1771 in music - Definition and Overview

See also: 1770 in music, other events of 1771, 1772 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• Foundation of the Royal Theatre Ballet School in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Opera

• Annibale in Torino by Giovanni Paisiello
• Armida by Antonio Salieri
• Ruggiero by Johann Adolph Hasse

Classical music

• Symphonies no 12, 13 and 14 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Births

• February 9 - Daniel Belknap, composer
• February 18 - Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer
• February 24 - Johann Baptist Cramer, pianist
• March 1 - Armand-Emmanuel Trial, composer
• April 19 - Giuseppe Cartufo, composer
• April 29 - Matthaus Stegmayer, composer
• May 1 - George Guest, composer
• August 22 - Jan Joseph Rosler, composer
• November 17 - Jonathan Huntington, composer

Deaths

• June 23 - Jean-Claude Trial, composer
• October 14 - Franz Xaver Brixi, composer
• October 18 - Robert Praelisauer, composer
• October 27 - Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer
• November 18 - Giuseppe de Majo, composer