1737. With other artists, Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel influenced their time (baroque era / classical era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Antonio Stradivari. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Castor et Pollux” de Jean-Philippe Rameau, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1737 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 50 of these moments for 1737.
1737, from day to day
January
09
Birth of Henri LarrivéeThat year: 1737, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1802)
12
Premiere of ArminioThat year: 1737, Classical music (Opera), George Frideric Handel
19
Birth of Giuseppe MillicoThat year: 1737, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1802)
February
16
Premiere of GiustinoThat year: 1737, Classical music (Opera), George Frideric Handel
March
02
Death of Antonín GörbigThat year: 1737, Classical music, composer (born in 1684)
09
Birth of Josef MyslivečekThat year: 1737, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 1781)
27
Birth of Francesco ZannettiThat year: 1737, Classical music, composer, opera singer (dead in 1788)
April
02
Death of Antonio MontanariThat year: 1737, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1676)
10
Birth of François GiroustThat year: 1737, Classical music, composer (dead in 1799)
12
Death of Johann Sigismund WeissThat year: 1737, Classical music, composer (born in 1690)
May
03
Birth of Friedrich SchwindlThat year: 1737, Classical music, Dutch composer (dead in 1786)
18
Premiere of BereniceThat year: 1737, Classical music (Opera), George Frideric Handel
Birth of Gottlob BurmannThat year: 1737, Classical music, German poet (dead in 1805)
30
Death of Jean-Claude GillierThat year: 1737, Classical music, composer (born in 1667)
July
06
Death of Pietro TorriThat year: 1737, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1650)
August
14
Death of Johann Jacob HofferThat year: 1737, Classical music, composer (born in 1673)
September
06
Birth of Johann Gottfried Berwald, d.y.That year: 1737, Classical music, violinist (dead in 1814)
14
Birth of Michael HaydnThat year: 1737, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1806)
21
Birth of Francis HopkinsonThat year: 1737, Classical music, American politician, judge, and author 1737-1791 (dead in 1791)
22
Death of Michel Pignolet de MontéclairThat year: 1737, Classical music, French composer (born in 1667)
Death of Francesco ManciniThat year: 1737, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1672)
October
13
Birth of Antoine TrialThat year: 1737, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1795)
15
Death of Matteo SassanoThat year: 1737, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1667)
22
Birth of Vincenzo ManfrediniThat year: 1737, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1799)
November
07
Birth of José CastelThat year: 1737, Classical music, Spanish musician (dead in 1807)
December
18
Death of Antonio StradivariThat year: 1737, Classical music, Italian stringed instrument maker (born in 1644)
28
Birth of Johann Gottfried SchwanbergerThat year: 1737, Classical music, German composer and pianist (dead in 1804)
This was also in 1737
Death of Richard CharkeThat year: 1737, Classical music, English violinist, composer, operatic baritone and playwright (born in 1709). Death of Carl Johann Friedrich HaltmeierThat year: 1737, Classical music, composer (born in 1728). Birth of William PaxtonThat year: 1737, Classical music, English cellist (dead in 1781). Inauguration: Teatro di San CarloThat year: 1737, Classical music (Naples, Italy). Death of Johann Konrad GeisthirtThat year: 1737, Classical music, composer (born in 1672). Inauguration: Théâtre du CapitoleThat year: 1737, Classical music (Toulouse, France). Death of David PetersenThat year: 1737, Classical music, Dutch composer (born in 1651). Death of Giorgio GentiliThat year: 1737, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1669).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Antonio Vivaldi (age 59) - Catone in Utica (Opera)
- Il giorno felice (Opera)
- L’oracolo in Messenia (Opera)
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Georg Philipp Telemann (age 56) - 6 Paris Quartets (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Jesu, deine heligen Wunden (Work for choir)
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Jean-Philippe Rameau (age 54) -
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Johann Sebastian Bach (age 52) - Angenehmes WiederauThat year: 1737, Classical music (Work for choir)
- Sonata for flute or recorder and harpsichord in B minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
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George Frideric Handel (age 52) - Il trionfo del Tempo e della VeritàThat year: 1737, Classical music (Work for choir), published in 1707
- The ways of Zion do mourn or Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline (Work for choir)
- I like the am'rous Youth that's free (Song, lied)
- Carco sempre di gloria (Work for choir)
