1750 in music

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See also: 1749 in music, other events of 1750, 1751 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• Farinelli is knighted by King Ferdinand VI of Spain

Classical music

Opera

• Il filosofo convinto in amore - Johann Friedrich Agricola

Births

• August 18 - Antonio Salieri
• (probable) - Anton Stamitz, composer
• (probable) - Antonio Rosetti, composer

Deaths

• June 2 - Johann Valentin Rathgeber, composer
• July 28 - Johann Sebastian Bach
• October 3 - Georg Matthias Monn, composer
• October 16 - Sylvius Leopold Weiss, lutanist