1747 in music
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See also: 1746 in music, other events of 1747, 1748 in music, list of years in music.
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Events
- Johann Sebastian Bach is presented to King Frederick II of Prussia in Berlin; the king plays a theme for Bach and challenges the musician to improvise a six-part fugue based on it.
- Luigi Boccherini goes to Rome to study the cello.
Classical music
- Pièces de viole mises en pièces de clavecin by Antoine Forqueray (posthumously published)
- "Judas Maccabeus" (oratorio) by George Frideric Handel
Births
- date unknown - François Tourte, maker of violin bows
Deaths
- June 19 - Alessandro Marcello, composer
- July 9 - Giovanni Bononcini, composer