Chronological Index: 1788–1829

(83 documents)

1788

A Masonic musical academy in Vienna
Anton Grams advertises Don Giovanni
Mozart conducts C. P. E. Bach’s Die Auferstehung and Handel’s Judas Maccabeus
Friedrich Himmel performs a Mozart piano concerto in Dresden (addendum)
Figaro in Lübeck (spurious document)
Preisler hears Josepha Hortensia Müller play sonatas by Mozart and Auernhammer
Christoph Heinrich Girbert orders Entführung from Breitkopf

1789

A comparison with Mozart in a review of four-hand sonatas by Baron Münchhausen
A name day concert in Vienna with Mozart’s “newest symphonies”
May
Johann Jakob Engel and Mozart in Berlin
Lausch advertises Le nozze di Figaro for Harmonie
A review of the first Viennese revival of Le nozze di Figaro
A piece by Mozart on a concert in New York City
A review of the premiere of Don Giovanni in Bonn
Freystädtler advertises his Die Belagerung Belgrads with an endorsement from Mozart
The premiere of Die Hochzeit des Figaro in Bonn
Mozart minuets in a collection offered by subscription by Carl Immanuel Engel

1790

Report of the first performance of Così fan tutte
Mozart keyboard sonata performed at a concert in Calcutta
The Keilholz sisters in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Don Juan in Mannheim
Lausch advertises “Nun liebes Schätzchen” from Der Stein der Weisen
Mozart performs at a concert in Mainz
Mozart leads a rehearsal of Die Hochzeit des Figaro in Mannheim
The premiere of Die Hochzeit des Figaro in Mannheim
Mozart and Sterkel’s variations on “Lison dormait”
A newly-invented keyboard instrument that will not go out of tune

1791

The Habsburg court and guests attend Le nozze di Figaro
The Habsburg court and guests attend Der Stein der Weisen
A 'piano sonata' by Mozart in Jünger’s Er mengt sich in Alles
Johann Friedrich Jünger asks Mozart for a keyboard piece
Schröder and Kotzebue at the premiere of Liebe und Versuchung (Così fan tutte) in Frankfurt
Josepha Beck sings an aria from Die Entführung aus dem Serail for Schröder
Mozart named successor to Hofmann at St. Stephen’s Cathedral
Walburga Willmann as a student of Mozart
Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Thurn und Taxis court in Dischingen
The earliest published report on the premiere of Die Zauberflöte
Mozart is awarded the third receipts from Die Zauberflöte
An early report on Die Zauberflöte (addendum)
Mozart mentioned in a review of Sarti’s Le gelosie villane
Review of Don Juan in the Nationaltheater in Berlin (addendum)
Reference to Mozart in a review of keyboard variations by Joseph Augustin Gürrlich
Mozart in a review of Clementi’s Sonatas op. 23
On the reception of La clemenza di Tito in Prague
‘Das vortrefliche Singspiel’ Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Regensburg
Mozart as a model for the use of wind instruments
A reference to Mozart’s symphonic minuets
The earliest dated report of Mozart’s death
Two French reports of Mozart’s death
A report of Mozart’s death
Elector of Cologne gives Constanze 24 ducats
A benefit concert in Vienna for Constanze Mozart
A notice of Mozart’s death in Schubart’s Chronik
The earliest detailed report on Mozart’s Requiem
Dec
Notices of Mozart’s death in various English periodicals
Dec
References to Mozart's death in German newspapers

1792

Mozart in a review of Bibliothek der Grazien, 2. Jahrgang
The earliest known Dutch notice of Mozart’s death
A memorial concert for Mozart in Kassel (addendum)
Review of Mozart variations, K. 359 & K. 455
A memorial concert for Mozart in Hamburg
A personal response to the Mozart memorial concert in Hamburg and the Symphony in E-flat, K. 543
Mozart symphonies performed in Berlin concerts
Bernhard Wessely’s cantata Mozarts Urne at a memorial concert for Mozart in Berlin (addendum)
Bernhard Wessely, subscription for Mozarts Urne
Die Zauberflöte in preparation for Frankfurt
The earliest known performance of Die Zauberflöte outside Vienna
Sep
The improvement of the orchestra of the Nationaltheater in Berlin under Wessely (with reference to Figaro)
The premiere of Die Zauberflöte in Prague
Nov
Bernhard Wessely reviews Mozart’s Eine machts wie die andre (Così fan tutte)
Dec
Mozart in a fanciful list of musical works

1793