Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• March:   JOSEPH ANTON STEFFAN = Czech harpsichordist and composer = [died: 1797]
• 12 April:   CHARLES BURNEY = English music historian, composer and musician = [died: 1814]
• 26 August:   KARL KOHAUT = Austrian of Czech descent, lutenist and composer = [died: 1784]
• 1 September:   JOHANN BECKER = German organist and composer = [died: 1803]
• 7 September:   FRANÇOIS-ANDRÉ DANICAN PHILIDOR = French composer and chess player = [died: 1795]
• 24 December:   JOHANN HARTMANN = Danish composer = [died: 1793]

Timeline of Events

• 26 October: Women are allowed to be employed at the Kungliga Hovkapellet in Sweden.


• Undated:
• The Academy of Ancient Music (formerly the Academy of Vocal Music) is founded in London.
• GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL becomes a British subject.
• JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH copies and performs 18 church cantatas written by his cousin, JOHANN LUDWIG BACH.

Published Popular Music

• "Sally in Our Alley" = lyrics & music by HENRY CAREY. (The music played today is an earlier traditional tune).

Classical Music

• JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
• "Geist und Seele wird verwirret" (cantata)

Opera

• FRANCISCO ANTONIO DE ALMEIDA
• La Giuditta
• TOMASO ALBINONI
• La Statira
• PIETRO AULETTA
• La Carlotta
• FRANCESCO CIAMPI
• Lucio Vero
• GIOVANNI BATTISTA MARTINI
• Azione teatrale
• NICOLA PORPORA
• Imeneo in Atene
• ANTONIO VIVALDI
• Cunegonda