Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 4 January:   GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI = Italian composer, violinist and organist = [died: 1736]
• 12 March:   THOMAS ARNE = English composer = [died: 1778]
• 27 March:   JOSEPH ABACO = Belgian violoncellist and composer = [died: 1805]
• 12 April:   CAFFARELLI = Italian castrato singer = [died: 1783]
• 22 November:   WILHELM FRIEDEMANN BACH = German composer, eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach = [died: 1784]


• date unknown:
• JAMES OSWALD = Scottish composer and music publisher = [died: 1769]
• GIOVANNI BATTISTA FERRANDINI = Italian composer = [died: 1791]
• THOMAS GLADWIN = English organist and composer = [died: 1799]
• ANTON JOSEPH HAMPEL = German horn player = [died: 1771]
• GEORGE ALEXANDER STEVENS = English actor, poet and songwriter = [died: 1780]

Timeline of Events

• 18 April: Probable date of the première of JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH's St Mark Passion pastiche at the chapel of Wilhelmsburg Castle (two movements by Bach).
• In Britain, the Academy of Vocal Music is founded by JOHANN CHRISTOPH PEPUSCH and others.

Published Popular Music

• "Fare Thee Well"

Classical Music

• LOUIS-NICOLAS CLÉRAMBAULT
• Premier livre d'orgue contenant deux suites
• GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
• incidental music for The Alchemist

Opera

• FLORIANO ARRESTI
• L'enigma disciolta
• ANTONIO MARIA BONONCINI
• Tigrane, re d'Armenia
• ANDRÉ CAMPRA
• Les Fêtes vénitiennes
• PIETRO PAOLO LAURENTI
• Sabella mrosa d'Truvlin
• JOHANN MATTHESON
• Boris Goudenow