Events in Music History in 1786

Marriage of Figaro

May 1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Vienna with Mozart himself directing

Kilmarnock Edition

Jul 31 "Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish dialect" by Robert Burns, known also as the Kilmarnock Edition is published by John Wilson in Kilmarnock, Scotland

  • Nov 7 The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded in Boston, Massachusetts as the Stoughton Musical Society