Overview of the events of 1782 in music
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Events
- March 17 – Violinist Giovanni Battista Viotti makes his début at the Concert Spirituel in Paris.
- August 4 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart marries Constanze Weber in Vienna.
- September 30 – The Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm is inaugurated with a performance of Johann Gottlieb Naumann's Cora och Alonzo.
- William Shield is appointed resident composer to Covent Garden.
- Antoine Bournonville and his sister Julie Alix de la Fay join the Royal Swedish Ballet at Stockholm.
Published popular music
- James Aird (compiled and edited) – A Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (including "The Miners of Wicklow", possibly the first published version of "Yankee Doodle")
- Robert Burns – John Barleycorn (original version from 16th century)
Classical music
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- 9 Variations on a March by Dressler, WoO 63
- Schilderung eines Mädchen, WoO 107
- Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda – 3 Flute Concertos, Op. 4
- Luigi Boccherini
- Symphony in D major, Op. 35 no 1/G 509
- Symphony in E-flat major, Op 35 no 2/G 510
- Symphony in A major, Op. 35 no 3/G 511
- Symphony in F major, Op. 35 no 4/G 512
- Symphony in E-flat major, Op. 35 no 5/G 513
- Giuseppe Maria Cambini – Seconde et nouvelle suite de simphonies concertantes à plusieurs instruments
- Muzio Clementi
- 3 Piano Sonatas, Op. 7
- 3 Piano Sonatas, Op. 8
- François Joseph Gossec – Hymne à la Liberté, RH 628
- Joseph Haydn
- Symphony No. 73 in D "La chasse"
- Symphony No. 77 in B-flat major, Hob.I:77
- Symphony No.78 in C minor, Hob.I:78
- Divertimento in B-flat major, Hob.II:46 (authorship is disputed)
- Keyboard Concerto in G major, Hob.XVIII:4
- Keyboard Concerto in D major, Hob.XVIII:11
- Mass in C major, Hob.XXII:8 "Mariazellermesse"
- Michael Haydn – Divertimento in D major, MH 319
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Symphony No. 35 in D "Haffner", K. 385
- String Quartet in G, K. 387, No. 14
- Fantasia in D minor, K.397/385g
- Suite in C major, K.399/385i
- Violin Sonata in C major, K.403/385c
- Adagio in F major, K.410/484d
- Emanuel Johann Gottfried Pässler – Sechs Sonaten für das Klavier oder die Harfe
- Dieudonné-Pascal Pieltain – Violin Concerto No.3 in B-flat major
- Johann Friedrich Reichardt – Klavierstück über eine Petrarchische Ode
- Antonio Rosetti – 6 Symphonies, Op. 3
- Johann Abraham Peter Schulz – Lieder im Volkston
- Johannes Matthias Sperger – String Symphony in C
- Giovanni Battista Viotti
- Concerto for Violin No. 2 in E major, G 44
- Violin Concerto No.4 in D major
- Violin Concerto No.5 in C major
- Ernst Wilhelm Wolf – Osterkantate
Opera
- Giuseppe Maria Cambini – Alcide
- Domenico Cimarosa
- L'amor costante
- La ballerina amante
- Circe
- Il convito
- L'eroe cinese
- François-Joseph Gossec – Thésée
- Joseph Haydn – Orlando paladino
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Die Entführung aus dem Serail, 16 July, Burgtheater in Vienna.
- Giovanni Paisiello – Il barbiere di Siviglia
- Giuseppe Sarti – Fra i due litiganti il terzo gode
Methods and theory writings
- Anton Bemetzrieder – Abstract of a New Method of Teaching the Principles of Music
- Heinrich Philipp Bossler – Elementarbuch der Tonkunst zum Unterricht beim Klavier
- Michel Corrette – L’art de se perfectionner dans le violon
- Johann Kirnberger – Gedanken über die verschiedenen Lehrarten in der Komposition
- Louis-Toussaint Milandre – Méthode facile pour la viole d'amour, Op.5
- Johann Friedrich Reichardt – Musikalisches Kunstmagazin
Births
- January 29 – Daniel Auber, composer (died 1871)
- April 14 – Carlo Coccia, composer (died 1873)
- May 1 – Christopher Meineke, composer, organist (died 1850)
- July 19 – Jonathan Blewitt, composer and son of Jonas Blewitt (died 1853)
- July 26 – John Field, pianist and composer (died 1837)
- September 23 – Jacques Féréol Mazas, composer and musician (died 1849)
- October 27 – Niccolò Paganini, composer, violinist (died 1840)
- December 21 – Benoit Tranquille Berbiguier, flautist (died 1835)
Deaths
- January 1 – Johann Christian Bach, composer (b. 1735)
- April 12 – Metastasio, poet and lyricist (b. 1698)
- April 22 – Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer (b. 1716)
- May – Joseph Kelway, composer and organist (born c. 1702)
- May 6 – Herman Friedrich Voltmar, Danish composer (born 1707)
- June 17 – Kane O'Hara, Irish composer (b. 1711)
- July 15 – Robert Wainwright, composer
- August – Jean-Baptiste Forqueray, viol player and composer (b. 1699)
- August 6 – Nicolas Chédeville, composer (b. 1705)
- September 16 – Farinelli, castrato singer (b. 1702)
- October – John Parry, blind harpist (b. c. 1710)
- October 23 – Joseph Riepel, German composer (born 1709)
- December 28 – Maria Carolina of Savoy, composer and princess (born 1764)
- date unknown
- Pedro António Avondano, Portuguese composer (b. 1714)
- Jacob Raphael Saraval, writer and musician (b. c. 1707)
- Giovannini, composer and violinist (birth year unknown)
References
- J.H. Calmeyer (2001). "Giovannini ". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.11193.