- 1717 in music
The year 1717 in music involved some significant events.
Events
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July 13 -Domenico Zipoli arrives in Buenos Aires with 52 other Jesuit missionaries.
*July 17 -George Frideric Handel 's "Water Music" is performed on theRiver Thames .
*Johann Sebastian Bach is appointed Kapellmeister by Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen.Classical music
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François Couperin - "Pièces de clavecin", book 2
*Georg Friedrich Handel - "Water Music"
*John Weaver - "The Loves of Mars and Venus" (ballet)Opera
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Antonio Maria Bononcini - "La conquista del vello d'oro"
*Antonio Vivaldi - "Penelope la Casta" and "L'Incoronazione di Dario"Births
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April 9 -Georg Matthias Monn , composer (died1750 )
*June 19 ("probable") -Johann Stamitz , violinist and composer (died1757 )
*June 27 -Giacomo Durazzo , operatic impresario (died1794 )
*"exact date unknown" -William Williams Pantycelyn , Welsh hymn writer (died1791 )Deaths
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February 11 -Johann Jacob Walther , composer
*November 26 -Daniel Purcell , composer (born1664 )
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