1742 in music
See also: 1741 in music, other events of 1742, 1743 in music, list of years in music.
Events
- Joseph Benda joins the Prussian royal orchestra.
Classical music
- The Messiah, an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, was first performed in Dublin
- Peasant Cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach
Opera
- Don Chichibio by Niccolo Jommelli
Births
- August 5 - Johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer
Deaths
- June 28, Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer
- July 12 - Evaristo Felice dall' Abaco, composer
- August 25 - Carlos Seixas, composer