First opera in America

On February 18, 1735, the first recorded opera was presented in America. "Flora, or Hob in the Well," by Colley Cibber (1671-1757) and John Hippesley (d 1748) was performed in a court room in present-day Charleston, South Carolina.

Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù

Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù (1698-1744) is the only luthier to rival Stradivarius (1644-1737) with regard to the respect and reverence accorded his instruments. He has been called the finest violin maker in the Amati line.
He is known as del Gesù because his labels incorporated the nomin sacra, IHS (iota-eta-sigma) and a Roman cross. His instruments diverged significantly from family tradition, becoming uniquely his own, and are considered second in quality only to those of Stradivari. Some argue that they are superior.
The most illustrious member of the Guarneri family of violin makers, he was the son of Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri, the grandson of Andrea Guarneri, both noted violin makers as well. Andrea learned his trade as an apprentice of Nicolo Amati, as was Stradavari.

In 1735 Giuseppe produced somewhere around 17 violins still extant. These include the Lafont, Ladenburg, Sennhauser, King, D'Egville, Plowden, Charden and David.

Antonio Stradivari

Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) was an Italian luthier, a crafter of stringed instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars and harps. Stradivari (often Latinised to Stradivarius) is generally considered the most significant artisan in this field. The colloquial, "Strad", is often used to refer to his instruments. Although by 1735 he was in his nineties he did make at least three violins. These include the Lamoureux (formerly the Zimbalist) and the Elman (formerly the Hartmann or Samazeuilh). Efrem Zimbalist sold the Lamoureux to David Sarser in 1948. It was subsequently stolen in the seventies.

Johann Philipp Krieger

Johann Philipp Krieger was born in 1651 and died July 18, 1735. Krieger was a German Baroque composer who, although not prominent, contributed quality music (such as keyboard music,trio sonatas and operas) to the 17th and 18th Century world.
As a young boy he studied with Drechsel and Joachim Schutz in Nurnberg. In his teens he studied for nearly five years as a pupil of Schröder and Förster. After returning to his home in Bayreuth he served as organist, while the Nurnberg Council promised him the first available position.
He travelled to Italy in 1673 and studied in Venice with Johann Rosenmuller and Volpe. In Rome he studied with Abbatim and Bernardo Pasquini. In 1675 he performed for Leopold I at Vienna, and was ennobled by him. He later returned to Bayreuth, and shortly thereafter visited Frankfurt and Kassel, refusing job opportunities in both places. At Halle, in 1677, he was named chamber musician and organist, became Vice-Kapellmeister in 1678 and Kapellmeister when the court moved to Weissenfels in 1680. The court’s musical establishment soon became one of Germany’s greatest. A catalogue of vocal works performed there lists over 2,000 of Krieger’s compositions along with hundreds of works by his brother Johann and other German and Italian composers.

Robert Robinson

Robert Robinson was born in Saffham, Norfolk, in 1735. (He died in 1790). His wi­dowed mo­ther sent him at age 14 to Lon­don to learn the trade of bar­ber and hair dress­er. How­ev­er, his mas­ter found he en­joyed read­ing more than work. Con­vert­ed to Christ at age 17, Ro­bin­son be­came a Meth­od­ist min­is­ter. He lat­er became a Bapt­ist and pas­tored in Cam­bridge, Eng­land. He wrote a num­ber of hymns, as well as on the sub­ject of the­ol­o­gy. His lat­er life was ev­i­dent­ly not an ea­sy one, judg­ing from an unsubstantiated but well known sto­ry about his hymn “Come, Thou Fount of Every Bless­ing.” One day, he en­count­ered a wo­man who was study­ing a hymn­al and she asked how he liked the hymn she was hum­ming. In tears, he re­plied, “Madam, I am the poor un­hap­py man who wrote that hymn ma­ny years ago, and I would give a thou­sand worlds, if I had them, to en­joy the feelings I had then.”

Edward Miller

A writer of hymn tunes, Edward Miller was born in 1735 (he died in 1807). His most famous tunes are Galway and Rockingham. Ap­prent­iced to his father, a pav­ior (a lay­er of pav­ing stones and the like), he ran away to stu­dy mu­sic. At one time he was a flaut­ist in Han­del’s or­ches­tra. He played the or­gan for 50 years at Don­caster Church, and com­posed hymn tunes and harp­si­chord so­na­tas. Cam­bridge Un­i­ver­si­ty award­ed him a doctor­ate in 1786. His works in­clude: The Psalms of Da­vid Set to New Mu­sic, 1774 Elements of Thorough-bass and Com­po­si­tion, 1787 The Psalms of Da­vid for the Use of Par­ish Churche­s, 1790 Thoughts on the Present Per­form­ance of Psalm­o­dy, 1791 The Psalms of Watts and Wes­ley, 1801 Sac­red Mu­sic, 1802 History of Don­cas­ter, 1804

Haarlem organ

1735 organ in the Groote Kerk in Haarlem, Netherlands

From Les Indes Galantes

Prélude, Allemande & Courante in A

Pastor de Lasala plays Prélude, Allemande & Courante from the suite in A Major by Jean-Odéo de Mars [1735] on a Flemish Double harpsichord made by Carey Beebe in 1988.

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)