Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 14 June:   JAN FRANCISCI = Hungarian/Slovak organist and composer = [died: 1758]
• December:   CONRAD FRIEDRICH HURLEBUSCH = German/Dutch organist and composer = [died: 1765]


• date unknown:
• FRANCESCO FEO = Italian opera composer = [died: 1761]

Timeline of Events

• July: JOHANN HEINRICH BUTTSTETT succeeds NICOLAUS VETTER as organist of the Predigerkirche in Erfurt.

Classical Music

• JOHN BLOW
• Ode for St Cecilia's Day
• BIANCA MARIA MEDA
• Cari Musici (motet)
• ANDREAS WERKMEISTER
• Musikalische Temperatur

Opera

• HENRY PURCELL
• King Arthur (with libretto by JOHN DRYDEN)
• BERNARDO SABADINI
• Diomede punito da Alcide