1753 in music
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Overview of the events of 1753 in music
Overview of the events of 1753 in music
January 10 – King Louis XV of France banishes Eustachio Bambini and his Italian opera company from Paris.[1] May 1 – George Frideric Handel plays the organ in public for the last time, at the Foundling Hospital , London.[1] June 15 – Schlosstheater Schwetzingen in Schwetzingen Palace , Baden-Württemberg , designed by Nicolas de Pigage , is inaugurated with a performance of Ignaz Holzbauer 's opera Il figlio delle selve .[2] October 12 – Cuvilliés Theatre in the Munich Residenz , Bavaria, designed by François de Cuvilliés , is inaugurated with a performance of Ferrandini 's opera Catone in Utica .[3] November 21 – Niccolò Jommelli is appointed music director and Oberkapellmeister to Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg , at Stuttgart.[1] Teatro Carignano in Turin is inaugurated with a performance of Baldassare Galuppi 's opera Calamità de' cuori . Grand Théâtre in Antwerp is inaugurated. Classical music [ edit ] Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Harpsichord Concerto in C minor, H.441 Wq. 31 Harpsichord Concerto in B minor, H.440 Wq. 60 6 Keyboard Sonatas, Wq.63 (published in the treatise of the same year) Christoph Graupner – Gott der Herr ist Sonne und Schild , GWV 1113/54 (autographed 1753, first performed 1754) Niccolò Jommelli – 7 Trio Sonatas (two of which are not currently attributed to Jommelli) Jean-Marie Leclair – [3] Ouvertures et [3] sonates en trio , Op. 13 (Paris). Ouverture No. 3 arranged from Ouverture to Scylla et Glaucus (1746); the trio sonatas are arranged from the solo sonatas Op. 2 No. 8, Op. 1 No. 12, and Op. 2 No. 12 Domenico Scarlatti – Books 3 and 5, 30 sonatas each Collection of Harpsichord Sonatas Georg Philipp Telemann – Fürchtet den Herrn und dienet ihm treulich (oratorio) Carlo Tessarini – Contrasto armonico , Op. 10[clarification needed ] Giuseppe Valentini – Concerto in D major Samuel Simon Weise – Det Danske Syngende Nymphe-Chor (collection of songs) Johann Baptist Wendling – Flute Concerto in C major, GUN 26 Methods and theory writings [ edit ] January 9 – Luísa Todi , Portuguese opera singer (died 1833 ) March 2 – Johann Samuel Schröter , German composer (died 1788) April 8 – Pigault-Lebrun , librettist and writer (died 1835) May 3 – Jeanne-Renée de Bombelles Travanet , composer and librettist (died 1828) June 8 – Nicolas Dalayrac , composer of opéra-comique (died 1809 ) September 29 – Johann Gottfried Schicht , conductor and composer (died 1823 ) November 4 – Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker , librettist and art historian (died 1813) November 6 – Jean-Baptiste Bréval , cellist and composer (died 1823 ) November 19 – Stanislas Champein , French composer (died 1830) November 30 – Johann Baptist Schenk , composer (died 1836 ) December 28 – Johan Wikmanson , organist and composer (died 1800 ) February 7 – Giovanni Alberto Ristori , opera composer and conductor, 60 February 16 – Giacomo Facco , violinist, conductor and composer, 77 May 19 – Jacques Aubert , composer, 63 August 4 – Gottfried Silbermann , German constructor of keyboard instruments, 70 September 24 – Georg Gebel (the younger) , composer, 43 November – Giuseppe Valentini , violinist, painter, poet, and composer, 71 November 4 – Johann Nicolaus Bach , organist and composer, eldest son of Johann Christoph Bach , 84 November 16 – Nicolas Racot de Grandval , harpsichordist and composer, 77 unknown date – John Holt , bell-ringer and composer, 27 References [ edit ]