Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• May:   JONATHAN BATTISHILL = English composer, keyboard player, and concert tenor = [died: 1801]
• 3 June:   PIERRE VACHON = French composer = [died: 1803]
• 14 August:   LEOPOLD HOFMANN = Austrian composer = [died: 1793]
• 15 November:   WILLIAM HERSCHEL = German-born British astronomer and composer = [died: 1822]
• 14 December:   JAN ANTONÍN KOŽELUH = Czech-Bohemian composer = [died: 1814]


• date unknown:
• CARLO BESOZZI = Italian oboist and composer = [died: 1791]
• THOMAS EBDON = British organist and composer = [died: 1811]

Timeline of Events

• 4 May: Foundation of the Imperial Ballet School at Saint Petersburg, with JEAN-BAPTISTE LANDÉ as its principal.


• Undated:
• ANTONIO VIVALDI conducts a festival to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Schouwburg theater.

Classical Music

• FRANCESCO DURANTE
• Messa piccola di requiem in G

Opera

• THOMAS ARNE
• Comus
• ANTONIO BIONI
• Girita
• GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
• Serse and Faramondo
• GIOVANNI BATTISTA PESCETTI
• La Conquista del Vello D'Oro
• FRANCESCO MARIA VERACINI
• Rosalinda