Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

26 February: GOTTFRIED HEINRICH BACH = German mentally-handicapped son of Johann Sebastian Bach = [died: 1763]
18 July: Duchess MARIA ANTONIA of Bavaria = German composer, singer, harpsichordist and patron = [died: 1780]
28 August: DIAMANTE MEDAGLIA FAINI = Italian poet and composer = [died: 1770]
29 August: GIOVANNI BATTISTA CASTI Italian opera librettist = [died: 1803]
14 September: IGNAZ VITZTHUMB = Austrian composer and conductor = [died: 1816]
1 October: GIOVANNI BATTISTA CIRRI = Italian cellist and composer = [died: 1808]
8 December: CLAUDE BALBASTRE = French organist, harpsichordist and composer = [died: 1799]

Timeline of Events

7 April: JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH premieres his St John Passion (BWV 245, BC D 2a) at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH composes the Sanctus for his later Mass in B minor.
JOHN FREDERICK LAMPE arrives in Britain.
JOSEPH BODIN DE BOISMORTIER moves to Paris from Perpignan.
AGOSTINO STEFFANI is elected honorary president of the Academy of Antient Musick in London.
JOHANN ADOLPH HASSE arrives in Naples.
The Le Saraste violin is made by ANTONIO STRADIVARI (now owned by the Real Concervatorio Superior de Música in Madrid, Spain).
In Rome, DOMENICO SCARLATTI meets FARINELLI and JOHANN JOACHIM QUANTZ.
Marriage of the daughter of music publisher, JEAN-BAPTISTE CHRISTOPHE BALLARD and printer FRANÇOIS BOIVIN.
SÉBASTIEN DE BROSSARD's collection of manuscripts is bought by King Louis XV of France.
RENATUS HARRIS builds his last organ, that of St Dionis Backchurch in the City of London.