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1775 in music

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Events

  • February 23 – Première of Pierre Beaumarchais's play, The Barber of Seville, which will later provide material for more than one opera.
  • Wilhelm Hauser becomes organist at the monastery of Lavaldieu and the teacher of Étienne Méhul.

Classical music

  • Carl Friedrich Abel – 6 String Quartets, Op. 12
  • John Alcock Jr. – 8 Easy Organ Voluntaries
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    • Symphony in D major, H.663
    • Symphony in F major, H.665
  • Johann Christian Bach – Sinfonia concertante, W.C 34
  • Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – Keyboard Sonata in G major, F.7
  • Giovanni Battista Cirri – 6 String Quartets, Op. 13
  • Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Concerto for Oboe in D major
  • Tommaso Giordani – 6 Flute Trios, Op. 12
  • Joseph Haydn
    • Baryton Trio in D major, Hob.XI:114
    • Il Ritorno di Tobia, Hob.XXI:1 (sacred oratorio)
    • Mass in B-flat major, Hob.XXII:7
  • Joseph Martin Kraus – Requiem
  • Georg Anton Kreusser – 6 Flute Quintets, Op. 10
  • Franz Lamotte – Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Violin Concertos No. 3, No. 4 & No. 5
    • Symphony in C major, K.102/213c
    • Serenade in D major, K.204/213a
    • Church Sonata in B-flat major, K.212
    • Misericordias Domini, K.222/205a
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Rust – Sonata in A major, CzaR 110
  • Friedrich Schwindl – 6 Quartets, Op. 7
  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen – 6 Duets, Op. 5
  • Johann Matthias Sperger – Quartet in D major, for flute, viola, cello, and contrabass, M.C III:23a
  • Carl Stamitz – 3 Quintets, Op. 11
  • John Stanley – Six Concertos for the Organ, Harpsichord, or Forte Piano, with Accompanyments for Two Violins and a Bass, Op. 10 (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by Mr Welcker)
  • Johann Adolph Hasse – La Danza

Opera

  • Johann André – Erwin und Elmire
  • Pasquale Anfossi – L'Avaro
  • André Ernest Modeste Grétry – La fausse Magie
  • Joseph Haydn – L'incontro improvviso, Hob.XXVIII:6
  • Gaetano Latilla – Antigono
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • La finta giardiniera, K. 196 (premiered January 13)
    • Il re pastore, K. 208
  • Josef Mysliveček – Il Demofoonte (second version, first premiered in 1769)
  • Giovanni Paisiello
    • Socrate immaginario, R.1.48
    • Il gran Cid, R.1.49

Methods and theory writings

  • Andrea Basili – Musica universale armonico pratica
  • Marie-Dominique-Joseph Engramelle – La Tonotechnie
  • Fedele Fenaroli – Regole musicali per i principianti di cembalo
  • Johann Caspar Heck – Short and Fundamental Instructions for Learning Thorough Bass
  • Jacob Schuback – Von der musikalischen Declamation

Births

  • January 21 – Manuel del Pópulo Vicente García, singer and composer (d. 1832)
  • March 24 – Muthuswami Dikshitar, poet and composer (d. 1835)
  • May 1 – Sophia Dussek, composer and musician (died 1831)
  • June 4 – Francesco Molino, guitarist and composer (d. 1847)
  • June 13 – Antoni Radziwiłł, politician and musician (d. 1833)
  • July 5 – William Crotch, composer (d. 1847)
  • July 9 – Matthew Lewis, librettist and writer (died 1818)
  • August 2 – José Ángel Lamas, composer (d. 1814)
  • August 31 – François de Fossa, guitarist and composer (d. 1849)
  • September 17 – Margrethe Schall, ballerina (d. 1852)
  • October 6 – Johann Anton André, German composer (died 1842)
  • October 15 – Bernhard Henrik Crusell, clarinettist and composer (d. 1838)
  • October 21 – Giuseppe Baini, composer and music critic (d. 1844)
  • October 30 – Catterino Cavos, organist, conductor and composer (d. 1840)
  • December 6 – Nicolo Isouard, Maltese composer (died 1818)
  • December 16 – François-Adrien Boïeldieu, composer (d. 1834)
  • December 25 – Antun Sorkočević, writer, composer and diplomat (d. 1841)
  • date unknown
    • Joseph Antonio Emidy, violinist and composer (d. 1835)
    • Andrea Nozzari, operatic tenor (d. 1832)
    • Giovanni Schmidt, Italian librettist (died c. 1839)

Deaths

  • January 15 – Giovanni Battista Sammartini, organist and composer (b. c. 1700)
  • May 1–4? — Francesco Barsanti, composer; recorder & oboe virtuoso (b. 1690)
  • May 7 – Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel, organist and composer (b. 1697)
  • May 9 – Vittoria Tesi, operatic contralto (b. 1700)
  • June 11 – Egidio Duni, composer (b. 1708)
  • July 26 – Alessandro Besozzi, oboist and composer (b. 1702)
  • November 1 – Pierre-Joseph-Justin Bernard, librettist and writer (born 1708)
  • November 7 – François Rebel, composer (b. 1701)
  • December 9 – Pietro Gnocchi, composer (b. 1689)
  • date unknown – Rosa Scarlatti, opera singer (b. 1727)
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