# 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 (H 772) (Hamburg version).

## 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
** Rondo in G major, H.271
** Geistliche Gesänge, Book 1 H.749
* Johann Christian Bach
** 6 Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin or Flute, Op.16 (W.B 10-15a)
** 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 (Op. 23)
** Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid (Op. 30)
** 6 String Quintets, G.325-330 (Op.31)
** 6 String Quartets, G.201-206 (Op.32)
* 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 (oratorio)
* 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
* Josef Myslivecek – 6 Divertimenti
* 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 Wanhal – 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
* Franz Joseph Haydn – La Fedeltà premiata, Hob.XXVIII:10
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Zaide (unfinished)
* Josef Myslivecek – Antigono
* Giovanni Paisiello – Il Barbiere di Siviglia
* Niccolò Piccinni – Atys
* Bernardo Porta – La Principessa d'Amalfi
* Joseph Bologne Saint-Georges – L'Amant anonime (premiered March 8)

## Methods and theory writings

* Anonymous – ABCDario Musico (Bath: printed for the Authors, and sold at the Rooms, 1780.)
* Salvatore Bertezen – Principi della musica
* Fedele Fenaroli – Regole musicali per i principianti di cembalo
* Johann Adam Hiller – Anweisung zum musikalisch-zierlichen Gesange (Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Junius, 1780)
* Georg Caspar Hodermann – Kurzer Unterricht für Musik-Anfänger
* Louis-Francois Henri Lefebure – Nouveau solfége

## Births

* January 14 – François-Joseph Dizi, harpist
* February 2 – Ananias Davisson, shape-note advocate (died 1857)
* February 8
** Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer
** Franz Anton Morgenroth, composer (died 1847)
* March 10 – Juan José Landaeta, composer
* May 22 – Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer
* May 28 – Joseph Frohlich, composer
* June 18 – Michael Henkel, composer (died 1851)
* July 25 – Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer
* November 2 – Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu, soprano
* November 3 – Victor Dourlen, composer
* November 16 – Robert Archibald Smith, composer
* November 17 – Franz Clement, composer (died 1842)
* November 22 – Conradin Kreutzer, composer and conductor (died 1849)
* December 18 – Johann Martin Friedrich Nisle, composer (died c. 1861)
* date unknown
** Ferdinand Gasse, French composer (died 1840)
** Franciszek Lessel, Polish composer (died 1838)

## Deaths

* January 1 – Johann Ludwig Krebs, German composer (born 1713)
* January 4 – Hedvig Wigert, opera singer (b. 1748)
* January 10 – Francesco Antonio Vallotti, organist, composer and music theorist (b. 1697)
* February 1 – Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer (b. 1713)
* April 21 – Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
* May 9 – Francisco Hernández Illana, Spanish composer (c.1700)
* May 14 – Pierre Montan Berton, Father of Henri-Montan Berton and composer (born 1727)
* August 19 – Bernhard Haltenberger, composer
* September 6 – George Alexander Stevens, songwriter (b. 1710)
* December 14 – Ignatius Sancho, composer and actor (b. c. 1729)
* date unknown – Martin Nürenbach, dancer