1707 in music

1707 in music

The year 1707 in music involved some significant events.

Events

*George Frideric Handel meets Domenico Scarlatti in Venice.
*Johann Sebastian Bach marries his cousin, Maria Barbara.
*Antonio Caldara leaves his post in Mantua to become "maestro di cappella" to Prince Ruspoli in Rome.
*William Croft becomes "Master of the Children" at the Chapel Royal, in succession to Clarke.
*Domenico Zipoli becomes a pupil of organist Giovani Maria Casini in Florence.

Published popular music

*"Hymns and Spiritual Songs" by Isaac Watts (including "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross")

Classical music

*Tomaso Albinoni - Op. 5, a collection of concerti
*Johann Sebastian Bach:*"Christ lag in Todesbanden" (cantata):*"Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit" (cantata)
*Alessandro Scarlatti - "Cain, overo Il primo omicidio" (oratorio)

Opera

The following operas were composed:
*Thomas Clayton - "Rosamond", book by Joseph Addison, produced in London
*Nicola Fago - "Radamisto"
*Handel - "Rodrigo"
*Johann Christoph Pepusch - "Thomyris, Queen of Scythia"
*Alessandro Scarlatti - "Mitridate Eupatore"
*Agostino Steffani - "Arminio"

Births

*December 18 - Charles Wesley, hymn-writer (died 1788)
*"date unknown" - Michel Corrette, organist and composer (died 1795)

Deaths

*April 20 - Johann Christoph Denner, inventor of the clarinet (born 1655)
*May 9 - Dieterich Buxtehude, composer (born 1637)
*June - Gaspard Le Roux, French harpsichordist (born "c".1660)
*August 20 - Nicolas Gigault, organist and composer (born 1627)
*September 5 - Johann Daniel Georg Speer, composer (born 1636) [http://www.fsz.bme.hu/mtsz/mhk/csarnok/s/speer.htm]
*December 1 - Jeremiah Clarke, composer (born c.1674)
*"date unknown" - Julie d'Aubigny ("La Maupin"), opera singer (born 1670)
*"probable" - Henry Playford, music publisher (born 1657)


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