1745 in music

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

[edit] Events

• Thomas Arne enlarges the orchestra at Vauxhall Gardens, taking on John Hebden as principal cellist and bassoonist

[edit] Classical music

• Hercules (oratorio) by Handel

[edit] Opera

• George Frideric Handel - Comus (based on the masque by John Milton)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau - Platée
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Les Muses galantes
• Georg Christoph Wagenseil - Ariodante

[edit] Births

• May 7 - Carl Stamitz, composer (died 1801)

[edit] Deaths

• February 5 - Coelestin Praelisauer, composer
• May 9 - Tomaso Antonio Vitali, violinist and composer (born 1663)
• June 22 - Hubert Renotte, composer
• October 24 - Antonio Veracini, violinist and composer (born 1659)
• December 23 - Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer (born 1679)
• date unknown
  • Michel de la Barre, flautist and composer (born c.1675)
  • Nicola Fago, composer and music teacher (born 1677)