1744 in music

List of years in music (table)
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Events

  • March 27 Johann Sebastian Bach revives his St Mark Passion with some textual changes and two new arias inserted at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig.
  • Castrato Giovanni Carestini goes to work for Maria Theresa of Austria.

Classical music

  • Nicola Porpora
    • Laetatus sum (Psalm 121)
    • De profundis (Psalm 129)
    • Placida surge aurora
  • Thomas Arne
    • The Death of Abel (oratorio)
    • Judith (first performed, published 1761)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach – Das wohltemperierte Klavier, part 2
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    • Keyboard Sonata in E major, H.39
    • Harpsichord Concerto in F major, H.415
    • Harpsichord Concerto in E major, H.417
  • Michele Blavet – Premier recueil de pieces
  • Michael Christian Festing – 6 Violin Sonatas, Op.7
  • Christoph Graupner
    • Trio Sonata in C minor, GWV 203
    • Trio Sonata in D major, GWV 204
    • Sonata in G major, GWV 212
    • Trio Sonata in B minor, GWV 219
    • Concerto for 2 Flutes in E minor, GWV 322
    • Concerto for 2 Horns in G major, GWV 332
    • Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, GWV 340
  • Johann Adolph Hasse – 6 Flute Sonatas, Op. 5
  • Johann Ludwig Krebs
    • Clavier-Übung I, Krebs-WV 500-512
    • Clavier-Übung II, Krebs-WV 800
    • Clavier-Übung III, Krebs-WV 801-806
  • Etienne Mangean – 6 Sonatas for 2 Violins, Op. 3
  • Niccolò Pasquali – 6 Sonatas for Violin, Op. 1
  • John Frederick Ranish – 12 Flute Sonatas, Op. 2
  • Johan Helmich Roman – Drottningholm Music (Music for a Royal Wedding)
  • Domenico Natale Sarro – Recorder Sonata in F major
  • Georg Phillip Telemann – Jauchzet, ihr Himmel, TWV 1:957
  • Francesco Maria Veracini
    • L'errore di Salomone (oratorio)
    • 12 Sonate accademiche, Op. 2 (for violin)
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka
    • Litaniae Lauretanae, ZWV 151
    • Litaniae Lauretanae, ZWV 152

Opera

  • Daniele Dal Barba – Il Tigrane
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck
    • La Sofonisba, Wq.5
    • Ipermestra, Wq. 7
  • George Frideric Handel – Semele
  • Johann Adolph Hasse
    • Antigono
    • Semiramide riconosciuta
  • John Frederick Lampe – The Kiss Accepted and Returned

Publications

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – 6 Harpsichord Sonatas, Wq.49 (Nuremberg: Johann Ulrich Haffner) (composed 1742-44)
  • Delphin Strungk (some copies were made in this year, though the composer died in 1694)
    • Lass mich dein sein und bleiben
    • Meine Seele erhebt den Herren

Methods and theory writings

  • Johan Daniel Berlin – Musicaliske Elementer (Trondheim: Jens Christ)

Births

  • May 3 – Friedrich Wilhelm Weis, composer
  • May 4 – Marianna Martines, singer, pianist and composer (d. 1812)
  • May 18 – Joseph Beer, composer and clarinetist (died 1812)
  • May 19 – Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, regular patron of Mozart's (died 1818)
  • August 4 – Julije Bajamonti (died 1800)
  • August 25 – Johann Gottfried Herder, librettist and philosopher (died 1803)
  • November 26 – Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff (died 1785)
  • December 8 – Pierre-Joseph Candeille, French composer (died 1827)
  • date unknown
    • Marie Barch, first native Danish ballerina (d. 1827)
    • Gaetano Brunetti, Italian composer (died 1798)
    • Francesco Petrini, composer and musician (died 1819)
    • Charles le Picq, French dancer and choreographer (d. 1806)

Deaths

  • January 14 – Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer (born 1671)
  • January 20 – Richard Jones, violinist and composer
  • February 15 – František Václav Míča, conductor and composer (born 1694)
  • March 22 – Georg Lenck, German musician (born 1685)
  • April 26 – Domenico Sarro, Italian composer (born 1679)
  • May 9 – Johann Samuel Beyer (born 1669)
  • May 30 – Alexander Pope, English poet (born 1688)
  • June 29 – André Campra, composer (born 1660)
  • August 19 – Carlo Arrigoni (born 1697)
  • October 17 – Giuseppe Guarneri, violin-maker (born 1698)
  • October 23 – Pierre-Charles Roy, librettist and poet (born 1683)
  • October 31 – Leonardo Leo, composer (born 1694)
  • December 29 – Pompeo Cannicciari (born 1670)
  • date unknown
    • Claude Balon, dancer and choreographer
    • Gennaro Antonio Federico, Italian librettist
    • James Miller, librettist and playwright (born 1704)
    • Francesca Vanini-Boschi, operatic contralto
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