1754 - Music

Music

Opera: The Country Philosopher (Il filosofa di campagna) at Venice with music by composer Baldassare Galuppi, 47, whose comic opera will be the most popular of many that he will write. Born on the island of Burano, he has gained fame as "Il Buranello."

"Treatise on Music" ("Trattato di musica") by violinist-composer Giuseppe Tartini sets forth a theory of harmony based on affinities with algebra and geometry. Now 62, Tartini has contributed to the science of acoustics by discovering the difference tone—a third note that is heard when two notes are played steadily and with intensity (it will also be called the Tartini tone) (see 1767).