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See also: 1775 in music, other events of 1776, 1777 in music, list of years in music.

1 Events

Charles Burney publishes his History of Music
Bolshoi Theatre hosts its first annual opera season
Court Theatre in Stockholm built by King Gustav III of Sweden
Giovanni Paisiello is invited to the court of Catherine the Great

2 Popular music

Psalms and Hymns for Public and Private Worship by Augustus Montague Toplady

3 Opera

Le Due Gemelli by Antonio Tozzi
Il Barone di Sardafritta by Gaetano Marinelli

4 Classical music

The Ascension ( oratorio) by James Hook

5 Births

January 24 - Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, author and composer
May 13May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). There are 232 days remaining. Events 1497 Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. 1568 Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary Queen of Scots are defeated by - Charles Ots , composer

6 Deaths

April 24April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). There are 251 days remaining. Events 1184 BC Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional). 1066 Halley's Comet spotted. 1704 The first regular newspaper in th - Giuseppe Paolucci
unknown date - Mattia Vento
unknown date - John Parry

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