Overview of the events of 1740 in music
Events
Classical music
- Thomas Arne – Alfred (masque), including the song, "Rule Britannia"
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in F major, H.408
- Harpsichord Concerto in A major, H.410
- Flute Sonata in A minor, H.555
- Christoph Graupner – Violin Sonata in G minor, GWV 711
- George Frideric Handel – L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55
- Giuseppe Tartini – Violin Concerto in C major, D.1
- Georg Philipp Telemann – 6 Overtures for Clavier, TWV 32:5–10 (Published ca. 1742 in Nuremberg, as VI Ouverturen nebst zween Folgesätzen)
Opera
Publications
- Thomas Arne – Comus (London: William Smith). First performed 1738.
- Jean-Baptiste Barrière – 6 Cello Sonatas, Livre 4 (Paris: Composer) (Likely composed 1737–1740)
- Michel Blavet – 6 Flute Sonatas, Op. 3
- Louis de Caix d'Hervelois – Pièces de viole, Livre 4
- Esprit Philippe Chédeville – 6 Sonatilles galantes, Op. 6
- Nicolas Chédeville – Les Deffis ou l'étude amusante, Op. 9
- Antoine Dauvergne
- 6 Trio Sonatas, Op. 1
- 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 2
- Michel Richard Delalande – Noëls en Trio avec un Carillon, S.173.24 (composed 1725, published posthumously)
- George Frideric Handel
- James Oswald – A Curious Collection of Scots Tunes
- Johan Helmich Roman – Assaggio in G minor, BeRI 314 (Stockholm: Composer) likely composed earlier.
- Carlo Tessarini – 6 Allettamenti da camera, Op. 3 (there is another Op. 3 by Tessarini, a set of 10 violin concerti)
- Antonio Vivaldi – 6 Cello Sonatas, Le Clerc Op. 14 (Paris: Le Clerc le Cadet)
- Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer – Concerti Armonici (composed between 1725–1740, originally published anonymously and attributed to various composers)
Methods and theory writings
Births
Deaths
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