1788 in music
See also: 1787 in music, other events of 1788, 1789 in music, list of years in music.
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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
- Thomas Carter - The Constant Maid, or Poll of Plympton
- Luigi Cherubini - Ifigenia in Aulide
- Giovanni Paisiello - L'Amor Contrastato
- Antonio Salieri - Axur, Re d´Ormus (libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte after Beaumarchais); Il Talismano (libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte after Goldoni)
- Joseph Weigl - Il pazzo per forza
Classical music
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony nos 39-41
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 Müthel
- 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
- date unknown - Antonin Kammel, violinist and composer
Categories
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