1737 in music
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- April - George Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
suffers a probable stroke, resulting in the temporary paralysis of his right arm. - William Boyce conducts the Three Choirs FestivalThree Choirs FestivalThe Three Choirs Festival is a music festival held each August alternately at the cathedrals of the Three Counties and originally featuring their three choirs, which remain central to the week-long programme...
Opera
- Domenico AlbertiDomenico AlbertiDomenico Alberti was an Italian singer, harpsichordist, and composer whose works bridge the Baroque and Classical periods....
- Endimione - Giovanni Bononcini - Zenobia
- George Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
- BereniceBerenice (opera)Berenice is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel to an Italian libretto, written in Italy in 1709 and originally entitled Berenice, regina d'Egitto , by Antonio Salvi....
and ArminioArminioArminio is an opera composed by George Frideric Handel.- Performance History :Together with Giustino and Berenice, Arminio is one of three operas Handel wrote within a period of half a year in 1736. He began with the composition of Giustino on 14 August 1736, followed by that of Arminio on 15... - John Frederick LampeJohn Frederick LampeJohn Frederick Lampe was a musician.He was born in Saxony, but came to England in 1724 and played the bassoon in opera houses. His wife, Isabella Lampe, was sister-in-law to the composer Thomas Arne with whom Lampe collaborated on a number of concert seasons...
and Henry CareyHenry CareyHenry Carey may refer to:*Henry Charles Carey , American economist*Henry Carey , dramatist and songwriter*Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon , politician, general and potential illegitimate son of Henry VIII of England*Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover Henry Carey may refer to:*Henry Charles Carey...
- The Dragon of Wantley - Leonardo LeoLeonardo LeoLeonardo Leo , more correctly Lionardo Oronzo Salvatore de Leo, was an Italian Baroque composer.-Biography:...
- Parnace - Jean-Philippe RameauJean-Philippe RameauJean-Philippe Rameau was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era. He replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is also considered the leading French composer for the harpsichord of his time, alongside François...
- Castor et Pollux
Births
- January 19 - Giuseppe MillicoGiuseppe MillicoGiuseppe Millico was an Italian soprano castrato, composer, and music teacher of the 18th century who is best remembered for his performances in the operas of Christoph Willibald Gluck....
, castrato singer, composer and music teacher (died 1802) - March 9 - Josef MyslivečekJosef MyslivecekJosef Mysliveček was a Czech composer who contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music...
, composer (died 1781) - September 14 - Michael HaydnMichael HaydnJohann Michael Haydn was an Austrian composer of the classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn.-Life:...
, composer (died 1806) - date unknown
- William PaxtonWilliam Paxton (musician)William Paxton was a cellist in England. He composed several sets of duets and solos for the cello, including six duos for two cellos , eight duos for violin and cello , six solos for violin , four solos for violin and two for the cello , twelve easy lessons for cello . and six solos for cello...
, cellist and composer (died 1781) - Frederick Charles ReinholdFrederick Charles ReinholdFrederick Charles Reinhold was born in London in 1737, son of Henry Reinhold, and became a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and the Chapel Royal...
, operatic bass (died 1815) - Marguerite MorelMarguerite MorelMarguerite Morel as married Marguerite Du Londel, was a French ballerina, and actress and opera singer. She was active in Sweden 1755-1771 and at that time counted as the perhaps notable star in the ballet in Sweden...
, Ballerina, actress and singer.
- William Paxton
Deaths
- February 12 - Benjamin SchmolckBenjamin SchmolckBenjamin Schmolck was a German Lutheran composer of hymns.He was born a pastor's son in Brauchitschdorf , Silesia. After attending the gymnasium in Liegnitz , he studied theology at the University of Leipzig from 1693 to 1697...
, Lutheran hymn-writer (born 1672) - September 22
- Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, composer (born 1667)
- Francesco ManciniFrancesco Mancini (composer)Francesco Mancini was an Italian composer from Napoli.-Biography:He was an important teacher and managed to obtain his greatest duty during Alessandro Scarlatti's absence from Neapolitan court, between 1702 and 1708...
, composer and music teacher (born 1672)
- December 18 - Antonio StradivariAntonio StradivariAntonio Stradivari was an Italian luthier and a crafter of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas, and harps. Stradivari is generally considered the most significant artisan in this field. The Latinized form of his surname, Stradivarius, as well as the colloquial, "Strad", is...
, violin-maker (born 1644)