Music year 1750
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Events
- January 1st : Niccolò Jommelli , who is supposed to take up his position as Maestro coadiutore (Vice Kapellmeister) of the Cappella Giulia at St. Peter's Basilica on this day , lets this date pass and instead goes to Venice, possibly because he is getting a job at the Viennese court hoped for. The Congregazione di Santa Cecilia then wants to cancel the contract, but Pope Benedict XIV is personally committed to Jommelli, who will finally start his ministry on June 14th . His new position is connected with numerous administrative duties and did not fill him as a musician. As far as church service permits, Jommelli continues to write operas for the Roman stages.
- January 12th : The world premiere of the opera Attilio Regolo by Johann Adolph Hasse based on the libretto by Pietro Metastasio takes place at the Hoftheater in Dresden. Domenico Annibali , Angelo Amorevoli , Faustina Bordoni and Regina Mingotti will sing the leading roles. In the same year, the same opera is also performed in Milan.
- January 29th : The world premiere of the opera Il mondo della luna by Baldassare Galuppi based on the libretto by Carlo Goldoni at the Teatro San Moisè takes place in Venice. The work was performed in many other cities in the years that followed.
- March 16 : The dramatic oratorio Theodora by Georg Friedrich Handel based on the libretto by Thomas Morell is premiered in front of practically empty seats at the Theater Royal in Covent Garden. The work will be discontinued after two more performances.
- May 6th : The Intermezzo L'uccellatrice ( The Bird Catcher ) by Niccolò Jommelli is premiered at the Teatro San Samuele in Venice. The author of the libretto is unknown.
- Georg Friedrich Handel completed the semi-opera Alceste based on the play by Tobias Smollett , which, however, was not performed during his lifetime.
Born
Date of birth saved
- January 11 : Johann Jakob Walder , Swiss politician, lawyer and composer († 1817 )
- January 25 : Johann Gottfried Vierling , German organist and composer († 1813 )
- March 23 : Johannes Matthias Sperger , Austrian composer († 1812 )
- August 7th (baptized): Johann Christoph Mainberger , German organist and composer († 1815 )
- August 10 : Daniel Gottlob Türk , German organist and music theorist († 1813 )
- August 18 : Antonio Salieri , Italian-Austrian composer, conductor and music teacher († 1825 )
- September 2 : Pehr Frigel , Swedish composer († 1842 )
- November: Anton Stamitz , German violinist and composer († 1798 or 1809)
Exact date of birth unknown
- James Aird , Scottish music publisher († 1795 )
- Antonio Rosetti , Bohemian composer and conductor († 1792)
Born around 1750
- Tío Luis el de la Juliana , Spanish singer
Died
First half of the year
- January 4th : Christoph Schütz , radical pietist and hymn book editor (* 1689)
- January: Thomas-Louis Bourgeois , French composer and singer (* 1676 )
- February 2 : Johann Graf , German composer (* 1684 )
- February 22nd : Pietro Filippo Scarlatti , Italian composer, organist and choir director (* 1679 )
- March 6th : Domenico Montagnana , Italian violin maker (* 1686)
- March 19 : Sebastian Zeidlmayr , Bavarian clergyman, organist and music teacher (* 1671 )
- May 9 : Rudolf Garrels , German master organ builder and wood carver (* 1675 )
- May 28 : Franz Anton Baumann , Austrian church musician and composer (* 1704 )
- May 29 : Giuseppe Porsile , Italian composer and singing teacher (* 1680 )
- June 2 : Valentin Rathgeber , German Benedictine, composer, organist and choir director (* 1682 )
- June 14 : Franz Anton Maichelbeck , German organist and composer (* 1702 )
Second half of the year
- July 28 : Johann Sebastian Bach , German composer and organist (* 1685 )
- August 22nd : Johann Anton Weise , German organ builder (* 1672 )
- September 4th : José de Cañizares , Spanish playwright and librettist (* 1676 )
- September 17 : Carl Theodorus Pachelbel , German organist and composer in the American colonies (* 1690 )
- October 3 : Matthias Georg Monn , Austrian composer, organist and music teacher (* 1717 )
- October 12 : Angelo Ragazzi , Italian violinist and composer (* around 1680 )
- October 16 : Silvius Leopold Weiss , German lutenist and composer (* 1686 )
- November 11th : Apostolo Zeno , Venetian scholar, poet and librettist (* 1668 )
- November 15 : Pantaleon Hebenstreit , German composer, musician and dance teacher, inventor of the Pantaleon (* 1667 )
- November: Giuseppe Sammartini , Italian oboist and composer (* 1695 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Etienne Denis Delair , French theorist and music theorist (* around 1662 )
See also
Web links
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