1740 in music
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[edit] Events
- Johann Sebastian Bach begins to lose his sight.
- Carl Heinrich Graun becomes Kapellmeister to Frederick II of Prussia. Johann Joachim Quantz becomes Frederick's flute teacher.
[edit] Classical music
- Thomas Arne - Alfred (masque), including the song, "Rule Britannia"
- George Frideric Handel - Op. 6, 12 concerti grossi
[edit] Opera
- Bernardo Aliprandi - Semiramide riconosciuta
- Vincenzo Ciampi - La Beatrice
- Baldassare Galuppi - Gustavo primo re di Svezia
- Maurice Greene - The Judgement of Hercules
- Luca Antonio Predieri - Zenobia
[edit] Births
- August 10 - Samuel Arnold (composer), composer (died 1802)
- unknown date - Samuel Webbe, composer (died 1816)
- November 4 - Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn-writer (died 1778)
[edit] Deaths
- January 5 - Antonio Lotti, composer (born 1667)
- January 25 - Geminiano Giacomelli, composer
- unknown date - Domenico Alberti, composer (born c.1710)
- probable - François Dieupart, French composer (born after 1667)
