1740. With other artists, Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Sebastian Bach and Antonio Vivaldi influenced their time (baroque era / classical era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Giovanni Paisiello, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato” de George Frideric Handel, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1740 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 80 of these moments for 1740.
1740, from day to day
January
02
Death of Johann Georg WeichenbergerThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer, lutenist (born in 1676)
05
Death of Antonio LottiThat year: 1740, Classical music, Italian Baroque composer (born in 1667)
13
Death of William TurnerThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer and countertenor of the Baroque era (born in 1651)
19
Death of Michele GabelloneThat year: 1740, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1692)
25
Death of Geminiano GiacomelliThat year: 1740, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1692)
February
03
Birth of Guillaume LasceuxThat year: 1740, Classical music, French organist and composer (dead in 1831)
04
Birth of Carl Michael BellmanThat year: 1740, Classical music, Swedish poet, songwriter, composer and performer (dead in 1795)
07
Death of Vincent LübeckThat year: 1740, Classical music, German composer and organist (born in 1654)
12
Birth of Matěj SojkaThat year: 1740, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (dead in 1817)
13
Birth of Sophie ArnouldThat year: 1740, Classical music, French soprano (dead in 1802)
15
Birth of Ernst EichnerThat year: 1740, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1777)
27
Premiere of L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il ModeratoThat year: 1740, Classical music (Work for choir), George Frideric Handel
April
04
Birth of Wolfgang Nicolaus HaueisenThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer (dead in 1804)
23
Death of Daniel CronerThat year: 1740, Classical music, Transylvanian theologian and organist (born in 1656)
May
09
Birth of Giovanni PaisielloThat year: 1740, Classical music, Italian composer of the Classical era (dead in 1816)
21
Birth of Gaspare PacchierottiThat year: 1740, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1821)
24
Birth of Edmund AngererThat year: 1740, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1794)
27
Birth of Joseph FrikeThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer (dead in 1798)
June
08
Birth of Gabriele Mario PiozziThat year: 1740, Classical music, British opera singer and composer (dead in 1809)
Birth of Gabriele Mario PiozziThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer (dead in 1809)
11
Birth of Luigi GattiThat year: 1740, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1817)
July
27
Birth of Agrafena Musina-PushkinaThat year: 1740, Classical music, Russian actor and opera singer (dead in 1782)
August
10
Birth of Samuel ArnoldThat year: 1740, Classical music, English composer and organist (dead in 1802)
October
07
Birth of Samuel WebbeThat year: 1740, Classical music, English composer (dead in 1816)
November
14
Birth of Johann van BeethovenThat year: 1740, Classical music, German musician, teacher, and singer, father of Ludwig van Beethoven (dead in 1792)
22
Premiere of ImeneoThat year: 1740, Classical music (Opera), George Frideric Handel
December
10
Death of Giovanni Francesco Maria MarchiThat year: 1740, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1689)
13
Birth of Franz Xaver SchnizerThat year: 1740, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1785)
23
Birth of Elisabeth OlinThat year: 1740, Classical music, singer (dead in 1828)
This was also in 1740
Birth of Carl Friedrich BaumgartenThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer (dead in 1824). Birth of Andreas LidelThat year: 1740, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1789). Birth of Luigi GattiThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer (dead in 1817). Birth of Antonio LorenzitiThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer (dead in 1789). Birth of Antoine Légat de FurcyThat year: 1740, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1790). Birth of Christian Wilhelm PodbielskiThat year: 1740, Classical music, organist (dead in 1792). Birth of Giulia FrasiThat year: 1740, Classical music, 18th century Italian opera singer known for being Handel's "last prima donna". (dead in 1772). Death of Charles DieupartThat year: 1740, Classical music, French composer active in England (born in 1667). Birth of John AntesThat year: 1740, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1811). Birth of Arcangelo CalifanoThat year: 1740, Classical music, Italian composer and musician (dead in 1756). Birth of Anna di BonThat year: 1740, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1767). Birth of Giovanni Andrea SabatiniThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer (dead in 1808). Birth of Giuseppe JannaconiThat year: 1740, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1816). Death of Rosa BorosiniThat year: 1740, Classical music, 17th and 18th Century Italian soprano (born in 1693). Birth of Anton NeumannThat year: 1740, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 1776). Birth of Luca FabriThat year: 1740, Classical music, opera singer (castrato) (dead in 1769). Death of François ChauvonThat year: 1740, Classical music, French composer (born in 1700). Birth of Georg Caspar HodermannThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer (dead in 1802). Death of Domenico Maria DrejerThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer (born in 1680). Birth of Johann Caspar HeckThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer (dead in 1791). Birth of John Alcock Jr.That year: 1740, Classical music, composer (dead in 1791). Birth of Luffman AtterburyThat year: 1740, Classical music, English composer and musician (dead in 1796). Birth of Pasquale PericoliThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer (dead in 1770). Death of Thomas BabouThat year: 1740, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1656). Birth of Lorenzo BainiThat year: 1740, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1814). Birth of Johann Theodor GreinerThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer (dead in 1797). Birth of Mikhail KerzelliThat year: 1740, Classical music, Russian composer and conductor (dead in 1818). Birth of Pasquale FagoThat year: 1740, Classical music, Italian composer and politician (dead in 1794). Birth of Michael ArneThat year: 1740, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1786). Birth of Nicolas-Joseph ChartrainThat year: 1740, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 1793). Birth of Nicolas CapronThat year: 1740, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1784). Birth of Guglielmo EttoreThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer (dead in 1771). Birth of Cecília GrassiThat year: 1740, Classical music, Italian singer . Birth of Léopold Bastien DesormeryThat year: 1740, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1810). Birth of Nicolas DezèdeThat year: 1740, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1792). Birth of Theodore SmithThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer (dead in 1810). Birth of Carl Leopold RölligThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer (dead in 1804). Birth of Beatrice MatteiThat year: 1740, Classical music, composer (dead in 1750).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Antonio Vivaldi (age 62) - 6 Cello Sonatas, Opp. 14 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Jean-Philippe Rameau (age 57) - Cantate pour le jour de la Saint Louis (Work for choir)
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George Frideric Handel (age 55) - The Death of the Stag: When Phoebus the tops of the Hills does adorn (Song, lied)
- Yes, I'm in love (Song, lied)
- 7 Pieces for clock-organ in C major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Quel fior che all'alba ride (Work for choir)
- 11 Pieces for clock-organ (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Piece in D major (Work for orchestra)
- Spero indarno (Song, lied)
- Love's but the frailty of the mind (Song, lied)
- Chorale in G minor (Work for soloist)
- Organ Concerto in B-flat major, Op. 7 No. 1 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Concerto grosso in F major (Work for chamber orchestra)
