1743 in music

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Contents 1 Events 2 Classical music 3 Opera 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Johann Sebastian Bach examines the organ at the Johanniskirche, Leipzig
• March 23 - English premiere of Handel's Messiah in London

[edit] Classical music

• Samson (oratorio) by George Frideric Handel

[edit] Opera

• Enrico by Baldassare Galuppi

[edit] Births

• February 19 - Luigi Boccherini, composer (died 1805)
• October 5 - Giuseppe Gazzaniga, composer (died 1818)

[edit] Deaths

• February 1 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (born 1657)
• February 7, Lodovico Giustini, composer (born 1685)