Musicians Who Died in 1750

  • Feb 2 Johann Graf, German composer, dies at 65
  • Feb 22 Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer, dies at 71
  • May 29 Giuseppe Porsile, Neapolitan composer, dies at 70
  • Jun 2 Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German organist, Benedictine priest, choirmaster, and composer (Augsburger Tafel-Confect), dies of gout at 68
  • Jun 14 Franz Anton Maichelbeck, German composer, dies at 47

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Jul 28 German composer (St. Matthew's Passion; Brandenburg Concertos; Toccata and Fugue), dies at 65

  • Sep 15 Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German-American composer (son of Johann Pachelbel), one of the first European composers to emigrate to America, dies at 59
  • Oct 3 Georg Matthias Monn, Austrian composer, dies at 33
  • Oct 16 Silvius Leopold Weiss, German composer and lutenist, dies at 64
  • Nov 15 Pantaleon Hebenstreit, German musician, composer, and instrument inventor, dies at 81
  • Nov 20 Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian oboe virtuoso and late Baroque/early classical composer who served the court of the Prince of Wales, dies at 55 [exact date uncertain +/- 3 days]
  • Nov 25 Francesco Feroci, composer, dies at 77