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Events
- April 8 - Johann Sebastian Bach in Tomaskirche ( Leipzig ) performed George Friedrich Handel’s passion Brockes Passion HWV 48 .
- Elias Gottlob Houseman completes his famous portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach.
- Bach adds two choral preludes (BWV 664 and 665) to his manuscript “ Eighteen Great Choral Preludes " (1746-1747).
Classical music
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Sechs Choräle von verschiedener Art .
- Georg Friedrich Handel - An Occasional Oratorio (HWV 62) to the words of the Irish librettist Newburgh Hamilton.
Opera
- Andrea Adolfati - La pace fra la virtù e la bellezza .
- Thomas Arn - Neptune and Amphitrite .
- Matteo Kapranika - Alcibiade .
- Jean-Marie Lecler - Scylla and Glaucus ( Scylla et Glaucus )
Born
- June 3 (likely) - James Hook , English composer and organist (died 1827 )
- November 15 - Joseph Kenel , Franco-Canadian composer, violinist, playwright and poet, director of the Canadian theater troupe (died 1809 )
Died
- March 30 - Jean-Joseph Fiocco , Flemish musician and composer of Italian descent (born in 1686 ).
- May 15 - Giovanni Antonio Ricieri ( Italian: Giovanni Antonio Ricieri ), Italian composer and music teacher (born in 1679 ). [one]
- August 27 - Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer , German composer of the Baroque era (born in 1656 )
- December 10 - Theodorico Pedrini , an Italian priest, musician and composer who spent 36 years at the imperial court of China as a missionary (born in 1671 )
- unknown date - Jean-Baptiste Malta ( French: Jean-Baptiste Malter ), French dancer and dance teacher (born in 1701 )
See also
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Notes
- ↑ Hugo Riemann. Richieri . Riemann's Musical Dictionary . Wikisource (1882) . Date of treatment November 7, 2016.