1764 in music
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Events
- FEBRUARY 29: Johann Christian Bach and Carl Friedrich Abel establish in London the successful Bach-Abel Concerts listed until 1781.
- March 8 comic opera Rose et Colas by Pierre -Alexandre Monsigny on the libretto by Michel -Jean Sedaine has its world premiere at the Théâtre de l' Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.
- April 23: On her started last year concert tour of Europe coming Leopold Mozart and his two children Wolfgang and Nannerl to London, where they met Johann Christian Bach and music together with him. The composed in the same year, four sonatas for piano and violin, K. 6-9 are Wolferl first printed compositions.
- August 20: The comic opera L' Anneau perdu et retrouvé of Louis Claude Armand Chardin and Jean- Benjamin de Laborde has its world premiere at the Théâtre de l' Hôtel de Bourgogne. The libretto was written by Michel -Jean Sedaine.
- Joseph Haydn composes his Symphony No. 21 and 22 ( the philosopher ).
Born
Secured birth
- January 2: Genevieve burner, Salzburg opera singer and actress, mother of Carl Maria von Weber ( 1798 † )
- April 1: Johann Evangelist Reiter, German Catholic priest, geometer, fresco painter, sculptor, stonemason, musician, architect and writer († 1835)
- 17-18. April: Bernhard Anselm Weber, German composer and music director († 1821)
- July 5th: János Lavotta, Hungarian composer († 1820)
Exact date of birth unknown
- André -Frédéric Eler, French composer and music teacher († 1821)
- William Hepp, Palatine organ builder († 1832)
- František January Stiasny, Czech cellist and composer († 1830 )
Died
- March 30: Pietro Locatelli, Italian violin virtuoso and composer (* 1695)
- April 13: Nicolò Fiorenza, Neapolitan violinist and composer (* after 1700 )
- APRIL 17: Johann Mattheson, German composer and scholar (* 1681)
- May 10: Christian Friedrich Henrici, Saxon librettist Johann Sebastian Bach (* 1700)