1704 in music

The year 1704 in music involved some significant events.

Events

*Johann Christoph Pepusch arrives in London.
*Following her husband's death, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre begins hosting concerts in her home.
*Antonio Vivaldi becomes general superintendent of music at the Ospedale della Pietà, Venice.
*Johann Jacob Bach becomes an oboist in the army of King Charles XII of Sweden, inspiring Johann Sebastian to write a "Capriccio on the Absence of His Most Beloved Brother".
*During a performance of Johann Mattheson's opera, "Cleopatra", the composer almost kills his friend, Georg Frideric Handel, in a violent quarrel.

Classical music

*Setting by Reinhard Keiser of "Der blutige und sterbende Jesus" by Christian Friedrich Hunold
*"Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich" (cantata) by Johann Sebastian Bach

Opera

The following operas were composed:
*Johann Mattheson - "Die unglückselige Cleopatra"
*Carlo Francesco Pollarolo - "Irene" (revised by Domenico Scarlatti for performance at Naples).

Births

*May 7 - Carl Heinrich Graun, composer and singer (died 1759)
*June 11 - Carlos Seixas, composer (died 1742)
*"date unknown" - František Tůma, organist and composer (died 1774)

Deaths

*February 23 - Georg Muffat, composer (born 1653)
*February 24 - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, composer (born 1643)
*February 25 - Isabella Leonarda, composer of church music (born 1620)
*May 3 - Heinrich Ignaz Biber, violinist and composer (born 1644)
*"date unknown" - Francesco Provenzale, composer (born 1624)
*"date unknown" - G.C. Strattner, friend and colleague of Bach at Lüneburg.