Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 3 May:   FLORIAN LEOPOLD GASSMANN = German-speaking Bohemian opera composer = [died: 1774]
• 1 October:   ANTON ADLGASSER = German organist and composer = [died: 1777]
• 16 October:   PIERRE VAN MALDERE = Belgian violinist and composer = [died: 1768]
• 17 October:   PIERRE-ALEXANDRE MONSIGNY = French composer = [died: 1817]
• 1 December:   GIUSEPPE SARTI = Italian opera composer = [died: 1802]
• 3 December:   ANTONIO SOLER = Spanish composer = [died: 1783]

Timeline of Events

• 15 April: JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH repeats his St Matthew Passion BWV 244b (BC D 3a) St. Thomas Church, Leipzig


• Undated:
• GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL becomes co-manager of the King's Theatre, London.
• PIETRO LOCATELLI settles in Amsterdam, where he will spend the rest of his life.
• JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH premieres his First Köthen Funeral Music at Evening on March 23 and his Funeral Cantata Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt, BWV 244a before midday on March 24 both at the St. James Church, Köthen for the funeral services of his former employer, Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen.

Classical Music

• JOSEPH BODIN DE BOISMORTIER
• Concerto for cello, viol or bassoon
• ANTONIO CALDARA
• Vicino a un rivoletto
• MICHEL RICHARD DELALANDE
• Motets de feu De La Lande (Motets of the late De La Lande), a collection of grand motets
• JEAN-JOSEPH MOURET
• Symphony de Fanfare
• ANTONIO VIVALDI
• Op. 12, a collection of violin concerti, published in Amsterdam

Opera

• TOMASO ALBINONI
• La fortezza al cimento
• GIOVANNI BATTISTA COSTANZI
• Carlo Magno
• JOHN GAY
• The Beggar's Opera
• GIOVANNI BATTISTA MANCINI
• Endimione