1758. With other artists, Georg Philipp Telemann, George Frideric Handel and John Wesley influenced their time (baroque era / classical era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Carl Friedrich Zelter, while others would disappear.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1758 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 1758.
1758, from day to day
January
07
Death of Allan RamsayThat year: 1758, Classical music, Scottish poet (born in 1684)
28
Death of Johann Paul SchiffelholzThat year: 1758, Classical music, German Baroque composer (born in 1685)
February
07
Birth of Benedikt SchackThat year: 1758, Classical music, Austrian opera singer and composer (dead in 1826)
12
Birth of Christian Ignatius LatrobeThat year: 1758, Classical music, Moravian religious composer in England (dead in 1836)
14
Birth of François LaysThat year: 1758, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1831)
March
18
Birth of Eugen PauschThat year: 1758, Classical music, composer (dead in 1838)
22
Death of Richard LeveridgeThat year: 1758, Classical music, English composer (born in 1670)
24
Death of Nivard SommerThat year: 1758, Classical music, Czech composer, organist and religious (1713-1758) (born in 1713)
April
24
Birth of Frédéric BlasiusThat year: 1758, Classical music, French violinist, clarinetist, conductor, and composer (dead in 1829)
30
Death of François d'd'AgincourtThat year: 1758, Classical music, French harpsichordist, organist, composer (born in 1684)
May
16
Birth of DuquesnoyThat year: 1758, Classical music, French singer and composer (dead in 1822)
June
30
Birth of António Leal MoreiraThat year: 1758, Classical music, composer (dead in 1819)
Also in June
Death of John TraversThat year: 1758, Classical music, English composer (born in 1703) .
July
23
Birth of Timothy SwanThat year: 1758, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1842)
August
16
Birth of Henri-Joseph de CroesThat year: 1758, Classical music, composer (dead in 1842)
18
Birth of Alphonse de Fortia de PilesThat year: 1758, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1826)
20
Birth of Josep Gallés i SalabertThat year: 1758, Classical music, Catalan organist and composer (1758-1836) (dead in 1836)
25
Birth of Franz TeyberThat year: 1758, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1810)
September
25
Birth of Josepha Barbara AuernhammerThat year: 1758, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1820)
October
04
Death of Giuseppe Antonio BrescianelloThat year: 1758, Classical music, Italian composer and violinist (born in 1690)
07
Birth of Paul Anton WinebergerThat year: 1758, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1821)
14
Death of Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-BayreuthThat year: 1758, Classical music, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (born in 1709)
15
Death of Alessandro ToeschiThat year: 1758, Classical music, composer, violinist (born in 1700)
26
Birth of Carl Siegemund SchönebeckThat year: 1758, Classical music, German composer and cellist (dead in 1806)
November
20
Death of Johan Helmich RomanThat year: 1758, Classical music, Swedish Baroque composer (born in 1694)
December
02
Death of Joseph MeckThat year: 1758, Classical music, composer (born in 1690)
03
Birth of Louis AdamThat year: 1758, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1848)
Birth of Joseph GelínekThat year: 1758, Classical music, composer and pianist (dead in 1825)
Birth of Marie Louise MarcadetThat year: 1758, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 1804)
05
Death of Johann Friedrich FaschThat year: 1758, Classical music, German violinist and composer (born in 1688)
11
Birth of Carl Friedrich ZelterThat year: 1758, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1832)
16
Birth of John ElouisThat year: 1758, Classical music, composer (dead in 1833)
20
Death of Francesco Maria CattaneoThat year: 1758, Classical music, composer (born in 1697)
This was also in 1758
Birth of Charles LintantThat year: 1758, Classical music, composer (dead in 1830). Birth of Henriette Dauer-von EtzdorfThat year: 1758, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (dead in 1822). Birth of Juliane Caroline KochThat year: 1758, Classical music, German opera singer and pianist (dead in 1783). Birth of Simon ChenardThat year: 1758, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1832). Birth of Harriett AbramsThat year: 1758, Classical music, English musician, singer, composer (dead in 1821). Death of Giampaolo De DominiciThat year: 1758, Classical music, Italian actor, singer, musician, and composer (born in 1680). Death of Charles BâtonThat year: 1758, Classical music, composer (born in 1733). Birth of Antonín PlachýThat year: 1758, Classical music, composer (dead in 1826). Birth of John SaleThat year: 1758, Classical music, composer (dead in 1827). Death of Johann Balthasar KönigThat year: 1758, Classical music, German composer (born in 1691). Death of Giuseppe Ferdinando BrivioThat year: 1758, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1699). Birth of Pëtr Alekseevič SkokovThat year: 1758, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1817). Birth of Johan Fredrik GrenserThat year: 1758, Classical music, composer, flautist, oboist, violinist (dead in 1794). Death of Johann Ignaz BeyerThat year: 1758, Classical music, composer .
Works (composition or publishing)
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Georg Philipp Telemann (age 77) - Herr, starke mich, dein Leiden zu bedenken (Work for choir)
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Joseph Haydn (age 26) - Symphony No. 37 in C major (Work for orchestra)
