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1733 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1733. Events *July 2 – Johann Sebastian Bach performs a revised version of his Magnificat in D major, BWV 243, ending the mourning period for Augustus II the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland. *July 10 – George Frideric Handel premieres his English-language oratorio ''Athalia (Handel), Athalia'' at the University of Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre. *First opera staged at the Nobile Teatro di San Giacomo di Corfù, Aurelio Aureli’s (librettist) ''Gerone, tiranno di Siracusa'', probably the version with music by Johann Adolph Hasse, premiered in Naples in 1727. *Wilhelm Friedemann Bach is appointed organist of the Sophienkirche, Dresden. *Beginning date of the William Dixon manuscript of music for the Border pipes, the oldest known surviving manuscript of pipe music from the British Isles. *Jean-Marie Leclair becomes musical director to King Louis XV of France. *Charles Theodore Pachelbel settles in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard works such as the ''Goldberg Variations'' and ''The Well-Tempered Clavier''; organ works such as the '' Schubler Chorales'' and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor; and vocal music such as the ''St Matthew Passion'' and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach revival he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. The Bach family already counted several composers when Johann Sebastian was born as the last child of a city musician in Eisenach. After being orphaned at the age of 10, he lived for five years with his eldest brother Johann Christoph, after which he continued his musical education in Lüneburg. From 1703 he was back in Thuringia, working as a musician for Protestant c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
