1742 in music

See also: 1741 in music, other events of 1742, 1743 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• Joseph Benda joins the Prussian royal orchestra.

Classical music

• The Messiah, an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, was first performed in Dublin
• Peasant Cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach

Opera

• Don Chichibio by Niccolo Jommelli

Births

• August 5 - Johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer

Deaths

• June 28, Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer
• July 12 - Evaristo Felice dall' Abaco, composer
• August 25 - Carlos Seixas, composer