Feb 1 Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian Baroque composer, organist, and maestro di cappella (Basilica of San Marco. 1677-1743), dies at 85 Feb 7 Lodovico Giustini, Italian composer, dies at 57 Mar 9 Jean-Baptiste Lully fils, French musician and son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, dies at 77 May 11 Francesco Stradivari, Italian violin maker and son of Antonius, dies at 70 Jun 25 Václav Matyáš Gurecký, Bohemian composer dies at 37 Sep 14 Johann Michael Müller, German organist and composer, dies at 59 Nov 5 Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, German choirmaster and composer, dies at 44 1742 Deaths in Music by Year 1744 Famous Musicians Country Singers Jazz Musicians Opera Singers Pop Stars Rappers Rockers