The year 1748 in classical music and in lyrical art
1748. With other artists, Georg Philipp Telemann, Domenico Scarlatti and George Frideric Handel influenced their time (baroque era / classical era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Christian Gottlob Neefe, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Joshua” de George Frideric Handel, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1748 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 60 of these moments for 1748.
1748, from day to day
January
01
Birth of Giovanni FurnoThat year: 1748, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1837)
15
Birth of Maria Anna BraunhoferThat year: 1748, Classical music, singer (dead in 1819)
26
Birth of Emanuel Aloys FörsterThat year: 1748, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1823)
Death of Pierre RameauThat year: 1748, Classical music, French dancer (born in 1674)
Also in January
Death of Ignazio ProtaThat year: 1748, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1690) .
February
03
Birth of Josef FialaThat year: 1748, Classical music, Czech oboist, composer and violoncellist (1748-1816) (dead in 1816)
Death of Henry MadinThat year: 1748, Classical music, French composer (born in 1698)
05
Birth of Christian Gottlob NeefeThat year: 1748, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1798)
07
Birth of Etienne Bernard BarrièreThat year: 1748, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1818)
29
Premiere of ZaïsThat year: 1748, Classical music (Opera), Jean-Philippe Rameau
Also in February
Birth of Hedvig WigertThat year: 1748, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 1780) .
March
05
Birth of William ShieldThat year: 1748, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1829)
07
Death of William CorbettThat year: 1748, Classical music, English composer (1680-1748) (born in 1680)
09
Premiere of JoshuaThat year: 1748, Classical music (Work for choir), George Frideric Handel
11
Death of Giovanni BiordiThat year: 1748, Classical music, composer (born in 1691)
23
Death of Johann Gottfried WaltherThat year: 1748, Classical music, German musician and composer (born in 1684)
Also in March
Death of Jacob KleinThat year: 1748, Classical music, Dutch composer (born in 1688) .
April
06
Death of David KellnerThat year: 1748, Classical music, German composer (born in 1670)
07
Birth of Georg Wenzel RitterThat year: 1748, Classical music, composer (dead in 1808)
20
Birth of Georg Michael TelemannThat year: 1748, Classical music, German composer and theologian (dead in 1831)
May
05
Birth of Francesco AzopardiThat year: 1748, Classical music, Maltese composer (dead in 1809)
June
02
Birth of José LidónThat year: 1748, Classical music, Spanish musician (dead in 1827)
July
21
Birth of Louis Henri PaisibleThat year: 1748, Classical music, composer (dead in 1782)
August
03
Birth of Carl Ludwig JunkerThat year: 1748, Classical music, composer, parson (dead in 1797)
04
Birth of Maximilian StadlerThat year: 1748, Classical music, Austrian composer, musicologist and pianist (dead in 1833)
05
Death of Domenico ZanattaThat year: 1748, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1665)
11
Birth of Joseph SchusterThat year: 1748, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1812)
13
Birth of Michael Samuel David GattermannThat year: 1748, Classical music, composer (dead in 1829)
16
Death of Pier Giuseppe SandoniThat year: 1748, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1685)
27
Premiere of PigmalionThat year: 1748, Classical music (Ballet), Jean-Philippe Rameau
30
Birth of Henriette de Adélaïde Villard BeaumesnilThat year: 1748, Classical music, French woman opera singer and composer (dead in 1813)
31
Birth of Jean-Étienne DespréauxThat year: 1748, Classical music, French singer and dancer (dead in 1820)
September
14
Birth of Johann Paul SchulthesiusThat year: 1748, Classical music, German pianist and theologian (dead in 1816)
October
06
Birth of Franz SeydelmannThat year: 1748, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1806)
November
01
Birth of Christoph RheineckThat year: 1748, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1797)
23
Birth of Étienne-Joseph FloquetThat year: 1748, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1785)
27
Premiere of Les surprises de l'AmourThat year: 1748, Classical music (Ballet), Jean-Philippe Rameau
28
Death of Jacques LoeilletThat year: 1748, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1685)
30
Birth of Joachim AlbertiniThat year: 1748, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1811)
December
04
Birth of Barbara SierakowskaThat year: 1748, Classical music, Polish stage actor and opera singer (dead in 1831)
27
Birth of William MarshallThat year: 1748, Classical music, Scottish composer (dead in 1833)
This was also in 1748
Inauguration: OperalniaThat year: 1748, Classical music (Warsaw, Poland). Birth of Michael DobneyThat year: 1748, Classical music, composer (dead in 1823). Inauguration: Margravial Opera HouseThat year: 1748, Classical music (Bayreuth, Germany). Birth of Giovanna SestiniThat year: 1748, Classical music, Italian operatic soprano (dead in 1814). Birth of Nicola MestrinoThat year: 1748, Classical music, composer (dead in 1789). Birth of Ralph HarrisonThat year: 1748, Classical music, British minister (dead in 1810). Birth of Franziska Romana KochThat year: 1748, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1796). Death of Giovanni PerroniThat year: 1748, Classical music, Italian cellist and composer (born in 1688). Birth of Madame RavissaThat year: 1748, Classical music, Italian composer and pianist (dead in 1807). Birth of John PercyThat year: 1748, Classical music, composer (dead in 1797). Birth of Gottlieb Emanuel PlarrThat year: 1748, Classical music, composer (dead in 1800). Death of Laurent GervaisThat year: 1748, Classical music, composer (born in 1670).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Georg Philipp Telemann (age 67) - Wisset ihr, dass ihr (Work for choir)
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George Frideric Handel (age 63) - Alexander BalusThat year: 1748, Classical music (Work for choir)
- Concerto grosso in B-flat major (Work for orchestra)
- Concerto grosso in F major (Work for orchestra)
- Concerto grosso in F major (Work for orchestra)
- Organ Concerto in F major (Work for orchestra with soloist)
