1753 in music
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Events
- January 10 - King Louis XV of France banishes Eustachio Bambini and his Italian opera company from Paris.[1]
- May 1 - George Frideric Handel plays the organ in public for the last time, at the Foundling Hospital, London.[1]
- June 15 - Schlosstheater Schwetzingen in Schwetzingen Palace, Baden-Württemberg, designed by Nicolas de Pigage, is inaugurated with a performance of Ignaz Holzbauer's opera Il figlio delle selve.[2]
- October 12 - Cuvilliés Theatre in the Munich Residenz, Bavaria, designed by François de Cuvilliés, is inaugurated with a performance of Ferrandini's opera Catone in Utica.[3]
- November 21 - Niccolò Jommelli is appointed music director and Oberkapellmeister to Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, at Stuttgart.[1]
- Teatro Carignano in Turin is inaugurated with a performance of Baldassare Galuppi's opera Calamità de' cuori.
- Grand Théâtre in Antwerp is inaugurated.
Publications
- Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach publishes his treatise, Versuch, including instructions for improvisation.
Classical music
- Georg Philipp Telemann - Fürchtet den Herrn und dienet ihm treulich (oratorio)
Opera
- Maria Agnesi – Ciro in Armenia
- Antoine Dauvergne – Les troqueurs
- Johann Adolf Hasse - Solimano
- Niccolò Jommelli - Attilio Regolo, with libretto by Metastasio
- Jean-Philippe Rameau – Daphnis et Eglé
Births
- June 8 - Nicolas Dalayrac, composer of opéra-comique (died 1809
- September 29 - Johann Gottfried Schicht, conductor and composer (died 1823)
- November 6 – Jean-Baptiste Bréval, cellist and composer (died 1823)
- November 30 – Johann Baptist Schenk, composer (died 1836)
- December 28 - Johan Wikmanson, organist and composer (died 1800)
Deaths
- February 7 - Giovanni Alberto Ristori, opera composer and conductor, 60
- February 16 – Giacomo Facco, violinist, conductor and composer, 77
- May 19 – Jacques Aubert, composer, 63
- August 4 – Gottfried Silbermann, German constructor of keyboard instruments, 70
- September 24 – Georg Gebel (the younger), composer, 43
- November - Giuseppe Valentini, violinist, painter, poet, and composer, 71
- November 4 - Johann Nicolaus Bach, organist and composer, eldest son of Johann Christoph Bach, 84
- November 16 - Nicolas Racot de Grandval, harpsichordist and composer, 77
- unknown date - John Holt, bell-ringer and composer, 27
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MusicAndHistory:1753 Accessed 13 March 2013
- ↑ "Die Hofmusiker – Ignaz Holzbauer" (in German). Forschungsstelle Südwestdeutsche Hofmusik. 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
- ↑ Zeitz, Karyl (1999). Opera Companies and Houses of Western Europe... p. 215.