1779 in music
See also: 1778 in music, other events of 1779, 1780 in music, list of years in music. Events Opera house at Eszterháza burns down
Opera Zaide by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAmadis de Gaule by Johann Christian BachIphigénie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Classical music Sinfonia Concertante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Births January 8 - John White, composerJanuary 15 - Jean Coralli, ballet producer and choreographerJanuary 22 - Stefano Pavesi, composerFebruary 5 - Frans van Campenhout, singer and composerFebruary 22 - Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composerMarch 1 - Jacob Gottfried Weber, composerMarch 6 - Philippe Roth, composerMarch 13 - Oliver Shaw, composerMarch 21 - Alexis Garaude, composerMarch 28 - Angelo Maria Benincori, composerApril 11 - Louise ReichardtApril 21 - William Knyvett, composerMay 28 - Thomas Moore, poet and lyricistJuly 10 - Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composerJuly 20 - Ignaz Schuster, composerJuly 21 - Gottlob Wiedebein, composerAugust 1 - Francis Scott Key, songwriterAugust 17 - Franz de Paula Roser, composerSeptember 8 - Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composerSeptember 10 - Louis Alexandre PiccinniOctober 15 - Johan O. Wallin, songwriting bishopNovember 6 - Michal Bogdanowicz, composerDecember 1 - Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composerDecember 14 - Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composerDecember 15 - Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer
Deaths February 2 - Georg Philipp Kress, composerFebruary 7 - William BoyceApril 6 - Tommaso TraettaDecember 28 - Gennaro Manna, composer
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