1727 in music

1727 in music

The year 1727 in music involved some significant events.

Events

*Farinelli performs at Bologna, where he meets his mentor, Antonio Bernacchi.
*The "Davidov-Morrini", "ex General Dupont" and "Holroyd" violins are made by Antonio Stradivari.
*Johann Adolph Hasse arrives in Venice.
*Louis-Claude Daquin is appointed organist at St Paul's in Paris.
*Agostino Steffani visits Italy for the last time, and meets Handel at the palace of Cardinal Ottoboni in Rome.
*George Frideric Handel is commissioned to write four anthems for the coronation ceremony of King George II of Great Britain.

Classical music

*George Frideric Handel - "Zadok the Priest" (one of the Coronation Anthems)
*Antonio Vivaldi - "La Cetra (The lyre)" (Op. 9), 2 violin concertos and 1 for 2 violins, published in Amsterdam

Opera

*Antonio Bioni - "Attalo ed Arsinoe"
*George Frideric Handel
**"Admeto"
**"Riccardo Primo"
*Leonardo Leo - "Il Cid"
*Benedetto Marcello - "Arianna"
*Nicola Porpora - "Ezio"
*Antonio Vivaldi
**"Farnace"
**"Orlando furioso"

Musical theater

Births

*February 25 - Armand-Louis Couperin, organist, harpsichordist and composer (died 1789)
*March - Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, harpsichordist, organist and composer (died 1756)
*March 9 - Johann Gottlieb Preller, cantor and composer (died 1786)
*March 30 - Tommaso Traetta, composer (died 1779)
*April 5 - Pasquale Anfossi, opera composer (died 1797)
*April 29 - Jean-Georges Noverre, a founder of modern ballet (died 1810)
*"date unknown" - Marie Favart, singer, dancer and actress (died 1772)

Deaths

*February 22 - Francesco Gasparini, composer (born 1661)
*May - Daniel Roseingrave, organist and composer (born c. 1655)
*August 14 - William Croft, organist and composer (born 1678)
*December 1 - Johann Heinrich Buttstett, organist and composer (born 1666)


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