1737 in music

none August 2026 1737 music Events April – George Frideric Handel suffers a probable stroke, resulting in the temporary paralysis of his right arm. November 4 – Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, inaugurated with a performance of Domenico Sarro's Achille in Sciro. William Boyce conducts the Three Choirs Festival Classical music Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Harpsichord Concerto in G major, H. 405 Flute Sonata in E minor, H. 551 Johann Sebastian Bach – Mass in G major, BWV 236 Christoph Graupner – Concerto for Chalumeau, Bassoon and Cello in C major, GWV 306 George Frideric Handel – Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264 Leonardo Leo Cello Concerto in D major, L. 10 Cello Concerto in A major, L. 20 Cello Concerto in F minor, L. 40 Nicola Porpora – Il Gedeone (sacred oratorio) Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel – Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe, H. 342 Jan Dismas Zelenka Requiem, ZWV 45 (attribution is contested) 6 Ave Regina Coelorum, ZWV 128 Il diamante, ZWV 177 Opera Domenico Alberti – Endimione Giovanni Bononcini – Zenobia Riccardo Broschi – Merope George Frideric Handel Arminio (first performed, composed in 1736)) Giustino, HWV 37 (first performed, composed in 1736) Berenice, HWV 38 (completed, first performed) Faramondo, HWV 39 (composed, first performed 1738) Johann Adolph Hasse – Asteria John Frederick Lampe and Henry Carey – The Dragon of Wantley Leonardo Leo L'Olimpiade Siface Jean-Philippe Rameau – Castor et Pollux Nicola Antonio Porpora – Lucio Papirio Domenico Sarro – Achille in Sciro Antonio Vivaldi Catone In Utica Oracolo in Messenia, RV 726 Publications Joseph Bodin de Boismortier – 9 Sonatas and Chaconne, Op. 66 Nicolas Chédeville – Il Pastor Fido Sonatas (originally attributed to Vivaldi as his Op. 13) Michel Corrette – Premier Livre d’Orgue, Op. 16 Charles Dollé – Pièces de viole, Op. 2 Giovanni Battista Ferrandini – 6 Sonatas, Op. 2 Charles-Joseph van Helmont – Pièces de Clavecin, Op. 1 Jean-Marie Leclair 6 Violin Concertos, Op. 7 Deuxième recréation de musique d’une execution facile, Op. 8 (Paris) Pietro Locatelli – 12 Sonate da camera, Op. 6 Il Maestro di Musica – Pasticcio with music by Pietro Auletta, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Alessandro Parisotti Ohrenvergnügendes und gemütergötzendes Tafelkonfekt, Augsburg. (includes works by Valentin Rathgeber) Methods and theory writings Carl Johann Friedrich Haltmeier – Anleitung zum Transponieren Jacques Hotteterre – Méthode pour la musette, Op. 10 David Kellner – Treulicher Unterricht im General-Baß John Frederick Lampe – A Plain and Compendious Method of Teaching Thorough Bass Johann Mattheson – Kern Melodischer Wissenschafft Jean-Phillipe Rameau – Génération harmonique, ou Traité de musique théorique et pratique Johann Adolph Scheibe – Der critische Musicus Births January 3 – Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg, poetHeinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg poet, dramatist, critic Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Heinrich-Wilhelm-von-Gerstenberg 2026-08-01 Britannica.com en and librettistAugust 2026 (died 1823) January 19 – Giuseppe Millico, castrato singer, composer and music teacher (died 1802) March 9 – Josef Mysliveček, composer (died 1781) April 10 – François Giroust (died 1799) September 14 – Michael Haydn, composer (died 1806) September 21 – Francis Hopkinson (died 1791) November 25 – Christian Friedrich Penzel (died 1801) date unknown William Paxton, cellist and composer (died 1781) Frederick Charles Reinhold, operatic bass (died 1815) Marguerite Morel, Ballerina, actress and singer. Deaths February 12 – Benjamin Schmolck, Lutheran hymn-writer (born 1672) September 22 Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, composer (born 1667) Francesco Mancini, composer and music teacher (born 1672) December 18 – Antonio Stradivari, violin-maker (born 1644) References Category:18th century in music Category:Music by year