1742 in music
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Events
- March 23 Johann Sebastian Bach revives his St Matthew Passion BWV 244 (BC D 3b) with some further revisions of instrumentation and voicing at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig. Work now scored with a ripieno Soprano choir and Viola da gamba and Harpsichord in the 2nd Orchestra (Organ for 2nd Orchestra under repair).
- December 7 – The Berlin Court Opera is inaugurated with a performance of Carl Heinrich Graun's Cleopatra e Cesare.
- Joseph Benda joins the Prussian royal orchestra.
Classical music
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Peasant Cantata
- Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, book 2
- Autograph version of Die Kunst der Fuge
- George Frideric Handel – The Messiah, an oratorio, first performed in Dublin
- Franz Xaver Richter – Kemptener Te Deum
Opera
- Giuseppe Carcani – Demetrio
- Carl Heinrich Graun – Cesare e Cleopatra
- Niccolò Jommelli – Don Chichibio
- Gennaro Manna – Tito Manlio
Births
- May 8 – Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz, composer (died 1790)
- August 19 – Jean Dauberval, dancer (died 1806)
- date unknown – Martha Ray, singer (died 1779)
Deaths
- January 24 (buried) – Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter, composer (born 1665)
- April 16 – Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, librettist (born 1672)
- June 28, Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer
- July 22 - Andrea Adami da Bolsena, master of the papal choir (born 1663)
- July 12 – Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, violinist and composer (born 1675)
- August 25 – Carlos Seixas, composer (born 1704)
- date unknown - Matteo Goffriller, cello-maker (born 1659)
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