Events in Music
- Feb 20 George Frideric Handel's opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto" premieres at the King's Theatre in Haymarket, London
- Apr 7 Johann Sebastian Bach's "St John Passion" premieres in Leipzig
- Oct 31 George Frideric Handel's opera "Tamerlano" premieres at the King's Theatre in London
Musicians Born in 1724
- Jan 30 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, German composer, born in Rosenheim, Upper Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1797)
- Feb 29 Eva Marie Veigel [La Violette], Austrian ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick, born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1822)
- Apr 27 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, Czech composer, born in Prague, Czech Republic (d. 1784)
- Sep 14 Ignaz Vitzthumb, Austrian musician, composer, and conductor, born in Baden bei Wien, Austria (d. 1816)
- Oct 1 Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer, born in Forlì, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy (d. 1808)
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Musicians Who Died in 1724
- Feb 13 Francisco Jose Coutinho, Portuguese composer, dies at 43
- Jun 24 Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77
- Aug 24 Andreas Kneller, German composer, dies at 75
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