1740 in music

1740 in music

Events

*Johann Sebastian Bach begins to lose his sight.
*Carl Heinrich Graun becomes Kapellmeister to Frederick II of Prussia. Johann Joachim Quantz becomes Frederick's flute teacher.

Classical music

*Thomas Arne - "Alfred" (masque), including the song, "Rule Britannia"
*George Frideric Handel - Op. 6, 12 concerti grossi

Opera

*Bernardo Aliprandi - "Semiramide riconosciuta"
*Vincenzo Ciampi - "La Beatrice"
*Baldassare Galuppi - "Gustavo primo re di Svezia"
*Maurice Greene - "The Judgement of Hercules"
*Luca Antonio Predieri - "Zenobia"

Births

* August 10 - Samuel Arnold (composer), composer (died 1802)
* "unknown date" - Samuel Webbe, composer (died 1816)
* November 4 - Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn-writer (died 1778)
* December Elisabeth Olin, operatic soprano (died 1828)

Deaths

*January 5 - Antonio Lotti, composer (born 1667)
*January 25 - Geminiano Giacomelli, composer
*"unknown date" - Domenico Alberti, composer (born c.1710)
*"probable" - François Dieupart, French composer (born after 1667)


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