Overview of the events of 1746 in music
Overview of the events of 1746 in music
Events
Classical music
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in A major, H.422
Harpsichord Concerto in C major, H.423
Viola da Gamba Sonata in D major, H.559
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sechs Choräle von verschiedener Art
Canon in G major, BWV 1076
Francesco Feo – S. Francesco di Sales (sacred oratorio) first performed
Francesco Geminiani
6 Cello Sonatas, Op. 5
6 Concertos, Op.7
Christoph Willibald Gluck – 6 Trio Sonatas, Wq.53
Christoph Graupner – Ach Herr, mich armen Suender (cantata)
Joannes de Gruytters – his carillon book .[1]
George Frideric Handel
Niccolò Pasquali – Sonatas for two cellos
Giovanni Benedetto Platti – 6 Harpsichord Sonatas, Op. 4 (parts of which have been attributed to Benedetto Marcello )[2]
Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer – Pièces de clavecin
Rudolf Straube – 2 Lute Sonatas
Giuseppe Tartini – 3 Violin Concertos, Libro 1
Opera
Publications
Burke Thumoth – 12 English and 12 Irish Airs with Variations (London : J. Simpson)
Anonymous – The Compleat Tutor for the French Horn (London: John Simpson)
Methods and theory writings
Births
January 11 – František Adam Míča , Czech composer (died 1811)
January 23 – Pierre-Ulric Dubuisson , translator and actor (died 1794)
February 13 – Giuseppe Maria Cambini , Italian composer (died 1825)
April 4 – Alexandre-Louis Robineau, librettist (died 1823)
June 2 – Wilhelm Cramer , composer and violinist (died 1799)
June 3 (probable) – James Hook (composer) , composer (died 1827 )
June 29 – Joachim Heinrich Campe , German librettist (died 1818)
July 2 – Hartenack Otto Conrad Zinck , Danish composer (died 1832)
August 21 – Ignaz Umlauf , Austrian composer (died 1796)
September 3 – Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter , librettist and poet (died 1797)
September 20 – Christian Benjamin Uber , German composer (died 1812)
September 26 – Giovanni Punto , composer and horn player (died 1803)
October 4 – Domenico Corri , Italian composer (died 1825)
October 7 – William Billings , American composer (died 1800)
October 12 – Emerico Lobo de Mesquita , composer and collaborator (died 1805)
October 22 – Hector Macneill , librettist and poet (died 1818)
November 15 – Joseph Quesnel , composer (died 1809 )
December 19 – Venanzio Rauzzini , collector and opera singer (died 1810)
December 21 – Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty , librettist and poet (died 1776)
unknown date - Avdotya Mikhaylova , opera singer (died 1807 )
Deaths
References
^ Verheyden, Prosper (1922). "The Carillon Repertory of Joannes de Gruytters (Antwerp 1746)" (PDF) . The Bulletin . 4 (1). The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (published 1949): 13. Retrieved 2021-05-10 .
^ "Harpsichord Sonata in C minor, IP 109 (Platti, Giovanni Benedetto) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org . Retrieved 2019-04-03 .