25 April:GIOVANNI MARCO RUTINI = Italian composer = [died: 1797]
9 November:PRINCESS ANNA AMALIA of Prussia = Prussian composer = [died: 1787]
22 December:CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL = German composer = [died: 1787]
date unknown:
PASCAL TASKIN = French harpsichord and piano maker = [died: 1793]
FRANCESCO UTTINI = Italian conductor and composer = [died: 1795]
Timeline of Events
13 April:JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH is given permission to leave Köthen to take up his new appointment (from May 5) as cantor and musical director of St. Thomas Church, Leipzig; to obtain the post, he has beaten off opposition from several prominent musicians, including GEORG FRIEDRICH KAUFFMANN.
July/August:HANDEL moves to 25 Brook Street, London, the modern-day Handel House Museum.
26 December:J. S. BACH'sDarzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40 is first performed in Leipzig.
Undated:
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI begins his last major work, a serenata for the marriage of the prince of Stigliano, which will be left unfinished at his death.
Publication of Opinioni de' cantori antichi e moderni by PIER FRANCESCO TOSI.
FRANCESCO MARIA VERACINI returns to Florence after a period in Germany.
ANTONIO VANDINI and GIUSEPPE TARTINI go into the service of Count Kinsky in Prague.
Classical Music
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22
Two-Part Invention no 6 in E major for violin and cello