1747 was an important year in music.
Events
Classical music
Opera
Births
- February â Narciso Casanovas, Spanish composer (died 1799)
- March 29 â Johann Wilhelm Hässler, German organist and composer (died 1822)
- March 31 â Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, musician and composer (died 1800)
- June 24 â John O'Keeffe, Irish librettist (died 1833)
- June 26 â Leopold Kozeluch, prolific composer and teacher (died 1818)
- July 23 â Faustino Arévalo, hymnographer (died 1824)
- September 22 â Józef Wybicki, composer and poet (died 1822)
- October 26 â Giovanni Mane Giornovichi, violinist and composer (died 1804)
- November 24 â Felice Alessandri, Italian composer (died 1798)
- date unknown
- Narciso Casanovas, Spanish monk and composer
- Michael Ehregott Grose, Danish organist and composer (died 1795)
- François Tourte, maker of violin bows (died 1835)
Deaths
References