A CHRONOLOGICAL VIEW OF WESTERN MUSIC HISTORY IN THE CONTEXT OF WORLD EVENTS

Johann Adam Hiller

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December 25, 1728: Johann Adam Hiller is born in Wendisch-Ossig (Osiek Luzycki), near Görlitz, Electorate of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire, the son of a schoolmaster.
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May 28, 1766: Die verwandelten Weiber, oder Der Teufel ist los, erster Teil, a comische Oper by Johann Adam Hiller (37) to words of Weisse after Coffey, is performed for the first time, in Quandt’s Court, Leipzig. It is immediately successful.
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November 25, 1766: Lisuart und Dariolette, oder Die Frage und die Antwort, a romantisch-comische Oper by Johann Adam Hiller (37) to words of Schiebeler after Favart, is performed for the first time, in Theater am Rannstädter Thore, Leipzig.
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April 24, 1767: Lottchen am Hofe, a comische Oper by Johann Adam Hiller (38) to words of Weisse after Favart, is performed for the first time, in Theater am Rannstädter Thore, Leipzig.
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October 3, 1767: Die Muse, a Nachspiel by Johann Adam Hiller (38) to words of Schiebeler, is performed for the first time, in Theater am Rannstädter Thore, Leipzig.
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May 18, 1768: Die Liebe auf dem Lande, a comische Oper by Johann Adam Hiller (39) to words of Weisse after Favart and Anseaume, is performed for the first time, in Theater am Rannstädter Thore, Leipzig.
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January 29, 1770: Die Jagd, a comische Oper by Johann Adam Hiller (41) to words of Weisse after Collé, is performed for the first time, in the Kleines Schloss, Weimar. It is very successful.
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April 18, 1771: Der Dorfbalbier, a comische Operette by Johann Adam Hiller (42) and Christian Gottlob Neefe (23) to words of Weisse after Sedaine, is performed for the first time, at the Theater am Rannstädter Thore, Leipzig.
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August 17, 1772: Der Krieg, a comische Oper by Johann Adam Hiller (43) to words of Weisse and Ramler after Goldoni, is performed for the first time, in the Behrenstraßetheater, Berlin.
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April 5, 1773: Die Jubelhochzeit, a comsiche Oper by Johann Adam Hiller (44) to words of Weisse, is performed for the first time, in the Behrenstraßetheater, Berlin.
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January 17, 1779: Das Grab des Mufti, oder Die zwey Geizigen, a comsiche Oper by Johann Adam Hiller (50) to words of Maissner after de Falbaire, is performed for the first time, at Theater am Rannstädter Thore, Leipzig.
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November 25, 1781: Johann Adam Hiller (51) directs the first performance in the newly built Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
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June 16, 1804: Johann Adam Hiller dies in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony, aged 75 years, five months, and 22 days. His mortal remains will be laid to rest in the Alter Johannisfriedhof in Leipzig.