soprano
• November 3 – Victor Dourlen, composer
• November 16 – Robert Archibald Smith, composer
• November 22 – Conradin Kreutzer, composer and conductor
• date unknown
• *Ferdinand Gasse, French composer
• *Franciszek Lessel, Polish composer

  Deaths

• January 1 – Johann Ludwig Krebs, German composer
• January 4 – Hedvig Wigert, opera singer
• January 10 – Francesco Antonio Vallotti, organist, composer and music theorist
• February 1 – Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer
• April 21 – Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
• May 9 – Francisco Hernández Illana, Spanish composer
• May 14 – Pierre Montan Berton, Father of Henri-Montan Berton and composer
• August 19 – Bernhard Haltenberger, composer
• September 6 – George Alexander Stevens, songwriter
• December 14 – Ignatius Sancho, composer and actor
• date unknown – Martin Nürenbach, dancer