1748 in music
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Events
- April 12 â Possible premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's last St Mark Passion pastiche (BC D 5) at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig. In addition to two movements by Bach, he incorporates seven arias from George Frideric Handel's Brockes Passion HWV 48 into the work.
- August 1748 â October 1749 â Repeat (possible concert hall) performance by Bach of Handel's Brockes Passion HWV 48 in a version by Bach.
- 1748â1749 â Johann Sebastian Bach composes his Mass in B minor BWV 232 (BC E 1).
- Holywell Music Room, Oxford, England, the first purpose-built concert hall in Europe, is opened.[1]
- Nicola Porpora becomes Kapellmeister at Dresden.:
Classical Music
- Johan Agrell â 6 Keyboard Sonatas, Op. 2
- Johann Sebastian Bach â 18 Chorale Preludes, BWV 651â668 finished (composed 1740â1748)
- Martin Berteau â 6 Cello Sonatas, Op. 1
- Michel Corrette
- Les Pantins (No. 17 in his 25 Concertos Comiques)
- La Tourière (No. 18 in his 25 Concertos Comiques)
- Elisabetta de Gambarini â Lessons and Songs Op. 2, for harpsichord
- George Frideric Handel
- Joshua, HWV 64, oratorio premiered, composed 1747
- Alexander Balus, HWV 65, oratorio premiered, composed 1747
- Susanna, HWV 66, oratorio composed, premiered 1749
- Solomon, HWV 67, oratorio composed, premiered 1749
- Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht
- 6 Flute Sonatas, Op. 1
- 3 Trio Sonatas, Op. 2
- Jean-Pierre Pagin - 6 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1
- Peter Pasqualino â 6 Cello Duets
- Giovanni Alberto Ristori
- Didone abbandonata (secular cantata)
- Lavinia a Turno, M.144 (secular cantata)
- Giuseppe Tartini â 6 Violin Sonatas, Op. 6
- Georg Philipp Telemann â Lukas Passion, TWV 5:33
- Burke Thumoth â 12 Irish and 12 Scotch Airs with Variations
Opera
- Joseph Bodin de Boismortier â Daphnis et Chloé, Op. 102
- Baldassare Galuppi â Demetrio
- Christoph W. Gluck â La Semiramide riconosciuta, Wq.13
- Karl Heinrich Graun â Ifigenia in Aulide, GraunWV B:I:18
- Johann Adolf Hasse â Demofoonte
- Niccolò Jommelli â Lâamore in maschera
- Gennaro Manna â Lucio Papirio dittatore
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Zaïs, premiered on February 29
- Pygmalion, RCT 52, premiered on August 27
- Les surprises de l'Amour, premiered on November 27
Publications
- Johann Sebastian Bach â 6 Choräle von verschiedener Art, BWV 645-650 (Zella: Johann Georg Schübler)
- Louis de Caix d'Hervelois â Pièces de viole, Livre 5 (Paris: Madame Boivin, Le Clerc et Brolonne)
- Francesco Geminiani â Rules for Playing in a True Taste, Op. 8 (variations for solo or accompanied instrument)
- William Hayes â 6 Cantatas (London: Simpson)
- Jean-Joseph de Mondonville â Pièces de Clavecin avec voix ou violon, Op. 5
- Carlo Tessarini â Contrasto armonico ... con suoi rinforzi, for 3 violins and basso continuo, Op. 10 (Paris)
- Gregor Werner â Neuer und sehr curios- Musicalischer Instrumental-Calendar
Births
- February â Hedvig Wigert, opera singer (died 1780)
- February 5 â Christian Gottlob Neefe, conductor, teacher (Ludwig van Beethoven was a student), and composer (died 1798)
- March 5 â William Shield, violinist and composer (died 1829)
- May 5 â Francesco Azopardi, music theorist and composer (died 1809)
- April 20 â Georg Michael Telemann, composer (died 1831)
- August 4 â Maximilian Stadler, editor and composer (died 1833)
- August 11 â Joseph Schuster, composer (died 1812)
- August 31 â Jean-Ãtienne Despréaux, singer, dancer and composer (died 1820)
- November 30 â Joachim Albertini, composer (died 1812)
Deaths
- January 26 â Pierre Rameau, dancing-master (born 1674)
- February 26 â Jean-Baptiste Landé, ballet dancer
- March 7 â William Corbett, violinist and composer (born 1680)
- March 10 â Giovanni Perroni, cellist and composer (born 1688)
- March 17 â Charles King, choir-master and composer (born 1687)
- March 23 â Johann Gottfried Walther, composer and theoretician (born 1684)[2]
- April 6 â David Kellner, German composer (born c.1670)
- November 25 â Isaac Watts, hymn writer (born 1674)
- date unknown
- Jacques Loeillet, oboist and composer (born 1685)
- David Tecchler, luthier (born 1666)