1780 in music
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See also: 1779 in music, other events of 1780, 1781 in music, list of years in music.
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Events
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composes his opera Idomeneo at Munich.
- The Danish national anthem, "Kong Kristian...", is first sung.
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen goes into its third edition.
Opera
Classical music
- Job (oratorio) by Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Births
- Peter Lichtenthal
- George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower, violinist
- January 14 - François-Joseph Dizi
- February 9 - Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer
- March 10 - Juan Jose Landaeta, composer
- May 22 - Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer
- May 28 - Joseph Frohlich, composer
- June 18 - Michael Henkel, composer
- July 25 - Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer
- November 3 - Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer
- November 16 - Robert Archibald Smith, composer
- November 22 - Conradin Kreutzer
Deaths
- Ignatius Sancho
- January 10 - Francesco Vallotti
- February 1 - Johann Ludwig Krebs
- April 21 - Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
- August 19 - Bernhard Haltenberger, composer