Musicians Who Died in 1743

  • 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