| | theoretical works on music. (1760). | | | | Marpurg (Friedrich Wilhelm), born Moses Mendelssohn, | | 1718 in Prussia, died 1795. Organ and philosopher. | | clavichord compositions. Treatises | | on the Theory of Music. Winckelmann, | | antiquarian. | | Mozart (Leopold), father of the | | great Mozart, born 1719 at Augsburg, Garrick, actor. | | died 1789. Composed 4 Operas, 12 | | Oratorios, many symphonies, and other Joseph II., Emperor | | instrumental and vocal music. Also a of Austria | | Violin School. (1765). | | | | Gerbert (Martin), Abbot, born 1720 Mesmer, a German | | in Austria, died 1792. History of physician, | | sacred music. publishes his | | 'Theory of | | Animal Magnetism' | | (1766). | | | | Blackstone publishes | | Benda (Georg), born 1721 in Bohemia, his 'Commentaries | | died 1795. Composed 14 Operas, on | | some melodramas, cantatas, and the Laws of | | instrumental music. England' (1767). | | | | Kirnberger (Johann Philipp), born Corsica becomes | | 1721 in Thuringia, Germany, died 1783. French (1768). | | Composed fugues and other pieces | | for the clavichord and pianoforte. Napoleon Buonaparte | | Author of several works on the born at | | theory of music. Ajaccio, in Corsica | | (1769). | | | | Death of Emanuel | 1770 | The Pianoforte begins to supersede Swedenborg, | | the clavichord and clavicembalo founder | | (English harpsichord). of a new religious | | sect | | Piccini (Nicolo), born 1728 at (1772). | | Naples, died 1800. Composed above 130 | | Operas, several Oratorios, psalms, | | etc. Sheridan publishes | | his first | | GLUCK (CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD VON), drama, 'The | | born 1714 at Weidenwang, Germany, died Rivals' (1775). | | 1787. Composed 21 Operas, 8 of which | | are to Italian words, and 13 are to Pestalozzi founds | | French words. A De Profundis, a Ballet