| 1712 in music | ||
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| 1710 - 1711 - 1712 - 1713 - 1714 | ||
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| See also: Other events in 1712 Theater Events | ||
Events
- Georg Friedrich Handel relocates to London .
- Johann Georg Piesendel joined the court orchestra in Dresden .
- March 25th is the approximate date for the premiere of the St Mark Passion Johann Sebastian Bach in the chapel of Wilhelmburg Castle ( Schmalkalden ).
Classical music
- Francesco Antonio Bonporti - Opus X for violin .
- Henry Carey - The Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare anthem by Joseph Addison .
- Benedetto Marcello - Sonatas for Recorder and Basso Continuo .
- Francesco Maria Veracini - oratorio Il trionfo della innocenza patrocinata da S. NiccoI .
- Domenico Cipoli - oratorio of San Antonio di Padova .
Opera
- Andre Campra is the musical tragedy of Idomenée .
- Georg Friedrich Handel - “ Faithful Shepherd ” ( Italian: Il pastor fido ).
- John Hughes (1677-1720) and Johann Ernst Galliard (d. 1747) - Calypso and Telemachus [1]
- Antonio Lotti - “Porsenna” ( Porsenna ).
Born
- January
- David Owen, a Welsh harpist and composer (died August 1741 ).
- Cecilia Young ( English Cecilia Young ), English soprano singer, daughter of composer Charles Young and wife of composer Thomas Arn (died October 6, 1789 ).
- January 17 - Charles John Stanley ( English Charles John Stanley ), English composer and organist (died May 19, 1786 ).
- January 24 - Frederick II (King of Prussia) , was known as a music lover, musician and composer (died August 17, 1786 ).
- March 13 - Isfrid Kaiser ( German: Isfrid Kayser ), German composer (died March 1, 1771 ).
- June 28 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau , French writer, thinker, composer and amateur musicologist (died July 2, 1778 ).
- July - John Hebden ( born John Hebden ), a British musician and composer (died in 1765 ).
- December 1 - Bernhardt Christian Weber (Bernhard Christian Weber), German composer (died in 1758 ).
- date unknown
- John Christopher Smith ( English John Christopher Smith ), English composer, personal secretary of George Friedrich Handel (died in 1795 ).
- Sophia Schröder ( Swede. Sophia Schröder ), a Swedish soprano of German descent, the first woman to become the concert vocalist of the royal orchestra Kungliga Hovkapellet (died January 29, 1750 ). [2]
Died
- April - Lambert Chaumont ( French: Lambert Chaumont ), a South Dutch ( Walloon ) priest, a Baroque composer and organist (born in 1630 ).
- April 29 - Juan Bautista José Cabanilles ( Spanish: Juan Bautista José Cabanilles ), Spanish organist and composer of Valencia Cathedral (born September 6, 1644 ).
- August 4 - John Jacob de Neufville ( Fr. Johann Jacob de Neufville ), composer.
- August 7 - Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow ( German: Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow ), German organist and composer (born November 14, 1663 ).
- August 26 - Sebastian Anton Scherer ( German: Sebastian Anton Scherer ), German Baroque organist and composer (born October 3, 1631 ).
- September 30 - Johann Michael Zacher ( German: Johann Michael Zacher ), Austrian composer ( baptized on August 6, 1651 ).
- November 6 - Johann Bernhard Staudt ( German: Johann Bernhard Staudt ), Austrian Jesuit and composer (born October 23, 1654 ).
- date unknown - Carlo Alessandro Guidi ( Italian: Carlo Alessandro Guidi ), Italian lyric poet, the main founder of the Roman Academy L'Arcadia (born 1650).
See also
► 1712 in music
Notes
- ↑ "Document: Songs in the opera of Calypso & Telemachus . " University of rochester
- ↑ Gunhild Karle (Swedish): Kungl. Hovmusiken i Stockholm och dess utövare 1697-1771 (The Music and Musicians of the Royal Court in Stockholm in 1697-1771), TryckJouren, Uppsala 2002. ISBN 91-631-2152-2