Musicians Born in 1749

  • Feb 22 Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist (1st biography of Johann Sebastian Bach), born in Meeder, Coburg (d. 1818)
  • Mar 10 Lorenzo Da Ponte [Emanuele Conegliano], Italian-American librettist (Don Giovanni), poet, and libertine priest, born in Ceneda, Republic of Venice (now Vittorio Veneto, Italy) (d. 1838)
  • Mar 23 Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1802)
  • Mar 24 Bernard Jumentier, French composer, primarily of sacred music, born in Lèves, France (d. 1829)
  • Apr 21 Johann Michael Malzat, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1787)
  • May 5 Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1794) [1]
  • Jun 15 George Joseph Vogler, German composer, organist and teacher, born in Würzburg (d. 1814)
  • Jun 23 Konrad Back, German monastic composer, born in Haigerloch, County of Hohenzollern, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1810)
  • Jun 26 Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, French composer, born in Marseille, France (d. 1820)
  • Aug 26 Johann Ernst Rembt, German organist and composer, born in Suhl, Germany (d. 1810)
  • Oct 4 Jean-Louis Duport, French cellist and composer, born in France (d. 1819)
  • Nov 10 Prince Maciej Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian noble, composer and librettist, born in Szydłowiec, Poland (d. 1800)
  • Dec 17 Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto), born in Aversa, Italy (d. 1801)
  • Dec 23 Johann Lukas Schubaur, German composer, and physician, baptized in Lechfeld, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1815)