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EVENTS

Luigi Boccherini becomes court composer in Berlin.

Ludwig Van Beethoven goes to Vienna , where he meets Mozart, but his mother's death forces him to return to Bonn .

Luigi Cherubini settles in Paris.

OPERA

'' Don Giovanni '' was first performed in Prague. Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte .

'' Don Giovanni '' by Giuseppe Gazzaniga .

'' Tarare '' by Antonio Salieri , libretto by Beaumarchais

CLASSICAL MUSIC

''Two Symphonies'' - Muzio Clementi

''Sonata for Organ "In the Guise of a Military Band..."'' - Giuseppe Gherardeschi

'' Seven Last Words Of Christ '' - Joseph Haydn

''Symphony No. 89 in F major'' - Haydn

''Symphony in E minor'' - Joseph Martin Kraus

BIRTHS

January 8 - Johann Ludwig Bohner , composer

February 13 - James P. Carrell , composer

August 15 - Alexander Aliabiev , composer

September 1 - John Bake , composer

October 30 - Karl Guhr , composer

November 17 - Michele Carafa , composer

November 27 - Christian Rummel

December 1 - Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov , composer

DEATHS

May 13 - Johann Michael Malzat , composer

May 28 - Leopold Mozart

June 20 - Carl Friedrich Abel , viola da gamba player and composer

November 23 - Anton Schweitzer

November 25 - Franz Xavier Gruber , organist and composer of "Silent Night"

November 15 - Christoph Willibald Gluck