1746 in music explained

Events

April 8 Johann Sebastian Bach performs a copy he made of the Brockes Passion HWV 48 of George Frideric Handel at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig.
Elias Gottlob Haussmann completes his famous portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach
1746 - 1747 Bach adds two Chorale preludes (BWV 664 and 665) to his manuscript of the Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes.

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 Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62 with words by Newburgh Hamilton
- Concerto in D major, HWV 335a (contributed to the Music for the Royal Fireworks)
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

Opera

Andrea Adolfati – La pace fra la virtù e la bellezza
Thomas Arne – Neptune and Amphitrite
Matteo Capranica – Alcibiade
Carl Heinrich Graun – Demofoonte, GraunWV B:I:13
Niccolò Jommelli – Didone abbandonata
Jean-Marie Leclair – Scylla et Glaucus

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

William Tans'ur – A New Musical Grammar

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

March 16 – Jean Baptiste Matho, French composer (born 1663)
March 30 – Jean-Joseph Fiocco, composer (b. 1686)
May 15 – Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer
August 27 – Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, German composer
October 14 – Domenico Alberti, Italian composer (born c. 1700)
December 6 – Grizel Baillie, librettist and composer (born 1665)
December 10 – Teodorico Pedrini, priest, musician and composer (b. 1671)
unknown date – Jean-Baptiste Malter, dancer (b. 1701)

Notes and References

Verheyden . Prosper . The Carillon Repertory of Joannes de Gruytters (Antwerp 1746) . The Bulletin . 4 . 1 . 1922 . 1949 . 13 . . PDF . 2021-05-10 . subscription.
Web site: Harpsichord Sonata in C minor, IP 109 (Platti, Giovanni Benedetto) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music. imslp.org. 2019-04-03.