1760
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1 January 1760 The first two volumes of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne are advertised. They were published last month. They cause an immediate sensation.
Again the Sun’s Ravishing Sphere, an ode by William Boyce (48) to words of Whitehead, is performed for the first time.
10 January 1760 Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg is born in Sachsenflur, near Mergentheim, son of a personal servant to Duke Carl Eugen of Württemberg.
18 January 1760 Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers shoots and kills his steward at his estate in Leicestershire. There is considerable evidence that he is insane.
20 January 1760 Il natale di Achille, an azione drammatica by Nicola Logroscino (61) to words of Baldanza, is performed for the first time, in Palermo.
22 January 1760 British forces hand the French a decisive defeat at Wandiwash, 60 km north of Pondicherry, India. The British then press on to besiege Pondicherry.
24 January 1760 The Desert Island, a play by Murphy after Metastasio, with music by Thomas Augustine Arne (49), is performed for the first time, in Drury Lane Theatre, London.
28 January 1760 Samuel Foote’s play The Minor opens in Dublin. It is a failure and Foote will revise it.
1 February 1760 Wilhelm VIII, Duke of Hesse-Kassel dies and is succeeded by his son, Friedrich II.
6 February 1760 La Cecchina, ossia La buona figlivola, a drama giocosa by Niccolò Piccinni (32) to words of Goldoni, is performed for the first time, in the Teatro Delle Dame, Rome. It is perhaps the most successful comic opera of the eighteenth century.
11 February 1760 The second version of Alessandro nell’Indie, an opera seria by Niccolò Jommelli (45) to words of Metastasio, is performed for the first time, at the Stuttgart Opera House, for the birthday of Duke Carl Eugen.
12 February 1760 Jan Ladislav Dussek is born in Cáslav, 70 km east of Prague, first of three children born to Jan Joseph Dussek, organist and composer, and Veronika Stebetová a harpist and daughter of a judge.
Les Paladins, a comédie lyrique by Jean Philippe Rameau (76), is performed for the first time, at the Paris Opéra.
13 February 1760 François André Danican-Philidor (33) marries Angélique-Henriette-Elisabeth Richer in the Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris. She is a distant relative, an excellent singer and harpsichordist, the daughter of a royal musician and from a family of renowned musicians.
Le maître en droit, an opéra bouffon by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (30) to words of Lemonnier after La Fontaine, is performed for the first time, in Foire St.-Germain, Paris. It is well received.
14 February 1760 The Jovial Crew or the Merry Beggars, a comic opera by Thomas Augustine Arne (49) to words of Roome, Concanen and Yonge after Brome, is performed for the first time, in Covent Garden, London.
16 February 1760 Franz Georg Karl Anton replaces Friedrich Ferdinand Franz Anton as Count of Leyen and Hohengeroldseck.
21 February 1760 About 600 French troops land in Ireland and capture the town of Carrickfergus and its castle.
25 February 1760 French troops are withdrawn from Carrickfergus, Ireland on to the ships that brought them.
28 February 1760 French ships withdraw from Carrickfergus Bay, Ireland.
English physicist John Michell begins reading his paper “Essay on the Causes of the Phenomena of Earthquakes” to the Royal Society in London. He postulates that earthquakes are caused when water meets underground fire. The force generated then creates waves through the earth’s crust. He also suggests how to determine the point of origin for an earthquake, thus introducing the concept of an “epicenter.”
3 March 1760 Francesco Geminiani (72) performs in public for the last time, at the Great Musick Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublin.
6 March 1760 Le quiproquo, ou Le volage fixé, an opéra comique by François André Danican-Philidor (33) to words of Moustou, is performed for the first time, in the Comédie Italienne, Paris. The music is a success but the words are a disaster.
12 March 1760 Zimri, an oratorio by John Stanley (48) to words of Hawkesworth, is performed for the first time, in Covent Garden, London.
13 March 1760 In Rolvenden, John Wesley and 15 other Methodists are arrested in a private home by the local magistrate while engaged in a religious service.
14 March 1760 Johann Anton Fils dies in Mannheim, aged 26 years, five months and 21 days.
Della passione di Gesù Cristo, a cantata by Giovanni Battista Sammartini (59), is performed for the first time, in San Fedele, Milan.
15 March 1760 John Wesley and 15 other Methodists are found guilty of violating the Conventicle Act of 1760, “that they…were then present assembled together, under pretence of the exercise of religion in other manner than according to the Liturgy and practice of the Church of England…” They are all fined.
19 March 1760 Domine ad adiuvandum in G for soprano, alto, chorus, and orchestra, and Confitebor tibi Domine for four vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra by Johann Christian Bach (24) are performed for the first time, in Milan.
10 April 1760 Nicola Porpora (73) takes up his duties at the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto, Naples.
28 April 1760 Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu, a sacred oratorio by Georg Philipp Telemann (79) to words of Ramler, is performed for the first time, in Hamburg.
British troops from Quebec attack a French force near Quebec but are pushed back into the city. The French begin a siege and the shelling of the town.
29 April 1760 William Boyce (48) announces in the Public Advertiser that the first volume of his Cathedral Music is now being printed and should be ready by Summer.
5 May 1760 Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, having been found guilty by his peers of murdering his steward last 18 January, and despite evidence of his insanity, is hanged at Tyburn. (Lord Ferrers was the last member of the House of Lords to be executed in England.)
10 May 1760 Johann Christoph Graupner dies in Darmstadt, aged 77 years, three months and 27 days.
12 May 1760 The mortal remains of Johann Christoph Graupner are laid to rest in Darmstadt.
13 May 1760 Torriglia is made a principality under Prince Giovanni Andrea IV.
Dove, amata germana, dove corri si lieta?, a cantata by Johann Adolf Hasse (61) to words of Metastasio, is performed for the first time, in Vienna. It features two solo parts performed by Archduchess Maria Carolina, age 8 and Archduchess Maria Antonia, age 5, to celebrate the birthday of their mother, Empress Maria Theresia.
14 May 1760 I Tindaridi, an opera seria by Tommaso Traetta (33) to words of Frugoni after Bernard, is performed for the first time, in Teatro Ducale, Parma.
16 May 1760 With the recent arrival of British reinforcements, the French are required to lift their siege of Quebec and retreat west.
30 May 1760 The second version of Il trionfo di Camilla, an opera eroico by Nicola Porpora (73) to words of Stampiglia revised by Lorenzi, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Carlo, Naples.
3 June 1760 The convictions of John Wesley and 15 other Methodists of last 15 March are quashed by the Court of King’s Bench.
11 June 1760 Solimano, an opera seria by Baldassare Galuppi (53) to words of Migliavacca, is performed for the first time, in Teatro Nuovo, Padua.
19 June 1760 The Prussian bombardment of Dresden destroys the complete edition of the works of Johann Adolf Hasse (61) being prepared by Firma Breitkopf.
23 June 1760 Prussian forces receive a crushing defeat at the hands of the Austrians at Landshut (Kamienna Góra), 65 km southwest of Breslau (Wroclaw).
26 July 1760 Austrian forces capture Glatz (Klodzko), 80 km south of Breslau (Wroclaw).
28 July 1760 Having failed in Dublin, Samuel Foote’s revised version of his The Minor opens in the Haymarket Theatre to great acclaim. It is a satire on Methodism.
7 August 1760 The publication of the Symphony D-12 by Johann Stamitz (†3) is advertised in Annonces, Paris.
8 August 1760 The British garrison of Fort Loudon in Macon County, North Carolina is starved into surrender by the French and their allies.
9 August 1760 Cherokees kill all the defenders of Fort Loudon but one.
11 August 1760 Der Herr behüte dich, a cantata by Georg Philipp Telemann (79), is performed for the first time, for the installation of Berthold Nicolaus Krohn as priest in St. Maria Magdalena, Hamburg.
14 August 1760 Le soldat magicién, an opéra comique by François André Danican-Philidor (33) to words of Anseaume, is performed for the first time, at the Théâtre de la Foire St. Lauent, Paris. It is very successful.
15 August 1760 Prussian troops defeat the Austrians at Liegnitz (Lignica), 60 km west of Breslau (Wroclaw).
22 August 1760 Johann Christian Bach (24) passes an audition “with distinction” to become organist of Milan Cathedral.
24 August 1760 After a battle of four days, the French surrender Fort Lévis on Île Royale (Chimney Island, New York) to the British.
29 August 1760 John Antes (20) is admitted to the Single Brethren’s Choir in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
1 September 1760 An overture by Johann Christian Bach (24) is performed for the first time, in Teatro Carignano, Turin to open Gli uccellatori, a dramma giocoso mostly by Florian Leopold Gassmann (31) to words of Goldoni.
3 September 1760 La feste d’Imeneo, a serenata by Tommaso Traetta (33) to words of Frugoni after Roy, is performed for the first time, in Teatro Ducale, Parma.
9 September 1760 British forces capture Montreal, the last important French garrison in Canada.
10 September 1760 Agostino Lomellini replaces Giovanni Matteo Francesco Maria Franzoni as Doge of Genoa.
14 September 1760 Luigi Carlo Zanobi Salvadore Maria Cherubini is born in Florence, tenth of twelve children born to Bartolomeo Cherubini, maestro al cembalo at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence. (The date of Cherubini’s birth may be 8 September)
18 September 1760 Two works by Georg Philipp Telemann (79) to words of Paulli are performed for the first time, in Hamburg: the oratorio Herr, du bist gerecht and the serenata Wir nähren, wir zieren.
29 September 1760 The cantatas Lob Ehr und Preis TWV 1: 1057 by Georg Philipp Telemann (79) is performed for the first time, in Hamburg.
6 October 1760 Joseph, son of Emperor Franz I, marries Isabella, the daughter of Duke Filippo of Parma and granddaughter of King Louis XV of France, in the Hofkirche, Vienna.
8 October 1760 Alcide al bivio, a festa teatrale by Johann Adolf Hasse (61) to words of Metastasio, is performed for the first time, in the Burgtheater, Vienna, to celebrate the wedding of Crown Prince Joseph to Princess Isabella of Parma.
9 October 1760 Russian and Imperial troops capture Berlin and set it alight.
10 October 1760 Tokugawa Ieharu becomes Shogun in Japan.
Tetide, a serenata by Christoph Willibald Gluck (46) to words of Migliavacca, is performed for the first time, in the Vienna Hofburg to celebrate the wedding of Crown Prince Joseph to Princess Isabella of Parma.
13 October 1760 With the arrival of Prussian troops from Silesia, Russian and Imperial forces withdraw from Berlin.
16 October 1760 Dienet dem Herrn mit Freuden, a cantata by Georg Philipp Telemann (79), is performed for the first time, for the installation of Friedrich August Selle as priest at Döse Amt, Ritzebüttel.
25 October 1760 George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover dies in London and is succeeded in both positions by his grandson, George III.
3 November 1760 Prussian forces defeat Imperial troops at Torgau, 110 km south of Berlin. As a result, the Emperor evacuates all of Saxony except Dresden.
4 November 1760 Caio Fabrizio, an opera seria by Niccolò Jommelli (46) to words of Verazi, is performed for the first time, in the Mannheim Hoftheater.
8 November 1760 British troops destroy the fortifications at Louisbourg.
11 November 1760 The souls of the righteous, an orchestral anthem by William Boyce (49), is performed for the first time, during funeral ceremonies for King George II in London.
15 November 1760 L’amante di tutte, a dramma giocoso by Baldassare Galuppi (54) to words of his son Antonio, is performed for the first time, in Teatro San Moisè, Venice.
17 November 1760 The Tears and Triumphs of Parnassus, a masque by John Stanley (48) to words of Lloyd and Murphy, is performed for the first time, in Drury Lane Theatre, London.
19 November 1760 Lieber König, du bist tot TWV 4: 15, a funeral cantata in honor of King George II of Great Britain by Georg Philipp Telemann (79), is performed for the first time, in Hamburg.
26 November 1760 Franz Joseph Haydn (28) marries Maria Anna Aloysia Apollonia Keller in St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna. She is the daughter of wigmaker Johann Peter Keller who took in the young Haydn after he left the cathedral school.
27 November 1760 Mrs. Teresa Cornelys, a former opera singer, holds the first meeting of “The Society” at her mansion in Soho Square. They are a group of subscribers who meet to hear music especially and they will have a great impact on London’s musical life.
28 November 1760 Thomas Augustine Arne’s comic opera (50) Thomas and Sally, or The Sailor’s Return to words of Bickerstaffe is performed for the first time, in Covent Garden, London.
29 November 1760 British and Iroquois occupy Fort Detroit.
6 December 1760 British forces occupy Pondicherry, India but it will not be until next 15 January that the French officially surrender the town.
8 December 1760 Johann Adolf Hasse’s (61) cantata Apprendesti, o germana to words of Metastasio is performed for the first time, at the Royal Court, Vienna. Like the cantata of 13 May, this features two solo parts performed by the young royal children, Archduchesses Maria Carolina and Maria Antonia. It celebrates the birthday of their father, Emperor Franz I.
25 December 1760 The cantata Auf Zion TWV 1: 109 by Georg Philipp Telemann (79) is performed for the first time, in Hamburg.
26 December 1760 Artaserse, an opera by Johann Christian Bach (25) to words after Metastasio, is performed for the first time, in the Teatro Regio, Turin. This will greatly enhance Bach’s reputation as a composer.
31 December 1760 Austrian physician Leopold Auenbrugger pens the preface to his masterpiece Inventum Novum ex Percussione Thoracis Humani, ut Signo, Abstrusos Interni Pectoris Morbos Detegendi, (New Discovery for detecting, by means of percussion, the obscure diseases of the chest). It pioneers the diagnosis of medical ailments by tapping the chest. The book will be published in Vienna in 1761. See 30 April 1781.
©Paul Scharfenberger 2004-2012
1 June 2012
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