1778 in music
See also: 1777 in music, other events of 1778, 1779 in music, list of years in music. Events Mozart's mother dies
Classical music 12 Variations for Piano "La belle Françoise" by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLittle Organ Mass by Joseph Haydn
Opera "La scuola de´ gelosi" by Antonio Salieri"L´Europa riconosciuta" by Antonio Salieri, first production of the Scala at Milan"Roland" by Niccola Piccinni"The Shepherdess of the Alps" by Charles Dibdin
Published popular music The Singing Master's Assistant - William Billings, including "Africa"
Births January 5 - Fortunato Santini, composerJanuary 13 - Anton Fischer, composerFebruary 12 - Franz Joseph Volkert, composerFebruary 13 (or 14) - Fernando Sor, composerFebruary 15 - Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composerMarch 8 - Friedrich August Kanne, composerApril 6 - Joseph Funk, composerMay 8 - Johann Gansbacher, composerMay 28 - Friedrich Westenholz, composerJuly 10 - Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, composer and royal kapellmeisterJuly 25 - Heinrich Gebhard, composerJuly 29 - Carl Borromaus NeunerSeptember 3 - Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composerNovember 14 - Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Deaths March 5 - Thomas Arne, best known for Rule, BritanniaApril 7 - Johann Balthasar Kehl, composerJune 7 - Johann Georg Zechner, composerJune 26 - Angelo Antonio Caroli, composerJuly 28 - Arvid Niclas Hopken, composerAugust 5 - Thomas Linley, composer, aged 22August 14 - Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn-writerNovember 26 - Jean-Noel Hamal, composer
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