1751 in music

See also: 1750 in music, other events of 1751, 1752 in music, list of years in music.

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1 Events 2 Classical music 3 Opera 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

• The "War of the Operas" (La Guerre des Bouffons) divides Paris.
• Francesco Geminiani publishes "The Art of Playing on the Violin" in London.

Classical music

• Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist by Johann Sebastian Bach

Opera

• Ciro Riconosciuto by Johann Adolf Hasse
• La villana nobile and Ifigenia in Aulide by Niccolo Jommelli

Births

• March 5 - Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer
• February 4 - Blas de Laserna, composer

Deaths

• January 17 - Tomaso Albinoni
• May 20 - Domingo Terradellas, composer