Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 7 May:   CARL HEINRICH GRAUN = German composer and singer = [died: 1759]
• 11 June:   CARLOS SEIXAS = Portuguese composer = [died: 1742]
• 2 October:   FRANTIŠEK TŮMA = Czech organist and composer = [died: 1774]
• 31 December:   CARL GOTTHELF GERLACH = German organist = [died: 1761]


• probable:
• CLAUDE PARISOT = French organ builder = [died: 1784]

Timeline of Events

• Undated:
• JOHANN CHRISTOPH PEPUSCH arrives in London.
• Following her husband's death, ELISABETH-CLAUDE JACQUET DE LA GUERRE begins hosting concerts in her home.
• ANTONIO VIVALDI becomes general superintendent of music at the Ospedale della Pietà, Venice.
• JOHANN JACOB BACH becomes an oboist in the army of King Charles XII of Sweden, inspiring JOHANN SEBASTIAN to write a Capriccio on the Absence of His Most Beloved Brother.
• During a performance of JOHANN MATTHESON's opera, Cleopatra, the composer almost kills his friend, GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL, in a violent quarrel.

Classical Music

• Setting by REINHARD KEISER of Der blutige und sterbende Jesus by CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH HUNOLD
• Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (cantata) by JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

Opera

• JOHANN MATTHESON
• Die unglückselige Cleopatra
• CARLO FRANCESCO POLLAROLO
• Irene (revised by DOMENICO SCARLATTI for performance at Naples).