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Overview of the events of 1755 in music
Overview of the events of 1755 in music
Events
Published popular music
James Oswald – [48] Airs for the Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter , for violin or flute and basso continuo (London)
Mme Papavoine – Nous voici donc au jour de l'an. Étrennes (Paris)
Classical music
Charles Avison – Eight Concertos , Op. 4 (London)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in F major, H.443 Wq. 33
Keyboard Concerto in G major, H.444 Wq. 34
Flute Concerto in G major, H.445 Wq. 169
Trio Sonata in B-flat major, H.587 Wq. 159
Symphony in D major, H.651 Wq. 176
Gaspard Fritz – 6 Violin Sonatas[citation needed ] (published in Paris as Sei sonate , Op. 3, in 1756)
Francesco Geminiani – Six Concertos , Op. 2, second edition, corrected and enlarged, with some new movements, by the author, and now published in score (London: John Johnson); originally published 1732
Carl Heinrich Graun – Der Tod Jesu
Leopold Mozart – Divertimento in F major "Musical Sleigh Ride"
John Christopher Smith – Six Suits [ sic ] of Lessons for the Harpsichord , Op. 3 (London: John Walsh)
Georg Philipp Telemann – Der Tod Jesu TWV 5:6
Opera
Methods and theory writings
Births
January 16 – Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt , composer (died 1810)
February 5 – Caroline Müller , operatic mezzo-soprano, actress and dancer (died 1826)
March 2 – Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick , opera composer (died 1799)
April 16 – Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun , copyist and painter (died 1842)
May 12 – Giovanni Battista Viotti (died 1824)
June 1 – Federigo Fiorillo , arranger and composer (died 1823)
June 18 – Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre , operatic mezzo-soprano, actress and dancer (died 1821)
August 1 – Antonio Capuzzi , composer and violinist (died 1818)
November 8 – Edmond de Favières , French librettist (died 1837)
November 10 – Franz Anton Ries , violinist (died 1846)
November 30 – Agnieszka Truskolaska , opera singer (died 1831)
date unknown – John Christopher Moller , early American composer (died 1803)
Deaths
January 11 – Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer , harpsichordist and composer (born c.1705)
January 15 – Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaja , Italian composer (born 1671)
January 19 – Jean-Pierre Christin , scientist and musician (born 1683)
April – Anastasia Robinson , operatic soprano (born c.1692)
April 30 – Jean-Baptiste Oudry , composer and painter (born 1686)
June 21 – Giovanni Porta , opera composer (born c.1675)
July 4 – John Cennick , hymn-writer (born 1718)
July 6 – Pietro Paolo Bencini , Italian composer and Kapellmeister (born c.1670)
July 9 – Johann Gottlob Harrer , German composer and choir leader (born 1703)
September 30 – Francesco Durante , composer (born 1684)[ 2]
October 4 – Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet , of Penycuik, composer (born 1676)
October 28 – Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (born 1689)
November 25 – Johann Georg Pisendel , composer (born 1687)
December 1 – Maurice Greene , organist and composer (born 1696)
December 8 – Jean-Baptiste Stuck , cellist and composer (born 1680)
date unknown
References