1755 in music
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Overview of the events of 1755 in music
Overview of the events of 1755 in music
Published popular music [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 Methods and theory writings [ edit ] 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) 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 [ edit ]