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1739 in music
Summary
List of years in music
(
table
)
…
1729
1730
1731
1732
1733
1734
1735
1736
1737
1738
1739
1740
1741
1742
1743
1744
1745
1746
1747
1748
1749
…
Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Literature
Music Philosophy
Science
+...
Events
edit
March 27
Johann Sebastian Bach
performs the
Brockes-Passion
TWV 5: 1 at
St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig
.
September –
Leopold Mozart
is expelled from the Benedictine
University of Salzburg
for poor attendance.
1739–1749 Bach revises his
St John Passion
BWV 245 (BC D 2e)--version never performed during his lifetime (version we know today).
1739–1742 Bach starts revising some of his
Weimar
period
Chorale preludes
in a new manuscript (the so-called
Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes
BWV 651–668). Included at this period are BWV 651–663. The manuscript would also contain his
Sonatas BWV 525–530
(1727–1732) and also his
Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her"
BWV 769 (1747).
Classical music
edit
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, H.21
Harpsichord Concerto in C minor, H.407
Henry Carey
– "Flocks Are Sporting"
George Frederic Handel
Israel in Egypt
, an oratorio, premiered in
London
Saul
, an oratorio, premiered in
London
Concerto Grosso in G major, HWV 319, published 1740 in 12
Concerti Grossi
Op. 6
Concerto Grosso in C minor, HWV 326, published 1740.
Concerto Grosso in B minor, HWV 330, published 1740.
Leonardo Leo
–
Miserere
Giovanni Battista Pescetti
– 10 Harpsichord Sonatas
Georg Philipp Telemann
–
6 Moralische Kantaten
, TWV 20:29–34
Johann Adolph Hasse
-
Quando Jesus est in corde
Opera
edit
Domenico Alberti
—
Olimpiade
Johann Adolph Hasse
–
Viriate
Gaetano Latilla
–
Romolo
Leonardo Leo
—
Amor vuol sofferenza
(later revised as
La Finta Frascatana
1744)
Giovanni Battista Pescetti
—
Angelica e Medoro
Pietro Pulli —
Il carnevale e la pazzia
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Dardanus
Les fêtes d'Hébé
Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer
—
Zaïde, reine de Grenade
Publications
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Johann Sebastian Bach
–
Clavier-Übung III
, a collection of organ music
René Drouard de Bousset
–
2e recueil de cantates spirituelles tirées des histoires les plus intéressantes de l'Ancien Testament à voix seule, et à deux voix avec simphonie et sans simphonie
Nicolas Chédeville
6 Flute Sonatas, Op. 7
Le Printems ou Les Saisons amusantes
, Op. 8 (adaptation of
Vivaldi
's
Four Seasons
)
Francesco Geminiani
– 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 4
Jean-François Dandrieu
–
Pièces d'orgue
, Livre 1 (published posthumously, Dandrieu had plans for a second book)
George Frideric Handel
– Trio Sonatas, Op. 5 (London: John Walsh)
Gottlieb Muffat
–
Componimenti musicali
(Augsburg)
Clair-Nicolas Roget – 6 Sonatas for 2 Flutes, Op. 1
Georg Philipp Telemann
–
Essercizii musici
(published in 1739–1740)
Methods and theory writings
edit
John Arnold –
The Compleat Psalmodist
(Published 1741, preface is dated 1739)
Louis-Joseph Marchand
–
Traité de contrepoint simple
Johann Mattheson
–
Der vollkommene Capellmeister
Johann Adolph Scheibe
–
Eine Abhandlung von den Musicalischen Intervallen und Geschlechten
Births
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May 12
–
Johann Baptist Wanhal
, composer (died 1813)
July 6
–
Friedrich Wilhelm Rust
(died 1796)
August 28
–
Agostino Accorimboni
, opera composer (died 1818)
September 7
or 8 –
Joseph Legros
, singer and composer (died 1793)
October 24
–
Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
, composer (died 1807)
November 2
–
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
, composer (died 1799)
November 5
–
Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton
, politician and composer (died 1819)
November 20
–
Jean-François de La Harpe
date unknown
–
Yelizaveta Belogradskaya
, Russian singer and musician (died 1764)
Deaths
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March 27
– , German composer and organist (born 1694)
April 25
–
Santiago de Murcia
, guitarist and composer (born 1673)
May 9
–
Carlo Ignazio Monza
, composer (born c. 1680)
May 27
–
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach
, organist, son of
Johann Sebastian Bach
(born 1715)
July 24
–
Benedetto Marcello
, composer (born 1686)
September 12
Reinhard Keiser
, composer (born 1674)
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Ernest Louis
(born 1667)
date unknown
–
Antonio Bioni
, opera composer (born 1698)
probable
–
Jean-Adam Guilain
, organist and harpsichordist (born c. 1680)