1775 - Music

Music

Opera: La finta Giordiniera 1/13 at Munich, with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Il Re Pastore 4/23 at Salzburg, with music by W. A. Mozart, libretto by Pietro Metastasio, now 77; Viennese soprano Catarina Cavalieri (Franziska Helena Appolonia Kavalier), 15, makes her debut 4/29 as Sandrina in Anfossi's La finta giardiniera at Vienna's Kärtnerthortheater; The Duenna 11/29 at London's Royal Theatre in Covent Garden, with music by English composer Thomas Linley, 42, libretto by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Stage musical: Maid of the Oaks at London with music by London-born playwright and composer John Burgoyne, 53, songs that include "The World Turned Upside Down" (from an old English ballad). Son of an army captain, Burgoyne served as an officer in the Seven Years' War and is married to a daughter of the rich and powerful Edward Stanley, 11th earl of Derby, who is now 85 and has used his influence to advance his son-in-law's military and political career (see politics, 1777).

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at Salzburg writes five violin concerti between April 14 and December 20, each in 1 day except for the Concerto No. 4 in D major, which he works on over the course of a month and completes in October.

First performances: Concerto No. 5 in A major for Violin and Orchestra (Turkish) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 12/20 at Salzburg.

Popular song: "Yankee Doodle" with lyrics to an old English tune. American colonist Edward Barnes has written the words that will be popular in the Continental Army.