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1748 in music
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Events
Classical Music
Opera
Publications
Births
Deaths
References
Overview of the events of 1748 in music
List of years in music
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table
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Events
April 12
– Possible premiere of
Johann Sebastian Bach
's last
St Mark Passion pastiche
(BC D 5) at
St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
. In addition to two movements by Bach, he incorporates seven arias from
George Frideric Handel
's
Brockes Passion
HWV 48 into the work.
August 1748 – October 1749 – Repeat (possible concert hall) performance by Bach of Handel's
Brockes Passion
HWV 48 in a version by Bach.
1748–1749 –
Johann Sebastian Bach
composes his
Mass in B minor
BWV 232 (BC E 1).
Holywell Music Room
,
Oxford
, England, the first purpose-built concert hall in Europe, is opened.
[
1
]
Nicola Porpora
becomes
Kapellmeister
at Dresden.:
Classical Music
Johan Agrell
– 6 Keyboard Sonatas, Op. 2
Johann Sebastian Bach
– 18 Chorale Preludes,
BWV 651
–668 finished (composed 1740–1748)
Martin Berteau
– 6 Cello Sonatas, Op. 1
Michel Corrette
Les Pantins
(No. 17 in his
25 Concertos Comiques
)
La Tourière
(No. 18 in his
25 Concertos Comiques
)
Elisabetta de Gambarini
— Lessons and Songs Op. 2, for harpsichord
George Frideric Handel
Joshua
, HWV 64, oratorio premiered, composed 1747
Alexander Balus
, HWV 65, oratorio premiered, composed 1747
Susanna
, HWV 66, oratorio composed, premiered 1749
Solomon
, HWV 67, oratorio composed, premiered 1749
Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht
6 Flute Sonatas, Op. 1
3 Trio Sonatas, Op. 2
Jean-Pierre Pagin - 6 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1
Peter Pasqualino – 6 Cello Duets
Giovanni Alberto Ristori
Didone abbandonata
(secular cantata)
Lavinia a Turno
, M.144 (secular cantata)
Giuseppe Tartini
– 6 Violin Sonatas, Op. 6
Georg Philipp Telemann
–
Lukas Passion
, TWV 5:33
Burke Thumoth
–
12 Irish and 12 Scotch Airs with Variations
Opera
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
–
Daphnis et Chloé
, Op. 102
Baldassare Galuppi
–
Demetrio
Christoph W. Gluck
–
La Semiramide riconosciuta
, Wq.13
Karl Heinrich Graun
–
Ifigenia in Aulide
, GraunWV B:I:18
Johann Adolf Hasse
–
Demofoonte
Niccolò Jommelli
–
L’amore in maschera
Gennaro Manna
–
Lucio Papirio dittatore
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Zaïs
, premiered on February 29
Pygmalion
, RCT 52, premiered on August 27
Les surprises de l'Amour
, premiered on November 27
Publications
Johann Sebastian Bach
–
6 Choräle von verschiedener Ar
t,
BWV 645
-650 (
Zella
: Johann Georg Schübler)
Louis de Caix d'Hervelois
–
Pièces de viole
, Livre 5 (
Paris
: Madame Boivin, Le Clerc et Brolonne)
Francesco Geminiani
–
Rules for Playing in a True Taste
, Op. 8 (variations for solo or accompanied instrument)
William Hayes
– 6 Cantatas (
London
: Simpson)
Jean-Joseph de Mondonville
–
Pièces de Clavecin avec voix ou violon
, Op. 5
Carlo Tessarini
–
Contrasto armonico ... con suoi rinforzi
, for 3 violins and basso continuo, Op. 10 (Paris)
Gregor Werner
—
Neuer und sehr curios- Musicalischer Instrumental-Calendar
Births
February –
Hedvig Wigert
, opera singer (died 1780)
February 5
–
Christian Gottlob Neefe
, conductor, teacher (
Ludwig van Beethoven
was a student), and composer (died 1798)
March 5
—
William Shield
, violinist and composer (died 1829)
May 5
–
Francesco Azopardi
, music theorist and composer (died 1809)
April 20
–
Georg Michael Telemann
, composer (died 1831)
August 4
–
Maximilian Stadler
, editor and composer (died 1833)
August 11
–
Joseph Schuster
, composer (died 1812)
August 31
–
Jean-Étienne Despréaux
, singer, dancer and composer (died 1820)
November 30
–
Joachim Albertini
, composer (died 1812)
Deaths
January 26
–
Pierre Rameau
, dancing-master (born 1674)
February 26
–
Jean-Baptiste Landé
, ballet dancer
March 7
–
William Corbett
, violinist and composer (born 1680)
March 10
–
Giovanni Perroni
, cellist and composer (born 1688)
March 17
–
Charles King
, choir-master and composer (born 1687)
March 23
—
Johann Gottfried Walther
, composer and theoretician (born 1684)
[
2
]
April 6
–
David Kellner
, German composer (born c.1670)
November 25
—
Isaac Watts
, hymn writer (born 1674)
date unknown
Jacques Loeillet
, oboist and composer (born 1685)
David Tecchler
, luthier (born 1666)
References
↑
Tyack, Geoffrey (1998).
Oxford: An architectural guide
.
Oxford University Press
. pp.
187–
188.
ISBN
0-14-071045-0
.
↑
"Johann Gottfried Walther | German composer"
.
Encyclopedia Britannica
. Retrieved
26 July
2019
.
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