1717 in music
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Events
- March 26 - 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...
premieres his Weimarer PassionWeimarer PassionThe work commonly referred to as the Weimarer Passion, BWV deest , is a musical composition among the Passions written by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in 1717 for at least two solo voices, choir and orchestra with text by an unknown librettist...
at the chapel of Friedrichstein Castle in GothaGotha-Places:* Gotha , a town in Thuringia, Germany* Gotha , in Thuringia, Germany* Gotha, Ethiopia* Gotha, Florida, a town in the United States* Saxe-Gotha, a former Thuringian duchy* Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, a former Thuringian duchy... - July 13 – Domenico ZipoliDomenico ZipoliDomenico Zipoli was an Italian Baroque composer. He became a Jesuit in order to work in the Reductions of Paraguay where his musical expertise contributed to develop the natural musical talents of the Guaranis...
arrives in Buenos Aires with 52 other Jesuit missionaries. - July 17 – 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...
's "Water Music" is performed on the River ThamesRiver ThamesThe River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,...
. - 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...
is appointed Kapellmeister by Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen. - Celebrated castrato Gaetano BerenstadtGaetano BerenstadtGaetano Berenstadt was an Italian alto castrato who is best remembered for his association with the composer George Frideric Handel. Berenstadt created roles in three of Handel's operas. Berenstadt's parents were German and his father was timpanist to the Grand Duke of Tuscany...
visits London and plays the lead in a revival of Handel's Rinaldo.
Classical music
- François CouperinFrançois CouperinFrançois Couperin was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as Couperin le Grand to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented Couperin family.-Life:Couperin was born in Paris...
– Pièces de clavecin, book 2 - Georg Friedrich Handel – Water Music
- John WeaverJohn WeaverJohn Weaver was an English dancer and choreographer, and is often regarded as the father of English pantomime....
– The Loves of Mars and Venus (ballet)
Opera
- Antonio Maria BononciniAntonio Maria BononciniAntonio Maria Bononcini was an Italian cellist and composer, the younger brother of the better-known Giovanni Battista Bononcini....
– La conquista del vello d'oro - Antonio VivaldiAntonio VivaldiAntonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
– Penelope la Casta and L'Incoronazione di Dario
Births
- April 9 – Georg Matthias MonnGeorg Matthias MonnGeorg Matthias Monn was an Austrian composer, organist and music teacher whose works were fashioned in the transition from the Baroque to Classical period in music....
, composer (died 1750) - June 19 (probable) – Johann StamitzJohann StamitzJan Václav Antonín Stamic was a Czech composer and violinist. Johann was the father of Carl Stamitz and Anton Stamitz, also composers...
, violinist and composer (died 1757) - June 27 – Giacomo DurazzoGiacomo DurazzoCount Giacomo Durazzo was an Italian diplomat and man of the theatre. He was born into one of the most important aristocratic families in Genoa. His brother was the famous doge Marcellino Durazzo. In 1749, he became ambassador to the court in Vienna where he was appointed director of the imperial...
, operatic impresario (died 1794) - date unknown
- Leopold August AbelLeopold August AbelLeopold August Abel was a German violinist and composer. He was born in Köthen in 1717. He was the elder brother of Karl Friedrich Abel. He studied violin under Benda...
, violinist and composer (died 1794) - William Williams PantycelynWilliam Williams PantycelynWilliam Williams Pantycelyn , also known as Williams Pantycelyn and Pantycelyn, is generally acknowledged as Wales' most famous hymn writer. He was also one of the key leaders of the 18th century Welsh Methodist revival, along with Daniel Rowland and Howell Harris. As a poet and prose writer he is...
, Welsh hymn writer (died 1791)
- Leopold August Abel
- probable – Marimutthu PillaiMarimutthu PillaiMarimutthu Pillai was a composer of Carnatic music and along with Arunachala Kavi and Muthu Thandavar was one of the pioneering Tamil Trinity of Carnatic music. He was a contemporary of Arunachala Kavi....
, composer of Carnatic music (died c.1787)
Deaths
- February 11 – Johann Jacob Walther, composer
- April 3 – Christian Friedrich WittChristian Friedrich WittChristian Friedrich Witt, or Witte was a German composer, music editor and teacher.-Biography:He was born in Altenburg, where his father, Johann Ernst Witt, was court organist; he had come from Denmark around 1650 when a Danish princess married into the house of Saxe-Altenburg...
, composer, music editor and teacher (b. c. 1660) - November 26 – Daniel PurcellDaniel PurcellDaniel Purcell was an English composer, the younger brother of Henry Purcell.As a teenager, Daniel Purcell joined the choir of the Chapel Royal, and in his mid-twenties he became organist of Magdalen College, Oxford. He began to compose while at Oxford, but in 1695 he moved to London to compose...
, composer (born 1664) - date unknown – Goffredo CappaGoffredo CappaGoffredo Cappa - also known as Gioffredo Cappa or Jofredus Cappa - in Turin was an Italian luthier, known for his violins and cellos. After working with the Amati family in Cremona he set up his own workshop in Saluzzo....
, luthier (born 1644) - probable – Francisco GuerauFrancisco GuerauFrancisco Guerau was a Spanish Baroque composer. Born on Majorca, he entered the singing school at the Royal College in Madrid in 1659, becoming a member of the Royal Chapel as an alto singer and composer ten years later. Named a member of the Royal Chamber of king Charles II of Spain in 1693, he...
, composer (born 1649)