Music

Maurice Greene (1696-1755) appointed Master of the King's Musick

ClassicalJ S Bach

Concerto nach Italienischen Gust
Overture nach Französischer ArtWilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784) 3 Fugues for Organ with PedalJan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) Gesù al Calvario (oratorio)

OperaEgidio Romualdo Duni (1708-1775) Nerone

George Frideric Handel (all at Covent Garen)

Jan 8 Ariodante with Anna Maria Strada del Pò singing the role of Genebra, Marie Sallé dancing.

17 Apr Alcina with Sallé appearing dressed as a man (audience shows its dispproval of her attire)

Also revivals:

5 Mar Esther, inc 2 new organ concertos: Op 4 No 2 & No 3. (6 performances to 21 Mar)

26 Mar Deborah (3 performances to 31 Mar). Cast inc Anna Maria Strada del Pò (soprano) lead role, Cecilia Young (soprano) Jael plus Henry Theodore Reinhold (alto part, bass) John Beard (tenor) Hussey (bass). Included new organ concerto, Op 4 No 5.

1 Apr Athalia (with Italian arias) (5 performances to 12 Apr). Cast inc Cecilia Young (soprano; later Mrs. Arne) lead role, Anna Maria Strada del Pò (soprano) Josabeth, William Savage (boy alto) Joas, Giovanni Carestini, called "Cusanino" (mezzo-soprano castrato) Joad, John Beard (tenor) Mathan, Gustavus Waltz (bass) Abner. Included new organ concerto, Op 4 No 4.

Leonardo Leo (1694-1744) DemofoonteGiovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) Jan 9 Olimpiade at Rome's Theatre Tordinona

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) Aug 23 Les Indes galantes (opéra-ballet) at Paris opera

BirthsJan 21 Johann Gottfried Eckard (d 1809)

Jun 6 Anton Schweitzer (d 1787)

[Sep 5 J C Bach (d 1782)]

DeathsJan 12 John Eccles (b 1668)

Mar 24 - Georg Friedrich Kaufmann, organist and composer (b 1679)

July 18 - Johann Krieger (b 1649)

Some births

Wikipedia highlights these Jan 1 - Paul Revere, American silversmith and patriot (d 1818) Jan 8 - John Carroll (priest) first RC Archbishop in US (d 1815) John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, British Royal Navy admiral (d 1823) Jan 27 - Étienne Clavière, French financier and politician (d 1793)

Feb 28 - Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde French musician and chemist (d 1796)

Apr 13 - Isaac Low, New York delegate to the Continental Congress (d 1791)

May 1 - Lorenzo Hervás y Panduro Spanish Jesuit philologist (d 1809) May 23 - Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne (d 1814)

Sep 5 - Johann Christian Bach, German composer (d 1782) Sep 20 - James Keir, Scottish geologist, chemist, and industrialist (d 1820) Sep 28 - Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister of the UK (d 1811)

Oct 1 - Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (d 1811) Oct 9 - Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (d 1806) Oct 21 - Richard Gough, English antiquary (d 1809) Oct 30- John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (d 1826)

Nov 10 - Granville Sharp, English abolitionist (d 1813)

Dec 29 - Thomas Banks, English sculptor and artist (d 1805) Dec 31 - Jean de Crévecoeur, French-American writer (d 1813)

Date unknown - John Julius Angerstein, English merchant and insurer (d 1822)