The year 1749 in classical music and in lyrical art
1749. With other artists, Giuseppe Tartini, George Frideric Handel and Tomaso Albinoni influenced their time (baroque era / classical era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Lorenzo da Da Ponte, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Mass in B minor” de Johann Sebastian Bach, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1749 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 1749.
1749, from day to day
January
08
Birth of Isaiah ThomasThat year: 1749, Classical music, Massachusetts printer, publisher and journalist (dead in 1831)
February
07
Death of André Cardinal DestouchesThat year: 1749, Classical music, French composer (born in 1672)
10
Premiere of SusannaThat year: 1749, Classical music (Work for choir), George Frideric Handel
18
Death of Johann Ernst GalliardThat year: 1749, Classical music, German composer (born in 1687)
22
Birth of Johann Nikolaus ForkelThat year: 1749, Classical music, German musician, musicologist and music theorist (dead in 1818)
Birth of Jakub Jan TrautzlThat year: 1749, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster, writer, organist and roman catholic priest (dead in 1834)
23
Birth of Elisabeth lisabeth MaraThat year: 1749, Classical music, German operatic soprano (1749–1833) (dead in 1833)
March
10
Birth of Lorenzo da Da PonteThat year: 1749, Classical music, opera librettist (1749-1838) (dead in 1838)
17
Premiere of SolomonThat year: 1749, Classical music (Work for choir), George Frideric Handel
21
Death of Marie PélissierThat year: 1749, Classical music, French opera singer (1707-1749) (born in 1707)
28
Birth of Hugo Franz Alexander Karl von KerpenThat year: 1749, Classical music, composer (dead in 1802)
April
22
Composition of NaïsThat year: 1749, Classical music (Opera), Jean-Philippe Rameau
27
Premiere of Music for the Royal FireworksThat year: 1749, Classical music (Work for orchestra), George Frideric Handel
May
05
Birth of Jean-Frédéric EdelmannThat year: 1749, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1794)
June
11
Death of Johann Bernhard Bach the elderThat year: 1749, Classical music, German composer (born in 1676)
15
Birth of Georg Joseph VoglerThat year: 1749, Classical music, German composer, organist, teacher and music theorist (dead in 1814)
26
Birth of Louis Joseph Saint-AmansThat year: 1749, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1820)
July
07
Birth of Polly YoungThat year: 1749, Classical music, Soprano, composer and harpsichordist (dead in 1799)
17
Death of Philip HartThat year: 1749, Classical music, composer (born in 1674)
August
26
Birth of Johann Ernst RembtThat year: 1749, Classical music, composer (dead in 1810)
September
22
Birth of Angélique D'HannetaireThat year: 1749, Classical music, French actress (dead in 1822)
October
04
Birth of Jean-Louis DuportThat year: 1749, Classical music, cellist and composer (dead in 1819)
08
Birth of Rosalie LevasseurThat year: 1749, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1826)
10
Birth of Heinrich Christoph KochThat year: 1749, Classical music, German musicologist and composer (dead in 1816)
26
Death of Louis-Nicolas ClérambaultThat year: 1749, Classical music, French composer and organist (born in 1676)
November
10
Birth of Maciej RadziwiłłThat year: 1749, Classical music, Polish-Lithuanian noble (dead in 1800)
19
Death of Carl Heinrich BiberThat year: 1749, Classical music, late Baroque Austrian violinist and composer (born in 1681)
27
Death of Gottfried Heinrich StölzelThat year: 1749, Classical music, German composer (born in 1690)
December
05
Premiere of ZoroastreThat year: 1749, Classical music (Opera), Jean-Philippe Rameau
Birth of Karel HankeThat year: 1749, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 1803)
17
Birth of Domenico CimarosaThat year: 1749, Classical music, Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school (dead in 1801)
19
Death of Francesco Antonio BonportiThat year: 1749, Classical music, Italian priest and composer (born in 1672)
30
Birth of Antonín KraftThat year: 1749, Classical music, Czech composer and violoncellist (dead in 1820)
This was also in 1749
Birth of Joseph AgusThat year: 1749, Classical music, composer (dead in 1798). Birth of Julien NavoigilleThat year: 1749, Classical music, musician (dead in 1831). Birth of Pierre LigouThat year: 1749, Classical music, opera composer (dead in 1822). Birth of Guillaume NavoigilleThat year: 1749, Classical music, musician (dead in 1811). Birth of Andrew LawThat year: 1749, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1821). Birth of Gottlieb Christian FügerThat year: 1749, Classical music, composer (dead in 1800). Death of Nicola Matteis Jr.That year: 1749, Classical music, composer (born in 1690).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Georg Philipp Telemann (age 68) - Jesu, meines Lebens Leben (Work for choir)
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Johann Sebastian Bach (age 64) - Mass in B minorThat year: 1749, Classical music (Work for choir)
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George Frideric Handel (age 64) - Blessed are they that considereth the poor or Foundling Hospital Anthem (Work for choir)
- How beautiful are the feet of them or His Anthem on the Peace or Peace Anthem (Work for choir)
- Concerto grosso in F major (Work for orchestra)
- Dell'onda instabile (Song, lied)
- Impari del mio core (Song, lied)
- Per dar pace al mio tormento (Song, lied)
- Quant'invidio tua fortuna (Song, lied)
- Organ Concerto in B-flat major, Op. 7 No. 6 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Concerto grosso in D major (Work for orchestra)
