Death Anniversary: Wilhelmine von Bayreuth — October 14, 1758
She died in Bayreuth on 14 October 1758. As Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, she commissioned the UNESCO-listed Margravial Opera House, composed the opera Argenore in 1740, and wrote dazzling concertos for harpsichord and chamber sinfonias that made Bayreuth a shining European musical capital.
Dates verified on Peter Niedermüller, Wilhelmine von Bayreuth und die musikalische Kultur des 18. Jahrhunderts, Ortus, 2009, ISBN 978-3937788166; Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) Bd. 27, S. 794 (https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd118633007.html).
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