miscellaneous | | Music, School of Harmony, and other writers (1750). | | literary works on music. | | New style introduced | | Perez (Davide), born 1711 at Naples, into | | died 1778. Composed 31 Operas. England (1752). | | | | Jomelli (Nicolo), born 1714 at Death of Montesquieu | | Aversa, died 1774. Composed 40 Operas, (1755). | | 4 Oratorios, several Masses, Requiems, | | etc. Great earthquake | | at Lisbon (1755). | | Rousseau (Jean Jacques), born 1712 | | at Geneva, in Switzerland, died 1778. Voltaire at the | | Author. Some French Operas. Many Court of Frederick | | Treatises on Music. Musical of Prussia | | Dictionary. Invention of the melodrama (from 1750 until | | ascribed to him. 1753). | | | | Arne (Thomas Augustus), born 1710 Benjamin Franklin, | | in London, died 1778. Composed 23 in America, | | Operas, 3 Oratorios, and many other invents the | | vocal pieces, etc. lightning conductor | | (1755). | | Boyce (William), born 1710 in | | England, died 1779. Organist. Several | | dramatic compositions, an Oratorio, | | sacred songs, many organ pieces. | | Conquest of | | Bach (Friedemann), son of J. S. India under | | Bach, born 1710 at Weimar, died Colonel, afterwards | | 1784. Compositions for the organ, Lord, | | clavichord, and harpsichord. Clive (1757). | | | | Bach (Carl Philipp Emanuel), son of Death of General | | J. S. Bach, born 1713 at Weimar, Wolfe at the | | died 1788. Oratorios, cantatas, sacred Battle of Quebec | | songs, many compositions for the (1759). | | clavichord. Instruction Book for | | playing the clavichord. | | The Seven Years' | 1760 | Fiorillo (Ignazio), born 1715 at War in Germany | | Naples, died 1787. Several Operas, an (1756-1763). | | Oratorio, a Requiem, Masses. | | George III., King | | Alembert (Jean-le-Rond d'), born of Great Britain, | | 1717 in Paris, died 1783. Author of a grandson of | | System of Composition, and of other George II.