Duphly, composer (died 1789) January 29 – Georg Christoph Wagenseil, composer (died 1777) April 11 – John Alcock, composer April 19 – James Nares, composer (died 1783) April 23 – Johann Friedrich Doles, composer (died 1797) April 28 – Franz Sparry, composer (died 1767) May 11 Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, organist and son of Johann Sebastian Bach (died 1739) Ignazio Fiorillo, composer (died 1787) November 10 – Johann August Landvoigt, librettist and musician (died 1766) November 16 – Girolamo Abos, composer (died 1760) December – Isabella Lampe, soprano and wife of John Frederick Lampe (died 1795) December 12 – Gennaro Manna, composer (died 1779) date unknown Giovanni Battista Casali, musician (died 1792) William Felton – (died 1769) Francesco Zoppis, composer (died after 1781) Deaths January 15 – Caspar Neumann, hymnist (born 1648) January 22 – Marc'Antonio Ziani, composer (born c.1653) February 3 – Gottfried Vopelius, composer July 30 – Nahum Tate, hymn-writer and lyricist (born 1652) September 2 – Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer September 6 – Basilius Petritz, German composer and Kreuzkantor in Dresden (born 1647) October 6 – Melchior Hoffmann, composer date unknown Antonio de Salazar, composer (born c.1650) Diego Xaraba, Spanish organist and composer (born 1652) probable Daniel Eberlin, composer (born 1647) Vasily Polikarpovich Titov, Russian composer References 18th century in music Music by year