Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 13 January:   METASTASIO (PIETRO ANTONIO DOMENICO TRAPASSI) = Italian poet and lyricist = [died: 1782]
• 8 September:   FRANÇOIS FRANCOEUR = French violinist and composer = [died: 1787]


• date unknown:
• ANTONIO BIONI = Italian composer = [died: 1739]
• RICCARDO BROSCHI = Italian composer = [died: 1756]
• CÉLESTIN HARST = French priest, organist and composer = [died: 1778]

Timeline of Events

• Undated:
• HENRY PURCELL's widow publishes the first volume of Orpheus Britannicus.
• ANTONIO STRADIVARI makes the "Cabriac" violin.

Classical Music

• JOHANN KRIEGER
• Anmuthige Clavier-Übung, a collection of 25 pieces for organ, including ricercars, fugues, preludes, etc.
• GIUSEPPE TORELLI
• Concerti musicali a quattro op.6

Opera

• RICHARD LEVERIDGE
• The Island Princess
• LUIGI MANZA
• Tito Manlio; Partenope