See also: 1787 in music, other events of 1788, 1789 in music, list of years in music.

Contents

1 Events 2 Opera 3 Classical music 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

• Antonio Salieri appointed Imperial Royal Kapellmeister by Emperor Joseph II of Austria.
• Domenico Cimarosa is invited to St Petersburg by the Empress Catherine II of Russia.

Opera

• L'Amor Contrastato - Giovanni Paisiello
• Ifigenia in Aulide - Luigi Cherubini

Classical music

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony no 39

Births

• January 13 - Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer
• February 10 - Johann Peter Pixis, composer
• February 25 - Mateo Ferrer, composer
• April 12 - Johann Erik Nordblom, composer
• August 20 - Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer
• October 11 - Simon Sechter, composer
• October 20 - Philip Knapton, composer
• November 11 - Michal Wielhorski, composer
• December 18 - Camille Pleyel

Deaths

• January 5 - Johann Schneider
• January 15 - Gaetano Latilla, composer
• January 17 - Alessio Prati, composer
• January 31 - Francesco Zannetti, composer
• February 22 - Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer
• March 1 - Orazio Mei, composer
• March 29 - Charles Wesley
• April 12 - Carl Joseph Toeschi and Carlo Antonio Campioni, composers
• April 15 - Giuseppe Bonno, composer
• June 28 - Johann Christoph Vogel, composer
• July 14 - Johann Gottfried Muthel
• September 14 - Theodore-Jean Tarade, composer
• September 26 - François Bainville, composer
• October 18 - Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer
• November 1 - Johann Samuel Schroeter, composer
• November 15 - Peregrinus Pogl
• December 14 - Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
• December 12 - Joseph Gibbs
• December 25 - John Logan, conductor