1705 in music
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- Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
sets off for Lübeck to hear Dieterich BuxtehudeDieterich BuxtehudeDieterich Buxtehude was a German-Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period. His organ works represent a central part of the standard organ repertoire and are frequently performed at recitals and in church services...
perform. - Alessandro ScarlattiAlessandro ScarlattiAlessandro Scarlatti was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti.-Life:Scarlatti was born in...
notes that he has written 88 operas in the past 23 years. - William CroftWilliam CroftWilliam Croft was an English composer and organist.Croft was born at the Manor House, Nether Ettington, Warwickshire. He was educated at the Chapel Royal, under the instruction of John Blow, and remained there until 1698. Two years after this departure, he became organist of St. Anne's Church, Soho...
marries Mary George. - Jean-Féry RebelJean-Féry RebelJean-Féry Rebel was an innovative French Baroque composer and violinist.-Biography:Rebel , a son of the singer Jean Rebel, a tenor in Louis XIV's private chapel, was a child violin prodigy. He became, at the age of eight, one of his father's most famous musical offspring. Later, he was a student...
joins the "24 violons du RoyLes Vingt-quatre Violons du RoiThe Vingt-quatre Violons du Roy were a famous five-part string orchestra at the French royal court, existing from 1626 to 1761.-History:...
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Classical music
- Arcangelo CorelliArcangelo CorelliArcangelo Corelli was an Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music.-Biography:Corelli was born at Fusignano, in the current-day province of Ravenna, although at the time it was in the province of Ferrara. Little is known about his early life...
– Concerto Grosso No. 8 ("Christmas ConcertoChristmas ConcertoConcerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, by Arcangelo Corelli, known commonly as his Christmas Concerto, was commissioned by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni and published posthumously in 1714 as part of his Twelve concerti grossi, Op. 6. The concerto bears the inscription Fatto per la notte di Natale...
") - Friedrich Nicolaus BraunsFriedrich Nicolaus BraunsFriedrich Nicolaus Brauns or Bruhns was a German composer and music director in Hamburg.Brauns was born in Lollfuß, Schleswig. In 1682 he succeeded Nicolaus Adam Strungk in charge of the Hamburger Ratsmusik, later also taking on the charge of St. Mary's Cathedral. He died in Hamburg...
- St Mark Passion (formerly attributed to Reinhard KeiserReinhard KeiserReinhard Keiser was a popular German opera composer based in Hamburg. He wrote over a hundred operas, and in 1745 Johann Adolph Scheibe considered him an equal to Johann Kuhnau, George Frideric Handel and Georg Philipp Telemann , but his work was largely forgotten for many...
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Opera
The following operaOpera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
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- Antonio CaldaraAntonio CaldaraAntonio Caldara was an Italian Baroque composer.Caldara was born in Venice , the son of a violinist. He became a chorister at St Mark's in Venice, where he learned several instruments, probably under the instruction of Giovanni Legrenzi...
– L'Arminia - Thomas Clayton, Nicola Haym, & Charles DieupartCharles DieupartCharles Dieupart was a French harpsichordist, violinist, and composer. Although he was known as Charles to his contemporaries, his real name may have been François. He was most probably born in Paris, but spent much of his life in London, where he settled sometime after 1702/3...
– Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus, produced at the Drury Lane TheatreTheatre Royal, Drury LaneThe Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is a West End theatre in Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster, a borough of London. The building faces Catherine Street and backs onto Drury Lane. The building standing today is the most recent in a line of four theatres at the same location dating back to 1663,...
in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... - Francesco GaspariniFrancesco GaspariniFrancesco Gasparini was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher whose works were performed throughout Italy, and also on occasion in Germany and England....
– Statira - George Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
– AlmiraAlmiraAlmira, Königin von Castilien or Der in Krohnen erlangte Glückswechsel, is George Frideric Handel's first opera.-Background:Handel came to the city of Hamburg in the summer of 1703 and played as a violinist in the theatre at the Gänsemarkt, the local market place...
, premièred in HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
Births
- January 24 – FarinelliFarinelliFarinelli , was the stage name of Carlo Maria Broschi, celebrated Italian castrato singer of the 18th century and one of the greatest singers in the history of opera.- Early years :...
, celebrated castrato (died 17821782 in music- Events :*March 17 – Violinist Giovanni Battista Viotti makes a début at the Concert Spirituel in Paris.* August 4 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart marries Constanze Weber.* William Shield is appointed resident composer to Covent Garden....
) - February 20 – Nicolas ChédevilleNicolas ChédevilleNicolas Chédeville was a French composer, musette player and musette maker.-Biography:He was born in Serez, Eure; musicians Pierre Chédeville and Esprit Philippe Chédeville were his brothers. Louis Hotteterre was his great uncle and godfather, and may have given him instruction in music and...
, composer, musette player and maker (died 17821782 in music- Events :*March 17 – Violinist Giovanni Battista Viotti makes a début at the Concert Spirituel in Paris.* August 4 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart marries Constanze Weber.* William Shield is appointed resident composer to Covent Garden....
) - September 28 – Johann Peter KellnerJohann Peter KellnerJohann Peter Kellner was a German organist and composer. He was the father of Johann Christoph Kellner.-Biography:...
, organist and composer (died 17721772 in music-Events:*Carl Stamitz is resident composer at Versailles.*Dr Charles Burney visits Johann Baptist Vanhal at Vienna.*Ignaz Pleyel becomes a pupil of Joseph Haydn.-Opera:*Pasquale Anfossi – Alessandro nelle Indie...
) - November 5 – Louis-Gabriel GuillemainLouis-Gabriel GuillemainLouis-Gabriel Guillemain was a French composer and violinist.-Biography:Probably born in Paris, Guillemain was raised by the Count de Rochechouart, and started studying violin at an early age. He was then sent to Italy to complete his training as violinist, and studied under Giovanni Battista...
, composer and violinist (died 17701770 in music- Events :* The "Concert des Amateurs" is founded by François-Joseph Gossec.* Ballet is performed the first time in Oslo by Madame Stuart.- Classical music :*Michael Haydn – Symphony in G major*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony no 11...
) - November 29 – Michael Christian FestingMichael Christian FestingMichael Christian Festing was an English violinist and composer. His reputation lies mostly on his work as a violin virtuoso.-Biography:...
, violinist and composer (died 17521752 in music-Events:*June 13 – Composer Maria Teresa Agnesi marries Pier Antonio Pinottini.*George Frideric Handel is operated on for an eye condition, at Guy's Hospital in London.*Christoph Willibald Gluck becomes Konzertmeister at Vienna....
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- Louis ArchimbaudLouis ArchimbaudLouis Archimbaud was a French composer. He was one of the last representatives of the Baroque style of French organ school.Archimbaud was born in Carpentras and educated there in the Carpentras Cathedral school. He became an acolyte, then a singer, and finally, in 1727, organist of the cathedral....
, organist and composer (d. 1789) - Nicola SabatinoNicola SabatinoNicola Sabatino was an Italian composer.Sabatino was born in Naples and became one of the late baroque Neapolitan composers centred on the Music conservatories of Naples and the opera at the Teatro di San Carlo typified by Porpora, Leonardo Leo, Francesco Durante...
, composer (d. 1796)
- Louis Archimbaud
- probable – Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace RoyerJoseph-Nicolas-Pancrace RoyerJoseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer was a French composer and harpsichordist.Born in Turin, Royer went to Paris in 1725, and in 1734 became maître de musique des enfants de France, responsible for the musical education of the children of the king, Louis XV...
, composer and harpsichordist (died 1755)
Deaths
- February – Pierre BeauchampPierre BeauchampPierre Beauchamp was a French choreographer, dancer and composer, and the probable inventor of Beauchamp-Feuillet notation.-Biography:...
, dancer, choreographer and composer (b. 1631) - February 5 – Jean GillesJean Gilles (Composer)Jean Gilles was a French composer, born at Tarascon.-Biography:After receiving his musical training as a choirboy at the Cathedral of Saint-Sauveur at Aix-en-Provence, he succeeded his teacher Guillaume Poitevin as music master there...
, composer (b. 1668) - April 17 – Johann Paul von WesthoffJohann Paul von WesthoffJohann Paul von Westhoff was a German Baroque composer and violinist. One of the most important exponents of the Dresden violin school, he was among the highest ranked violinists of his day, and composed some of the earliest known music for solo violin...
, violinist and composer (b. 1656) - December 1 – Jeremiah ClarkeJeremiah ClarkeJeremiah Clarke was an English baroque composer and organist.Thought to have been born in London around 1674, Clarke was a pupil of John Blow at St Paul's Cathedral. He later became organist at the Chapel Royal...
, composer (born c. 1674) - date unknown – Nicholas StagginsNicholas StagginsNicholas Staggins was an English composer.Staggins first studied music under his father. He was made Master of the King's Music by Charles II in 1674. In 1682, he was granted a musical doctorate by Cambridge University, and from 1684 until his death was Professor of Music at Cambridge...
, composer, Master of the King's Musick - probable – Giovanni Battista RogeriGiovanni Battista RogeriGiovanni Battista Rogeri was an Italian luthier, who for much of his mature life worked in Brescia. Together with Gasparo da Salo and Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Rogeri was one of the major makers of the Brescan school.-Quotes:...
, luthier (b. c. 1650)