1748 in music

List of years in music (table)
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Events

• Nicola Porpora becomes Kapellmeister at Dresden.

Classical Music

• Gregor Werner — Neuer und sehr curios- Musicalischer Instrumental-Calendar

Opera

• Jean-Philippe Rameau
  • Zaïs, premiered on February 29
  • Pygmalion, premiered on August 27
  • Les surprises de l'Amour, premiered on November 27

Births

• February 5 - Christian Gottlob Neefe, conductor and composer (died 1798)
• 26 February - Jean-Baptiste Landé, ballet dancer
• March 5 — William Shield, violinist and composer (died 1829)
• April 20 - Georg Michael Telemann, composer (died 1831)
• August 11 - Joseph Schuster, composer (died 1812)
• August 31 - Jean-Étienne Despréaux, singer, dancer and composer (died 1820)
• November 30 - Joachim Albertini, composer (died 1812)
• date unknown - Hedvig Wigert, opera singer (died 1780)

Deaths

• March 23 — Johann Gottfried Walther, composer (born 1684)
• November 25 — Isaac Watts, hymn writer (born 1674)
• date unknown
  • William Corbett, violinist and composer (born 1680)
  • Charles King, choir-master and composer (born 1687)
  • Jacques Loeillet, oboeist and composer (born 1685)
  • Pierre Rameau, dancing-master (born 1674)
  • David Tecchler, luthier (born 1666)