1742 in music

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

[edit] Events

• Joseph Benda joins the Prussian royal orchestra.

[edit] Classical music

• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Peasant Cantata
  • Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, book 2
• George Frideric Handel - The Messiah, an oratorio, first performed in Dublin
• Franz Xaver Richter - Kemptener Te Deum

[edit] Opera

• Carl Heinrich Graun - Cesare e Cleopatra
• Niccolò Jommelli - Don Chichibio
• Gennaro Manna - Tito Manlio

[edit] Births

• August 5 - Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz, composer (died 1790)

[edit] Deaths

• June 28, Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer
• July 12 - Evaristo Abaco, composer (born 1675)
• August 25 - Carlos Seixas, composer (born 1704)