Events in Music
- Apr 15 Johann Sebastian Bach's "St Matthew Passion" premieres in Leipzig
Musicians Born in 1729
- 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, German composer and violinist, born in Nuremberg (d. 1796)
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Musicians Who Died in 1729
- 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
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