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Overview of the events of 1749 in music
Events
Popular Music
Classical music
Opera
Publications
Methods and theory writings
Births
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January 16 –
Vittorio Alfieri, librettist and dramatist (died 1803)
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March 10 –
Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian librettist (died 1838)
- May –
Elisabeth Soligny, French ballerina and
ballet mistress
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May 5 –
Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, composer (died
1794)
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June 15 –
Georg Joseph Vogler, (known as Abbé Vogler) German composer, teacher and theorist (died
1814)
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August 21 –
Edvard Storm, librettist and poet (died 1794)
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August 28 –
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, librettist and writer (died 1832)
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September 1 –
Lorenz Leopold Haschka, librettist and writer (died 1827)
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October 4 –
Jean-Louis Duport, composer and cellist (died 1819)
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December 17 –
Domenico Cimarosa, composer (died
1801)
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December 30 –
Anton Kraft, Czech composer (died 1820)
- date unknown –
Marija Zubova, composer (d. 1799)
Deaths
References