1724 in music

none 1724 music The year 1724 in music involved some significant musical events. Events Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Sanctus for his later Mass in B minor. John Frederick Lampe arrives in Britain. Joseph Bodin de Boismortier moves to Paris from Perpignan. Agostino Steffani is elected honorary president of the Academy of Antient Musick in London. Johann Adolph Hasse arrives in Naples. The Le Saraste violin is made by Antonio Stradivari (now owned by the Real Concervatorio Superior de Música in Madrid, Spain). In Rome, Domenico Scarlatti meets Farinelli and Johann Joachim Quantz. Marriage of the daughter of music publisher Jean-Baptiste-Christophe Ballard to the printer François Boivin. Sébastien de Brossard's collection of manuscripts is bought by King Louis XV of France. Renatus Harris builds his last organ, that of St Dionis Backchurch in the City of London. 7 April Johann Sebastian Bach premieres his St John Passion (BWV 245, BC D 2a) at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig. Published music Attilio Ariosti 6 Cantatas (London) 6 Lessons, for viola d'amore and basso continuo (London) Francesco Barsanti – Sonate [6], for recorder or violin and continuo, Op. 1 (London) Joseph Bodin de Boismortier – Cantates françoises (Les Quatre Saisons) (four cantatas for solo voice, various instruments, and basso continuo), Op. 5 (Paris) François Couperin – Les goûts-réunis, ou Nouveaux concerts (Paris) William Croft – Musica sacra Jean-François Dandrieu – Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 Francesco Mancini – XII Solos for recorder and continuo (London) Thomas Marc – Suitte de pièces de dessus et de pardessus de viole Benedetto Marcello – Estro poetico-armonico: parafrasi sopra li primi venticinque salmi, vols. 1–4 (Venice: Appresso Domenico Lovisa) Jean-Philippe Rameau – Pieces de Clavessin Classical music Johann Sebastian Bach Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 5 Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7 Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?, BWV 8 Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10 St John Passion (first performance at St. Nicolaikirche in Leipzig) Wer da gläubet und getauft wird, BWV 37 Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 38 Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 44 Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn, BWV 96 Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99 Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101 Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104 Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 116 Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121 Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BWV 135 Wo gehest du hin, BWV 166 Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 180 Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister, BWV 181 Erwünschtes Freudenlicht, BWV 184 George Frideric Handel – Silete venti, HWV 242 Turlough O'Carolan – John Drury (composed for the wedding of a local couple, John Drury and Elizabeth Goldsmith) Jan Dismas Zelenka – De profundis, ZWV 97 Opera Attilio Ariosti Artaserse (London, King's Theatre, 1 December) Aquilio consolo (London, King's Theatre, 21 May) Vespasiano (London, King's Theatre, 14 January) Antonio Caldara – Gianguir George Frideric Handel Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar), HWV 17 Tamerlano (Tamburlaine), HWV 18 Dominico Sarro – Didone abbandonata Leonardo Vinci Eraclea Farnace Ifigenia in Tauride La Rosmira fedele Turno Aricino Antonio Vivaldi Il Giustino RV 717 La virtù trionfante dell'amore e dell'odio, ovvero il Tigrane, RV 740 (co-composed with Benedetto Micheli and Nicola Romaldihttps://imslp.org/wiki/La_virt%C3%B9_trionfante_dell%27amore_e_dell%27odio,_ovvero_il_Tigrane,_RV_740_(Various) La virtù trionfante dell'amore e dell'odio, ovvero il Tigrane, RV 740 (Various) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music imslp.org 2019-03-12) Theoretical writings Edward Betts – An Introduction to the Skill of Musick Tomás Pereira – Lulu Zhengyi Xubian William Turner – Sound Anatomiz’d in A Philosophical Essay on Musick Births February 26 – Gottfried Heinrich Bach, mentally handicapped son of Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1763) July 18 – Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, composer, singer, harpsichordist and patron (d. 1780) August 28 – Diamante Medaglia Faini, Italian poet and composer (died 1770) August 29 – Giovanni Battista Casti, opera librettist (died 1803) September 14 – Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer and conductor (died 1816) October 1 – Giovanni Battista Cirri, cellist and composer (died 1808) December 8 – Claude Balbastre, organist, harpsichordist and composer (died 1799) date unknown – Joan Rossell, Catalan composer (died 1780) Deaths March 7 – Wolfgang Nicolaus Pertl, musician and grandfather of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1st HarperCollins 978-0-06-019046-0 Solomon Maynard Maynard Solomon Mozart: A Life New York 1995 https://archive.org/details/mozartlife0002solo registration 31435799 35–36 May 21 – Antonio Salvi, librettist for Vivaldi (born 1664) June 7 (buried) – Johann Hugo von Wilderer, composer (born c.1670) June 24 – Johann Theile, singer and composer (born 1646) August 24 – Andreas Kneller, composer (born 1649) probable John Abell, countertenor, composer and lutenist (born 1653) Antonio Quintavalle, opera composer References Category:18th century in music Category:Music by year