Overview of the events of 1787 in music
Events
Publications
Published popular music
Classical music
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Fantasia in F-sharp minor, H.300
Neue Melodien, H.781 William Brown – 3 RondosCharles Burney – Preludes, Fugues and Interludes for the Organ Muzio Clementi
Two Symphonies, Op. 18
Musical Characteristics, Op. 19
Piano Sonata, Op. 20 Michel Corrette – Pièces pour l’orgue dans un genre nouveau Francois Devienne – Flute Concerto No.7 in E minorJean-Louis Duport – Cello Concerto No.1 in A major, Op. 1Giuseppe Gherardeschi – Sonata for Organ "In the Guise of a Military Band..."Joseph Haydn
Franz Anton Hoffmeister – 2 Keyboard Sonatas, WeiH 80Leopold Kozeluch
Three Symphonies, Op. 22
Three Symphonies, Op. 24
Moise in Egitto Joseph Martin Kraus – Symphony in E minorJose Lidon – 6 Piezas o Sonatas sueltas para órganoWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine kleine Nachtmusik String Quintet No. 3 in C major String Quintet No. 4 in G minor Rondo in A minor , K.511Clarinet Quintet , K.Anh.91Musikalisches Würfelspiel Ein musikalischer Spaß (A Musical Joke) "Die Alte", K.517
"Die Verschweigung", K.518
"Das Lied der Trennung", K.519
"Als Luise die Briefe ", K.520
"Abendempfindung ", K.523
"Die kleine Spinnerin", K.531
5 Country Dances, K.609 William Parsons – The Court Minuets for Her Majesty's Birth Day, 1787 Philip Phile – Violin Concerto (lost)Ignaz Pleyel – 3 String Trios, B.401–403
Opera
Methods and theory writings
Births
January 31 – Ulric Guttinguer , librettist and writer (died 1866)February 13 – James P. Carrell , singing teacher and composer (died 1854)February 24 – Christian Frederik Barth , oboist and composer (died 1861)March 1 – Tobias Haslinger , composer and publisher (died 1842)April 14 – Charles-François Plantade , French composer (died 1870)April 26 – Ludwig Uhland , librettist and poet (died 1862)July 7 – César Malan , composer and theologian (died 1864)August 15 – Alexander Alyabyev , composer (died 1851)November 17 – Michele Carafa , composer (died 1872)November 21 – Barry Cornwall , librettist and poet (died 1874)November 25 – Franz Xaver Gruber , organist and composer of "Silent Night " (died 1863)December 4 – Johan Fredrik Berwald , violinist, conductor and composer (died 1861)December 13 – Anne-Honoré-Joseph Duveyrier , librettist and dramatist (died 1865)December 14 – Maria Ludovika , patron of Beethoven and queen of Austria (died 1816)date unknown
Deaths
February 21 – Antonio Rodríguez de Hita , composer (born 1722)March 30 – Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia , musician, composer and music collector (born 1723)April 22 – Josef Starzer , Austrian composer (born 1726)May 20 – Giovan Gualberto Brunetti , Italian composer (born 1706)May 28 – Leopold Mozart , violinist, music teacher and composer (born 1719)June – Ignazio Fiorillo , opera composer (born 1715)
June 20 – Carl Friedrich Abel , viola da gamba player and composer (born 1723)July 13 – Ignazio Cirri , composer and musician (born 1711)July 27 – Mary Linley , singer (born 1758)August 5 – François Francoeur , violinist and composer (born 1698)August 18 – Stephen Paxton , composer and musician (born 1734)November 15 – Christoph Willibald Gluck , composer (born 1714)November 23 – Anton Schweitzer , opera composer (born 1735)December 9 – Bernhard Joachim Hagen , composer, violinist and lutenist (born 1720)date unknown – Edward Harwood (of Darwen) , hymn-writer (born 1707)
References
^ Helminger, Bernhard (2015). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (7th ed.). Salzburg: Colorama. p. 22. ISBN 978-3-902692-03-0 .
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