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1 Events

Opera house at Eszterháza burns down

2 Opera

Zaide by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Amadis de Gaule by Johann Christian Bach
Iphigénie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck

3 Classical music

Sinfonia Concertante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

4 Births

April 11 - Louise Reichardt
May 28 - Thomas Moore, poet and lyricist
August 1 - Francis Scott Key
September 10 - Louis Alexandre Piccinni

5 Deaths

April 6 - Tommaso TraettaTommaso Traetta ( 1727 April 6, 1779) was an Italian composer. Perhaps the best place to encounter this fine composer is Saint Petersburg. Here, Traetta's finest work, the opera Antigona received its first performance at the Court of Catherine the Great i
February 7February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 327 days remaining, 328 in leap years. Events 457 Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1301 Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first Prin - William BoyceWilliam Boyce ( September 1, 1711 February 7, 1779) is widely regarded as one of the most important English-born composers of the 18th century. Born in London, Boyce was a choirboy at St Paul's Cathedral before studying music with Maurice Greene after his

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