3 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier Quatre suites de pièces de clavecin, Op. 59 (Paris) Les Voyages de l'Amour, Op. 60 (ballet) (Paris) Six sonates, for treble viol and basso continuo, Op. 61 (Paris) 6eme Recueil d’airs à boire et sérieuxe, Op. 62 (Paris) Six sonates, for two treble viols, Op. 63 (Paris) Pietro Castrucci – 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 Jean-Pierre Guignon Pieces à 2 violons, Op. 8 Nouvelles variations de divers airs et les Folies d'Espagne, Op. 9 Johann Adolph Hasse – Siroe, re di Persia (published, first performed 1733) Jean-Marie Leclair – Première recréation de musique d’une execution facile, Op. 6 (Paris) Pietro Locatelli – 6 Trio Sonatas, Op. 5 Franz Anton Maichelbeck – 8 Keyboard Sonatas, Op. 1 Benedetto Marcello – 6 Sonatas for 2 Cellos, Op. 2 Giovanni Batista Pergolesi – Luce degli occhi miei, P.110 (published posthumously) Nicolo Antonio Porpora – 6 Sinfonie da camera, Op. 2 Giuseppe Sammartini 6 Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 12 Flute Sonatas, Op. 2 Georg Christian Schemelli – Musicalisches Gesang-Buch (anthology of J.S. Bach choral settings) Georg Philipp Telemann – ' Georg Philipp Telemann VI Moralische Kantaten, for soprano and basso continuo, TWV 20:23-28 (Hamburg: [Telemann]) 'VI Ouvertures à 4 ou 6 (Hamburg: [Telemann]) Carlo Tessarini – 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 3 Methods and theory publications Michel Pignolet de Montéclair – Principes de musiqueJose de Torres y Martínez Bravo – Reglas generales de acompañarBirths February 3 – Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, musician (died 1809) June 3 – Ignaz Fränzl, violinist and composer (died 1811) June 28 – Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel (died 1809) August 15 – Johann Christoph Kellner, organist and composer (died 1803) October 27 – James Macpherson, librettist (died 1796) November 18 – Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, harpsichordist and composer (died 1800) December 20 – Hans Moritz von Brühl (died 1809) Deaths February 13 – Charles Desmazures (born 1669) March 16 – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, composer (born 1710) May 7 – John Weldon, composer (born 1676) August 21 – Emanuele d'Astorga, composer (born 1681) December 28 – Antonio Caldara, composer (born c.1670)date unknown'' – Joseph Michel, chorister, composer and music teacher (born 1688) References 18th century in music Music by year