Johann Sebastian Bach in 1746
Overview of the events of 1746 in music
Events
Classical music
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Harpsichord Concerto in A major, H.422
- Harpsichord Concerto in C major, H.423
- Viola da Gamba Sonata in D major, H.559
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Sechs Choräle von verschiedener Art
- Canon in G major, BWV 1076
- Francesco Feo – S. Francesco di Sales (sacred oratorio) first performed
- Francesco Geminiani
- 6 Cello Sonatas, Op. 5
- 6 Concertos, Op.7
- Christoph Willibald Gluck – 6 Trio Sonatas, Wq.53
- Christoph Graupner – Ach Herr, mich armen Suender (cantata)
- Joannes de Gruytters – his carillon book.[1]
- George Frideric Handel
- Niccolò Pasquali – Sonatas for two cellos
- Giovanni Benedetto Platti – 6 Harpsichord Sonatas, Op. 4 (parts of which have been attributed to Benedetto Marcello)[2]
- Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer – Pièces de clavecin
- Rudolf Straube – 2 Lute Sonatas
- Giuseppe Tartini – 3 Violin Concertos, Libro 1
Popular music
Opera
Publications
- Burke Thumoth – 12 English and 12 Irish Airs with Variations (London: J. Simpson)
- Anonymous – The Compleat Tutor for the French Horn (London: John Simpson)
Methods and theory writings
Births
- January 11 – František Adam Míča, Czech composer (died 1811)
- January 23 – Pierre-Ulric Dubuisson, translator and actor (died 1794)
- February 13 – Giuseppe Maria Cambini, Italian composer (died 1825)
- April 4 – Alexandre-Louis Robineau, librettist (died 1823)
- June 2– Wilhelm Cramer, composer and violinist (died 1799)
- June 3 (probable) – James Hook (composer), composer (died 1827)
- June 29 – Joachim Heinrich Campe, German librettist (died 1818)
- July 2 – Hartenack Otto Conrad Zinck, Danish composer (died 1832)
- August 21 – Ignaz Umlauf, Austrian composer (died 1796)
- September 3 – Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter, librettist and poet (died 1797)
- September 20 – Christian Benjamin Uber, German composer (died 1812)
- September 26 – Giovanni Punto, composer and horn player (died 1803)
- October 4 – Domenico Corri, Italian composer (died 1825)
- October 7 – William Billings, American composer (died 1800)
- October 12 – Emerico Lobo de Mesquita, composer and collaborator (died 1805)
- October 22 – Hector Macneill, librettist and poet (died 1818)
- November 15 – Joseph Quesnel, composer (died 1809)
- December 19 – Venanzio Rauzzini, collector and opera singer (died 1810)
- December 21 – Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty, librettist and poet (died 1776)
- unknown date - Avdotya Mikhaylova, opera singer (died 1807)
Deaths
References
