1742 in music
Events
Publications
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – 6 Harpsichord Sonatas, Wq.48
- Francesco Barsanti – A Collection of Old Scots Tunes
- Jean-Joseph Mouret – Motets à une et deux voix avec symphonie
- Jacques-Christophe Naudot – 6 Concertos en quatre parties, for hurdy-gurdy, musette, flute, recorder, or oboe, with two violins and continuo, Op. 17
- John Parry – Antient British music, or A collection of tunes, never before published, which are retained by the Cambro-Britons... part 1, containing 24 airs..., compiled with Evan Williams, contains the first appearance of the melody now used for "Deck the Halls"
Classical music
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- *Harpsichord Concerto in G major, H.412, Wq. 9
- *6 Harpsichord Sonatas, Wq.49
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- *Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet, BWV 212
- *The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080, earliest known manuscript
- Louis-Nicolas Clérambault – Motets, Book I
- Michel Corrette – Concerto Turc
- Christoph Graupner
- * Trio Sonata in G minor, GWV 215
- * Concerto for 2 Chalumeaux in C major, GWV 303
- George Frideric Handel – Messiah
- Johann Adolph Hasse – I pellegrini al sepolcro di Nostro Signore
- Giovanni Battista Martini – 12 Sonate d’intavolatura per l’organo e ’l cembalo
- Johann Melchio Molter
- *Clarinet Concerto in D major, MWV 6.36
- *Clarinet Concerto in D major, MWV 6.38
- Jacques-Christophe Naudot – Suite en trio, Op. 18
- Giovanni Benedetto Platti – 6 Harpsichord Sonatas 'sur le goût italien'
- Franz Xaver Richter – Kemptener Te Deum
- Giovanni Battista Sammartini – 12 Sonatas, Op. 2
- Domenico Scarlatti – Keyboard sonatas K. 31–93 presented to the queen.
Opera
Methods and theory writings
Francesco Valls – Mapa Armónico Práctico
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