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1724 In Music
The year 1724 in music involved some significant musical events. Events *Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Sanctus for his later Mass in B minor. *John Frederick Lampe arrives in Britain. *Joseph Bodin de Boismortier moves to Paris from Perpignan. *Agostino Steffani is elected honorary president of the Academy of Antient Musick in London. *Johann Adolph Hasse arrives in Naples. *The ''Le Saraste'' violin is made by Antonio Stradivari (now owned by the Real Concervatorio Superior de Música in Madrid, Spain). *In Rome, Domenico Scarlatti meets Farinelli and Johann Joachim Quantz. *Marriage of the daughter of music publisher Jean-Baptiste-Christophe Ballard to the printer François Boivin. *Sébastien de Brossard's collection of manuscripts is bought by King Louis XV of France. *Renatus Harris builds his last organ, that of St Dionis Backchurch in the City of London. *7 April Johann Sebastian Bach premieres his ''St John Passion'' (BWV 245, BC D 2a) at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig ... [...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] |
