1739 in music
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- March 27 Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
performs the Brockes-Passion TWV 5: 1 at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig. - September – Leopold MozartLeopold MozartJohann Georg Leopold Mozart was a German composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist. Mozart is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule.-Childhood and student years:He was born in Augsburg, son of...
is expelled from the Benedictine University of SalzburgUniversity of SalzburgThe University of Salzburg, or Paris Lodron University after its founder, the Prince Archbishop Paris Lodron, is located in the Austrian city of Salzburg, Salzburgerland, home of Mozart. It is divided into 4 faculties: catholic theology, law, humanities and natural science.Founded in 1622, it...
for poor attendance. - 1739–1749 Bach revises his St John Passion BWV 245 (BC D 2e)--version never performed during his lifetime (version we know today).
- 1739–1742 Bach starts revising some of his WeimarWeimarWeimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...
period Chorale preludeChorale preludeIn music, a chorale prelude is a short liturgical composition for organ using a chorale tune as its basis. It was a predominant style of the German Baroque era and reached its culmination in the works of J.S. Bach, who wrote 46 examples of the form in his Orgelbüchlein.-Function:The liturgical...
s in a new manuscript (the so-called Great Eighteen Chorale PreludesGreat Eighteen Chorale PreludesThe Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes, BWV 651–668, are a set of chorale preludes for organ prepared by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig in his final decade 1740-1750, from earlier works composed in Weimar, where he was court organist...
BWV 651-668). Included at this period are BWV 651–663. The manuscript would also contain his Sonatas BWV 525-530 (1727-1732) and also his Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her"Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her"The Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her" , BWV 769, are a set of five variations in canon for organ with two manuals and pedals by Johann Sebastian Bach on the Christmas hymn by Martin Luther of the same name...
BWV 769 (1747).
Classical music
- Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
– Clavier Übung, book 3, a collection of organ music - George Frederic Handel – Israel in Egypt, an oratorio, premièred in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
Opera
- Domenico AlbertiDomenico AlbertiDomenico Alberti was an Italian singer, harpsichordist, and composer whose works bridge the Baroque and Classical periods....
— Olimpiade - Leonardo LeoLeonardo LeoLeonardo Leo , more correctly Lionardo Oronzo Salvatore de Leo, was an Italian Baroque composer.-Biography:...
— La Finta Frascatana (also known as Amor vuol sofferenze) - Giovanni Battista PescettiGiovanni Battista PescettiGiovanni Battista Pescetti was an organist and composer. Born in Venice around 1704, he studied under Antonio Lotti for some time...
— Angelica e MedoroAngelica and MedoroAngelica and Medoro was a popular theme for Romantic painters, composers and writers from the sixteenth until the nineteenth century. Angelica and Medoro are two characters from the siwteenth-century Italian epic Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto... - Pietro Pulli — Il carnevale e la pazzia
- Jean-Philippe RameauJean-Philippe RameauJean-Philippe Rameau was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era. He replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is also considered the leading French composer for the harpsichord of his time, alongside François...
- DardanusDardanus (opera)Dardanus is an opera in five acts by Jean-Philippe Rameau. The French libretto was by Charles-Antoine Leclerc de La Bruère.-Performance history:It was first performed at the Académie de musique in Paris on November 19, 1739...
- Les fêtes d'HébéLes fêtes d'HébéLes fêtes d'Hébé, ou Les talents lyriques is an opéra-ballet in a prologue and three entrées by the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. The libretto was written by Antoine Gautier de Montdorge...
- Dardanus
- Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace RoyerJoseph-Nicolas-Pancrace RoyerJoseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer was a French composer and harpsichordist.Born in Turin, Royer went to Paris in 1725, and in 1734 became maître de musique des enfants de France, responsible for the musical education of the children of the king, Louis XV...
— Zaïde, reine de GrenadeZaïde, reine de GrenadeZaïde, reine de Grenade is a ballet-héroïque written by the French Baroque composer Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer Zaïde, reine de Grenade (Zaïde, Queen of Grenada) is a ballet-héroïque written by the French Baroque composer Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer Zaïde, reine de Grenade (Zaïde, Queen of...
Births
- May 12 – Johann Baptist VanhalJohann Baptist VanhalJohann Baptist Vanhal also spelled Wanhal, Waṅhall or Wanhall was an important classical music composer born in Nechanice, Bohemia to a Czech family.- Biography :...
, composer (died 1813) - August 28 – Agostino AccorimboniAgostino AccorimboniAgostino Accorimboni , last name also given as Accoramboni, Accorimbeni or Accorrimboni, was an Italian composer known mostly for his operas...
, opera composer (died 1818) - September 7 or 8 – Joseph LegrosJoseph LegrosJoseph Legros was a French singer and composer of the 18th century. He is best remembered for his association with the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck...
, singer and composer (died 1793) - October 24 – Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, composer (died 1807)
- November 2 – Carl Ditters von DittersdorfCarl Ditters von Dittersdorf----August Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf was an Austrian composer, violinist and silvologist.-1739-1764:...
, composer (died 1799) - November 5 – Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of EglintonHugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of EglintonSir Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton KT was a Scottish peer, politician, and composer. He was the grandfather of Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton....
, politician and composer (died 1819)
Deaths
- April 25 – Santiago de MurciaSantiago de MurciaSantiago de Murcia , was a Spanish guitarist and composer.-Biography:Until new research was published in 2008, few details about the life of Santiago de Murcia were known. However it is now known that he was born in Madrid and that his parents were Juan de Murcia and Magdalena Hernandez...
, guitarist and composer (born 1673) - May 9 – Carlo Ignazio MonzaCarlo Ignazio MonzaCarlo Ignazio Monza was an Italian composer. He was born in Milan and died in Vercelli. Works of his were possibly among the music that formed the basis for the Pulcinella score by Igor Stravinsky. There are recordings of Monza's harpsichord music by Terence Charlston.-External links:*...
, composer (born c. 1680) - May 27 – Johann Gottfried Bernhard BachJohann Gottfried Bernhard BachJohann Gottfried Bernhard Bach was the fourth child to reach adulthood of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. Born in Weimar, he attended the Thomasschule in Leipzig, his father providing for his musical formation...
, organist, son of Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
(born 1715) - July 24 – Benedetto MarcelloBenedetto MarcelloBenedetto Marcello was a Venetian composer, writer, advocate, magistrate, and teacher.-Life:...
, composer (born 1686) - September 12 – Reinhard KeiserReinhard KeiserReinhard Keiser was a popular German opera composer based in Hamburg. He wrote over a hundred operas, and in 1745 Johann Adolph Scheibe considered him an equal to Johann Kuhnau, George Frideric Handel and Georg Philipp Telemann , but his work was largely forgotten for many...
, composer (born 1674) - date unknown – Antonio BioniAntonio BioniAntonio Bioni was an Italian composer best known for his operas.He was born in Venice.-Operas:*Climene *Mitridate *Cajo Mario *Udine...
, opera composer (born 1698) - probable – Jean-Adam GuilainJean-Adam GuilainJean-Adam Guilain was a German organist and harpsichordist who was mostly active in Paris during the first half of the eighteenth century....
, organist and harpsichordist (born c. 1680)