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1739 in music

See also: 1738 in music, other events of 1739, 1740 in music, list of years in music.

Events

Classical music

Opera

• Olimpiade - Domenico Alberti
• Angelica e Medoro - Giovanni Battista Pescetti
• Il carnevale e la pazzia - Pietro Pulli
• Les fêtes d'Hébé - Jean-Philippe Rameau

Births

• November 2 - Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer

Deaths

• April - Giovanni Antonio Canuti, composer
• July 24 - Benedetto Marcello, composer
• September 12 - Reinhard Keiser, composer
• Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, organist, son of Johann Sebastian Bach