1732 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1732.

Events

January 6 – The Teatro Filarmonico opens in Verona with a performance of Vivaldi's La Fida Ninfa
February 3 – The Opéra-Comique opens in Paris
April 11 – Johann Sebastian Bach revives his St John Passion BWV 245 (BC D 2c) with some textual and instrumentational changes at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig
April–May – First performances, in London, of George Frideric Handel's Esther as an oratorio^[1]
December 7 – The first theatre is built on the site of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London^[2]
Between 1732 and 1735 – Bach gives the Leipzig première of Georg Philipp Telemann's Passion oratorio Seliges Erwägen des Leidens und Sterbens Jesu Christi (TWV 5:2)
Michel Corrette begins producing his 25 Concertos Comiques, released until 1773.^[3]

Michel Blavet – 6 Flute Sonatas, Op. 2
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
- 5 Sonates en trio suivies d'un concerto, Op. 37
- 2 Sérénades en trois parties, Op. 39
- 6 Sonates suivies d'un nombre de pièces, Op. 40
Esprit Philippe Chédeville – Recueils de vaudevilles, menuets, contredanses et autres airs choisis pour la musette (Paris)
Philibert Delavigne – Sonates pour la Musette, Vielle, Flute-a-bec, Traversiere, Hautbois etc. avec la Basse (6 Sonatas), Op. 2 (Paris)
Francesco Geminiani – 6 Concertos, Opp. 3 and 4
George Frideric Handel – Solos for a German Flute a Hoboy or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Bass Violin Compos'd by Mr. Handel (London: John Walsh) (second edition: "Note: This is more Corect [sic] than the former Edition")
Pietro Locatelli – 12 Flute Sonatas, Op. 2
Johann Joachim Quantz – 6 Sonatas for two flutes, Op. 2
Georg Philipp Telemann
- 36 Fantaisies pour le clavessin, TWV 33:1-36
- Continuation des Sonates Méthodiques, TWV 41

Giovanni Bononcini – 12 Trio Sonatas
Antonio Caldara
- La morte d'Abel
- Sedecia
Giovanni Battista Ferrandini – 18 Cantatas, D-Dl Mus.3037-K-1
Lodovico Giustini – 12 Sonate da cimbalo di piano e forte, Op .1
Christoph Graupner
- Trio Sonata in D minor, GWV 207
- Flute Concerto in D major, GWV 311
Maurice Greene – The Song of Deborah and Baruk (oratorio)
George Frederic Handel
- Acis and Galatea (revised)
- Esther, HWV 50b
- Keyboard Sonata in G major, HWV 579
Benedetto Marcello – Six Sonatas for Cello
Giovanni Batisti Pergolesi – Stabat Mater, P. 77
Nicola Antonio Porpora – Il martirio di S. Giovanni Nepomuceno

Musicalisches Lexicon, compiled by Johann Gottfried Walther
Dissertation sur les différentes méthodes d'accompagnement by Jean-Phillipe Rameau
Essai sur le bon goût en musique – Nicolas Racot de Grandval

January 2 – František Brixi, composer (died 1771)
January 24 – Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
February 18 – Johann Christian Kittel, composer (died 1809)
February 19 – Richard Cumberland, librettist (died 1811)
February 21 – William Falconer, poet (died 1769)
March 31 – Joseph Haydn, composer (died 1809)
May 17 – Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer (died 1817)
June 7
- Nicolas-Médard Audinot, librettist and actor (died 1801)
- Giuseppe Demachi, composer (died 1791)
June 21 – Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, son of Johann Sebastian Bach (died 1795)
September 1 – Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie, composer (died 1781)
October 6 – John Broadwood, founder of firm of piano makers (died 1812)

^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
^ "25 Concertos Comiques (Corrette, Michel) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org. Retrieved 2019-03-20.