March 27 Johann Sebastian Bach revives his St Mark Passion with some textual changes and two new arias inserted at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig.
Castrato Giovanni Carestini goes to work for Maria Theresa of Austria.
Thomas Arne – The Death of Abel (oratorio)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Das wohltemperierte Klavier, part 2
Johan Helmich Roman – Drottningholm Music (Music for a Royal Wedding)
Francesco Maria Veracini – L'errore di Salomone (oratorio)
Daniele Dal Barba – Il Tigrane
Christoph Willibald Gluck – Ipermestra
George Frideric Handel – Semele
John Frederick Lampe – The Kiss Accepted and Returned
May 3 – Friedrich Wilhelm Weis, composer
May 4 – Marianna Martines, singer, pianist and composer (d. 1812)
date unknown
Gaetano Brunetti, Italian composer (d. 1798)
Charles le Picq, French dancer and choreographer (d. 1806)
Marie Barch, first native Danish ballerina (d. 1827)
January 14 – Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer (born 1671)
January 20 – Richard Jones, violinist and composer
February 15 – František Václav Míča, conductor and composer (born 1694)
March 22 – Georg Lenck, German musician (born 1685)
April 26 – Domenico Sarro, Italian composer (born 1679)
June 29 – André Campra, composer (born 1660)
October 17 – Giuseppe Guarneri, violin-maker (born 1698)
October 31 – Leonardo Leo, composer (born 1694)
date unknown
Claude Balon, dancer and choreographer
Francesca Vanini-Boschi, operatic contralto
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