1779—Bologna, Italy

The civic wind ensemble Concerto Palatino, after a 250-year existence, disbands. It had consisted of 4 cornetts and 4 trombones during most of its existence (Dickey, Cornett and Sackbut 99). In its place is formed an ensemble of standard military instrumentation: oboes, clarinets, horns, and bassoons. None of the original cornetts or trombones lose their jobs, they simply begin playing other wind instruments; this, along with other documentation, suggests that the players are already skilled on numerous wind instruments (Guion, Missing Link).