1780 in music

First page of an autographed manuscript of the "Responsiri per la settimana Santa" of 1780, preserved at the Florence Conservatory.

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