Events in Music
Music Premiere
Apr 15 Johann Sebastian Bach's "St Matthew Passion" premieres in Leipzig
Johann Sebastian Bach
Birthdays in Music
- Jan 22 Giuseppe Luigi Tibaldi, composer
- Apr 18 Gaétan Vestris, French ballet dancer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1808)
- May 2 Florian Johann Deller, Austrian composer, baptized in Drosendorf, Austria (d. 1773)
- May 3 Florian Leopold Gassmann, Bohemian composer, born in Brüx, Bohemia (d. 1774)
- Sep 22 George Wilhelm Gruber, composer
- Oct 16 (Pieter) Pierre van Maldere, Flemish violinist and composer, born in Brussels, Southern Low Countries (now Belgium), (d. 1768)
- Oct 17 Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer
- Dec 1 Giuseppe Sarti, Italian composer, born in Faenza, (d. 1802)
- Dec 3 Antonio Soler, Spanish Catalan composer (Fandango), born in Olot, Catalonia, Spain (d. 1783)
- Dec 20 Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, Czech composer, born in Městec Králové (d. 1794)
Deaths in Music
- Apr 11 Manuel de Egues, composer, dies at 71
- Jun 27 Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichordist, organist, singer, and composer (Les pièces de clavessin; Céphale et Procris), dies at 74
- Jul 16 Johann David Heinichen, German composer, dies at 46
- Aug 11 Nicola Francesco Haym, Italian composer, dies at 51
- Dec 1 Christian Ludwig Boxberg, German composer, dies at 59