Französischer Art, BWV 831 Jean-Baptiste Barrière – 6 Cello Sonatas, Book 1 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier – Ixion (secular cantata) Johann Ernst Galliard – 6 Bassoon Sonatas Christoph Graupner – Lass dein Ohr auf Weisheit, GWV 1138/33 Maurice Greene – Lesson in D major George Frideric Handel Deborah, HWV 51 (oratorio) Athalia, HWV 52 (oratorio) Benedetto Marcello – Il pianto e il riso delle quattro stagioni (oratorio) Georg Philipp Telemann Ach wie nichtig ach wie flüchtig, TWV 4:6 Jan Dismas Zelenka Requiem, ZWV 46 (for Elector Friedrich August II) Barbara dira effera, ZWV 164 8 Italian Arias, ZWV 176 Opera Francisco António de Almeida – La pazienza di Socrate Thomas Arne – Rosamund, with the composer's sister, Susannah Maria, performing. Giovanni Battista Bononcini – Griselda Antonio Caldara Demofoonte L'Olimpiade Sancio Pansa, governatore dell'isola Barattaria Geminiano Giacomelli – Adriano in Siria George Frideric Handel – Orlando Johann Adolf Hasse – Siroe John Frederick Lampe – Dione Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Il prigionier superbo La serva padrona (intermezzo) Nicola Antonio Porpora – Arianna in Nasso Jean-Philippe Rameau – Hippolyte et Aricie Antonio Vivaldi – Montezuma Methods and Theory Writings Alexandre de Villeneuve – Nouvelle méthode pour apprendre la musique Births January 3 – Josina van Aerssen (died 1797) January 17 – Thomas Linley the elder (died 1795) September 5 – Christoph Martin Wieland, poet and librettist (died 1813) September 22 – Johann Anton Filtz (died 1760) October 28 – Franz Ignaz von Beecke (died 1803) October 29 – Gottfried van Swieten, collaborator of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven Date Unknown Pierre Nicolas Brunet, playwright and librettist (died 1771) Johann Christian Fischer, composer (died 1800) Deaths February 26 – Johann Adam Birkenstock, violinist and composer (born 1687) May 18 – Georg Böhm, organist (born 1661) July 2 – Christian Petzold, organist and composer (born 1677) September 12 – François Couperin (born 1668) October 14 – Pietro Pariati, librettist (born 1665) October 26 – Antonio Veracini (born 1659) 18th century in music Music by year