1717 in music
The year 1717 in music involved some significant events.
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Events
- March 26 – Johann Sebastian Bach premieres his Weimarer Passion at the chapel of Friedrichstein Castle in Gotha
- July 13 – Domenico Zipoli arrives in Buenos Aires with 52 other Jesuit missionaries.
- July 17 – George Frideric Handel's Water Music is performed on the River Thames.
- August – Handel becomes house composer at Cannons.
- December 26 – Teatro Regio Ducal in Milan opens as an opera house.
- Johann Sebastian Bach is appointed Kapellmeister by Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen.
- Celebrated castrato Gaetano Berenstadt visits London and plays the lead in a revival of Handel's Rinaldo.
Classical music
- Tomaso Albinoni – Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, T. So 32
- William Babell – Suits of the most Celebrated Lessons
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Pietro G.G. Boni – Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 1
- François Chauvon – Tibiades
- François Couperin – Pièces de clavecin, book 2
- Charles Dieupart – 6 Sonatas for a Flute and a Through Bass
- Johann Friedrich Fasch – Brockes-Passion, FaWV F:1
- Christoph Graupner – Wie wunderbar ist Gottes Güte, GWV 1103/17
- Georg Friedrich Handel
- Dolc' è pur d'amor l'affanno, HWV 109a
- Mi palpita il cor, HWV 132b
- O be Joyful in the Lord, HWV 246
- In the Lord I Put My Trust, HWV 247
- Have Mercy upon Me, O God, HWV 248
- O Sing unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b
- I Will Magnify Thee, HWV 250a
- O Praise the Lord with One Consent, HWV 254
- The Lord is My Light, HWV 255
- Oboe Concerto in B-flat major, HWV 302a
- Concerto Grosso in G major, HWV 314
- Water Music HWV 348-350
- Trio Sonata in C minor, HWV 386a
- Jacques Hotteterre – Suite in G major, Op. 6
- Jean-Baptiste Loeillet – 12 Sonatas, Op. 5
- Marin Marais – Pièces de viole, Livre 4
- Pierre-Danican Philidor – 12 Suites, Opp. 1-3
- Georg Philipp Telemann
- Gott der Hoffnung erfülle euch, TWV 1:634 (formerly BWV 218)
- Herr, sei mir gnädig, denn mir ist Angst, TWV 1:769
- Ich bin der Erste und der Letzte, TWV 1:816
- Sehet an die Exempel der Alten, TWV 1:1259
- Antonio Vandini – Cello Sonata in C major, IAV 5
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Violin Sonata in C minor, RV 5
- Concerto for Strings in C major, RV 114
- Concerto for Strings in D major, RV 121
- Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 127
- Concerto for 2 Oboes in C major, RV 534
- Magnificat, RV 610
- John Weaver (choreographer; composers unknown) – The Loves of Mars and Venus (ballet)
Opera
- Antonio Maria Bononcini – La conquista del vello d'oro
- Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello – Tisbe
- Antonio Caldara – La verità nell'inganno
- Leo Leonardo – Diana amante
- Alessandro Scarlatti – Telemaco
- Antonio Vivaldi
- L'Incoronazione di Dario
- Tieteberga, RV 737
Births
- January 4 – Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer (died 1785)[1][2]
- April 9 – Georg Matthias Monn, composer (died 1750)
- June 18 – Johann Stamitz, violinist and composer (died 1757)
- June 27 – Giacomo Durazzo, operatic impresario (died 1794)
- date unknown
- Leopold August Abel, violinist and composer (died 1794)
- Elisabeth Lillström, Swedish operatic soprano (d. 1791)
- William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymn writer (died 1791)
- probable – Marimutthu Pillai, composer of Carnatic music (died c.1787)
Deaths
- February 11 – Johann Jakob Walther, violinist and composer (born 1650)
- April 3 – Christian Friedrich Witt, composer, music editor and teacher (born c.1660)
- October 13 – Wolfgang Printz, composer and cantor (born 1641)
- November 26 – Daniel Purcell, composer (born 1664)
- date unknown
- Pierre Bouteiller, composer (born 1655)
- Goffredo Cappa, luthier (born 1644)
- Friedrich Erhard Niedt, jurist, music theorist, and composer (born 1674)
- probable – Francisco Guerau, composer (born 1649)
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References
- Il saggiatore musicale: Volume 4 1997 "Analoghe considerazioni valgono per «il direttore d'orchestra Manzoni», che era Antonio Maria Mazzoni (1717–1785), compositore bolognese e accademico filarmonico citato da Burney e da Leopold Mozart, nonché da tutte le enciclopedie ..."
- Mozart Briefe und Aufzeichnungen: Gesamtausgabe Wilhelm A. Bauer, Leopold Mozart – 1971 -"„Maestro Mazzoni": Antonio Maria Mazzoni (1717 bis 1785), Schüler Predieris ( vgl. zu Z. 8), seit 1759 Domkapellmeister, seit 1736 Mitglied der Accademia Filarmonica, deren „Principe" er fünfmal war."
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