1745 in music explained
Events
Classical music
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- Harpsichord Concerto in E minor, H.418
- Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, H.420
- Harpsichord Concerto in D major, H.421
- Trio Sonata in C major, H.573
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – Keyboard Sonata in D major, F.3
- Johann Ernst Eberlin – 9 Toccatas and Fugues (for organ), published in Augsburg, 1747, as IX toccate e fughe
- George Frideric Handel – Hercules, HWV 60 (oratorio)
- Johann Melchior Molter – Clarinet Concerto in G major, MWV 6.40
- Johann Joachim Quantz – Flute Concerto in G major, QV 5:174
- John Stanley – 10 Voluntaries (for organ), published in 1748 as Op. 5
- Georg Philipp Telemann – Johannes Passion, TWV 5:30
- Tomaso Antonio Vitali – Chaconne in G minor
Opera
Popular music
Publications
Methods and theory writings
- Bartolomé Ferriol – Reglas utiles para los aficionados a danzar
- Georg Andreas Sorge – Vorgemach der musicalischen Composition
Births
- January 17 – Nicolas Roze, music collector and composer (died 1819)
- January 18 – Caterino Mazzolà, librettist and poet (died 1806)
- February – Johann Peter Salomon, violinist, conductor and composer (died 1815)
- March 4 – Charles Dibdin, British composer (died 1814)
- April 7 – Jiří Družecký, Czech composer (died 1819)
- May 7 – Carl Stamitz, composer (died 1801)
- July 15 – Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda, composer and musician (died 1814)
- August 19 – Johann Ignaz Ludwig Fischer, operatic bass (died 1825)
- November 9 – Johann Michael Bach, musician and theorist (died 1820)
- December 9 – Maddalena Laura Sirmen, violinist, singer and composer (died 1818)
- December 25 – Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the "Black Mozart" (died 1799)
- date unknown – Sophia Baddeley, actress and singer (died 1786)
Deaths
- January – Giovanni Lorenzo Gregori, collector and composer (born 1663)
- February 18 – Nicola Fago, composer and music teacher (born 1677)
- March 15 – Michel de la Barre, flautist and composer (born c.1675)
- April 18 – Francesco Venturini, composer and musician (born 1675)
- April 27 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, composer (born 1677)
- May 9 – Tomaso Antonio Vitali, violinist and composer (born 1663)
- June 25 – Johann Wilhelm Drese, composer (born 1677)
- June 28 – Antoine Forqueray, viola da gamba player and composer (born 1672)
- September 5 – Simon-Joseph Pellegrin, librettist and poet (born 1663)
- October 18 – Jacques Autreau, librettist and painter (born 1657)
- October 19 – Jonathan Swift, librettist and satirist (born 1667)
- October 24 – Antonio Veracini, violinist and composer (born 1659)
- November 5 – Françoise-Charlotte de Senneterre Ménétou, French composer (born 1679)
- December 6 – Christoph Förster, German composer (born 1693)
- December 23 – Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer (born 1679)
- date unknown – Charles Coffey, dramatist and composer