1736 in music

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See also: 1735 in music, other events of 1736, 1737 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• Domenico Alberti is in Spain as Venetian ambassador. Farinelli is impressed by his amateur singing.
• Charles Theodore Pachelbel, son of the more famous Johann, settles in Charleston, South Carolina, where he works as an organist, harpsichordist, composer and music teacher for the rest of his life.
• Antonio Lotti becomes maestro di cappella at St Mark's Cathedral, Venice.

Classical music

• Salve regina in A major - Johann Adolf Hasse
• Deuxième recréation de musique - Jean Marie Leclair
• Stabat Mater - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Opera

• Francesco Durante - Abigaile

Births

• February 3 - Johann Georg Albrechtsberger

Deaths

• March 16 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
• December 28 - Antonio Caldara