1741 in music

See also: 1740 in music, other events of 1741, 1742 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• Antonio Vivaldi leaves Venice for Vienna, but dies shortly after his arrival.

Classical music

• Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach
• The Messiah composed by George Frideric Handel

Opera

• Artaserse by Christoph Willibald Gluck

Births

• February 8 - André Grétry, composer
• May 9 - Giovanni Paisiello, composer
• Anton Zimmermann, composer

Deaths

• February 13 - Johann Joseph Fux, composer
• July 28, Antonio Vivaldi, composer
• November 28 - Antonio Domenico Viraldini, composer