1737 in music
| |||
---|---|---|---|
|
Events
- April – George Frideric Handel suffers a probable stroke, resulting in the temporary paralysis of his right arm.
- November 4 – Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, inaugurated with a performance of Domenico Sarro's Achille in Sciro.
- William Boyce conducts the Three Choirs Festival
Classical music
Opera
- Domenico Alberti – Endimione
- Giovanni Bononcini – Zenobia
- George Frideric Handel – Berenice & Arminio
- John Frederick Lampe and Henry Carey – The Dragon of Wantley
- Jean-Philippe Rameau – Castor et Pollux
- Domenico Sarro – Achille in Sciro
- Antonio Vivaldi – Catone In Utica
- Leonardo Leo – Siface
- Riccardo Broschi – Merope
- Nicola Antonio Porpora – Lucio Papirio
Births
- January 19 – Giuseppe Millico, castrato singer, composer and music teacher (died 1802)
- March 9 – Josef Mysliveček, composer (died 1781)
- September 14 – Michael Haydn, composer (died 1806)
- date unknown
- William Paxton, cellist and composer (died 1781)
- Frederick Charles Reinhold, operatic bass (died 1815)
- Marguerite Morel, Ballerina, actress and singer.
Deaths
- February 12 – Benjamin Schmolck, Lutheran hymn-writer (born 1672)
- September 22
- Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, composer (born 1667)
- Francesco Mancini, composer and music teacher (born 1672)
- December 18 – Antonio Stradivari, violin-maker (born 1644)
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.