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The year 1707 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- George Frideric Handel meets Domenico Scarlatti in Venice.
- Antonio Caldara leaves his post in Mantua to become maestro di cappella to Prince Ruspoli in Rome.
- Domenico Zipoli becomes a pupil of organist Giovani Maria Casini in Florence.
- October 17 – Johann Sebastian Bach marries his second cousin, Maria Barbara Bach,[1] at Dornheim.
- December 1 – English composer and organist Jeremiah Clarke commits suicide in London. He is succeeded as Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal by William Croft.
Published classical music
- Tomaso Albinoni – 12 Concerti a cinque, Op. 5
- Francesco Antonio Bonporti – 10 Violin Sonatas, Op. 7
- Michel de La Barre – Pièces en trio, Livre 3
- Pierre Gautier – Symphonies divisées par suites de tons
- Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre
- Pièces de clavecin, Livre 2
- 6 Violin Sonatas
- Michele Mascitti – 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 3
- Nicolas Siret – Pièces de Clavecin, Livre 1
Published popular music
- Hymns and Spiritual Songs by Isaac Watts (including "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross")[2]
Classical music
- Johann Bernhard Bach
- Helft mir Gottes Güte greifen
- Jesus nichts als Jesus
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 (chorale cantata)
- Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106
- Fugue (on the theme 'B-A-C-H') in C major, BWV Anh.107
- Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131
- Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196
- Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 551
- Toccata and Fugue in C major, BWV 566a
- Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
- Capriccio in E major, BWV 993
- Michel Richard Delalande – Cantate Domino canticum novum, S. 72
- Henri Desmarets – Confitebor tibi Domine
- Giovanni Battista Draghi – 6 Harpsichord Suites
- George Frideric Handel
- The Alchemist, HWV 43
- Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verità, HWV 46
- Ah, che pur troppo è vero, HWV 77
- Diana cacciatrice, HWV 79
- Allor ch'io dissi addio, HWV 80
- Alpestre monte, HWV 81
- Aure soavi e liete, HWV 84
- Care selve, aure grate, HWV 88
- Clori, degli occhi miei, HWV 91a
- Clori, mia bella Clori, HWV 92
- Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, HWV 96
- Il delirio amoroso, HWV 99
- Armida abbandonata, HWV 105
- Agrippina condotta a morire, HWV 110
- Figli del mesto cor, HWV 112
- Fra pensieri quel pensiero, HWV 115
- Ne' tuoi lumi, o bella Clori, HWV 133
- No se emenderá jamás, HWV 140
- Non sospirar, non piangere, HWV 141
- Notte placida e cheta, HWV 142
- O lucenti, o sereni occhi, HWV 144
- Occhi miei che faceste?, HWV 146
- Poichè giuraro amore, HWV 148
- Qualor l'egre pupille, HWV 152
- Sarei troppo felice, HWV 157
- La bianca rosa, HWV 160a
- Spande ancor a mio dispetto, HWV 165
- Stanco di più soffrire, HWV 167a
- Tra le fiamme, HWV 170
- Un' alma innamorata, HWV 173
- Un sospir a chi si muore, HWV 174
- Vedendo amor, HWV 175
- Venne voglia ad amore, HWV 176
- Giù nei Tartari Regni, HWV 187
- Ah! che troppo ineguali, HWV 230
- Dixit Dominus, HWV 232
- Laudate pueri Dominum, HWV 237
- Nisi Dominus, HWV 238
- Salve Regina, HWV 241
- Sinfonia in B-flat major, HWV 339
- Oboe Sonata in B-flat major, HWV 357
- Trio Sonata in G minor, HWV 391
- Trio Sonata in F major, HWV 405
- Keyboard Sonata in G minor, HWV 580
- Reinhard Keiser – Dialogus von der Geburt Christi
- Michel de La Barre – Suite in E minor, IMB 17
- Jean-Baptiste de Lully – Concert donné au soupé du roy
- Johann Pachelbel – Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, P. 233
- James Paisible – The Union. Mr. Isaac's new dance...
- Alessandro Scarlatti
- Ahi che sarà di me, H. 19
- Cain, overo Il primo omicidio (oratorio)
- Il giardino di rose
- Giuseppe Torelli – Sinfonia in D major, G.29
Opera
- 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
- April 10 – Michel Corrette, organist and composer (died 1795)[3]
- May 2 – Jean-Baptiste Barrière, cellist and composer (died 1747)
- December 18 – Charles Wesley, hymn-writer (died 1788)
- date unknown
- Matthew Dubourg, violinist, conductor and composer (died 1767)
- Zanetta Farussi, opera singer and composer (died 1776)
- Edward Harwood (of Darwen), composer of hymns, anthems and songs (died 1787)
- Pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer and harpsichordist (died 1791)
- Herman Friedrich Voltmar, composer (died 1782)
Deaths
- February 9 – Giuseppe Aldrovandini, composer (born 1665)
- March 30 – Henry Hall, composer of church music (born c. 1656)
- 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 – Daniel Speer, composer (born 1636)[4]
- 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)
References
- ^ Don, Randel (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. p. 37. ISBN 9780674372993.
- ^ "Isaac Watts – British minister". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ "Michel Corrette (1707–1795)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ "Speer Daniel (Simplicissimus)". www.fsz.bme.hu. Archived from the original on 8 December 2006. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
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