1749 in music

See also: 1748 in music, other events of 1749, 1750 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• None listed

Popular music

• "Soldiers of Christ, Arise" (hymn) by Charles Wesley

Classical music

• Solomon (oratorio) by George Frideric Handel

Opera

• El mágico Apolonio by José Nebra
• L'Arcadia in Brenta, first opera buffa by Baldassare Galuppi

Births

• June 15 - Georg Joseph Vogler, (known as Abbé Vogler) German composer, teacher and theorist
• December 17 - Domenico Cimarosa

Deaths

• unknown date - Louis-Nicolas Clerambault, composer