1759 in Music History
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Months in 1759: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Events in Music
Events 1 - 1 of 1
Dec 13th - 1st music store in America opens (Phila)
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 16 of 16
Jan 4th - Maria Rosa Coccia, composer
Jan 31st - Francois Devienne, composer
Feb 27th - Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer
Mar 2nd - Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer
Apr 18th - Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer
May 15th - Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer
May 18th - Charles Duquesnoy, composer
May 22nd - Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer
May 23rd - Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer
Jun 5th - Theodor Zwetler, composer
Jul 10th - Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer
Oct 12th - Frantisek Vaclav Tomes, composer
Nov 10th - Frederich von Schiller, Germany, poet/lyricist (Ode to Joy) (d. 1805)
Nov 13th - Timothy Olmstead, composer
Nov 20th - Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer
Nov 27th - Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 6 of 6
Apr 8th - Francois de La Croix, composer, dies at 76
Apr 14th - Georg Friedrich Handel, organist/composer (Watermusic), dies at 74
Jun 19th - Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer, dies at 31
Jul 25th - Johann C Altnikol, German organist/klavecinist/composer, dies at 39
Aug 8th - Karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55
Sep 4th - Girolamo Chiti, composer, dies at 80
