1737 in music
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Events
- April - George Frideric Handel suffers a probable stroke, resulting in the temporary paralysis of his right arm.
- November 4 - Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, inaugurated with a performance of Domenico Sarro's Achille in Sciro.
- William Boyce conducts the Three Choirs Festival
Classical music
Opera
- Domenico Alberti - Endimione
- Giovanni Bononcini - Zenobia
- George Frideric Handel - Berenice & Arminio
- John Frederick Lampe and Henry Carey - The Dragon of Wantley
- Leonardo Leo - Parnace
- Jean-Philippe Rameau - Castor et Pollux
Births
- January 19 - Giuseppe Millico, castrato singer, composer and music teacher (died 1802)
- March 9 - Josef Mysliveček, composer (died 1781)
- September 14 - Michael Haydn, composer (died 1806)
- date unknown
- William Paxton, cellist and composer (died 1781)
- Frederick Charles Reinhold, operatic bass (died 1815)
- Marguerite Morel, Ballerina, actress and singer.
Deaths
- February 12 - Benjamin Schmolck, Lutheran hymn-writer (born 1672)
- September 22
- Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, composer (born 1667)
- Francesco Mancini, composer and music teacher (born 1672)
- December 18 - Antonio Stradivari, violin-maker (born 1644)