1747 In Music

Events

• Johann Sebastian Bach is presented to King Frederick II of Prussia in Berlin; the king plays a theme for Bach and challenges the musician to improvise a six-part fugue based on it.
• Luigi Boccherini goes to Rome to study the cello.

Classical music

• Pices de viole mises en pices de clavecin by Antoine Forqueray (posthumously published)
• "Judas Maccabeus" (oratorio) by George Frideric Handel

Births

• date unknown - Franois Tourte, maker of violin bows

Deaths

• June 19 - Alessandro Marcello, composer
• July 9 - Giovanni Bononcini, composer

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