1741 in music

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See also: 1740 in music, other events of 1741, 1742 in music, list of years in music.

Contents 1 Events 2 Classical music 3 Opera 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

• Johann Friedrich Agricola arrives in Berlin to study musical composition under Johann Joachim Quantz.
• Antonio Vivaldi leaves Venice for Vienna, but dies shortly after his arrival.

Classical music

• Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach
• The Messiah composed by George Frideric Handel

Opera

• Christoph Willibald Gluck - Artaserse
• Giovanni Battista Lampugnani - Arsace

Births

• February 8 - André Grétry, composer
• May 9 - Giovanni Paisiello, composer
• May 23 - Andrea Luchesi, composer
• Anton Zimmermann, composer

Deaths

• February 13 - Johann Joseph Fux, composer
• July 28, Antonio Vivaldi, composer