1742 in music

1742 in music

Events

*Joseph Benda joins the Prussian royal orchestra.

Classical music

*Johann Sebastian Bach
**"Peasant Cantata"
**"Das Wohltemperierte Klavier", book 2
*George Frideric Handel - "The Messiah", an oratorio, first performed in Dublin
*Franz Xaver Richter - "Kemptener Te Deum"

Opera

*Giuseppe Carcani - "Demetrio"
*Carl Heinrich Graun - "Cesare e Cleopatra"
*Niccolò Jommelli - "Don Chichibio"
*Gennaro Manna - "Tito Manlio"

Births

* August 5 - Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz, composer (died 1790)

Deaths

*June 28, Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer
*July 12 - Evaristo Abaco, composer (born 1675)
*August 25 - Carlos Seixas, composer (born 1704)


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