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1743 in music

See also: 1742 in music, other events of 1743, 1744 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• Johann Sebastian Bach examines the organ at the Johanniskirche, Leipzig
• March 23 - English premiere of Handel's Messiah in London

Classical music

• Samson (oratorio) by George Frideric Handel

Opera

• Enrico by Baldassare Galuppi

Births

• February 19 - Luigi Boccherini, composer
• October 5 - Giuseppe Gazzaniga, composer

Deaths

• February 1 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni
• February 7, Lodovico Giustini, composer
• May 11 (probable) - Francesco Stradivari, violin-maker