1717 in music

• March 26 - in the town of Gotha, in the chapel of Friedrichstein Castle, the premiere of the vocal and dramatic work of Johann Sebastian Bach Weimarer Passion , BWV deest (BC D 1), took place .
• July 13 - Domenico Cipoli arrived in Buenos Aires with 52 other Jesuit missionaries .
• July 17 - The premiere of three orchestral suites by Georg Friedrich Handel “Music on the Water” ( English Water Music , HWV 348, 349, 350) was held on the Thames .
• Johann Sebastian Bach was appointed bandmaster at the court of the Anhalt-Kothen Prince Leopold .
• The famous opera -castrate singer Gaetano Berenstadt ( Italian: Gaetano Berenstadt ) visited London , where he played a leading role in Handel’s opera “Rinaldo” , first staged in a new edition.

• Francois Couperin - Pieces for Harpsichord , Book 2.
• Georg Friedrich Handel - “Music on the Water” .
• John Weaver ( Eng. John Weaver ) - the ballet "Love of Mars and Venus" ( Eng. The Loves of Mars and Venus ).

• Antonio Maria Bononchini - “The Conquest of the Golden Fleece” ( Italian: La conquista del vello d'oro ).
• Antonio Vivaldi -
  • “Chaste Penelope” ( Italian: Penelope la casta )
  • The Coronation of Darius ( Italian: L'incoronazione di Daria ).

• April 9 - Georg Matthias Monn, also known as Georg Mann ( German: Georg Matthias Monn ), Austrian composer , organist and teacher (died October 3, 1750 ).
• June 19 (probably) - Jan Vaclav Antonin Stamitz - Czech composer and violinist, father of Karl Stamitz and Anton Stamitz (died March 27, 1757 ).
• June 27 - Giacomo Durazzo ( Italian: Giacomo Durazzo ), Italo - Albanian diplomat, brother of the famous Genoese Doge Marcello Durazzo , director of the imperial theaters in Vienna (died in 1794 ).
• Date Unknown -
  • Leopold August Abel , German violinist , composer and bandmaster, son of Christian Ferdinand Abel , brother of Karl Friedrich Abel (died August 25, 1794 ).
  • William Williams Pantycelyn, a Welsh poet and writer, author of religious hymns (died January 11, 1791 ).
  • is an English essayist and author of Baptist hymns (died 1778 )

Probably Marimutthu Pillai, a composer of Indian music Karnatik, one of the so-called Tamil trinity music karnatik (died 1787 ).

• February 11 - Johann Jacob Walter ( German: Johann Jacob Walther ), German composer, bandmaster of the Saxon elector Johann George II (born in 1650 ).
• April 3 - Christian Friedrich Witt ( German: Christian Friedrich Witt ), German composer, music editor and teacher (born in 1660 ).
• November 26 - Daniel Purcell ( English Daniel Purcell ), English composer, brother of the composer Henry Purcell (born 1664 ).
• Date unknown - Goffredo Kappa ( Italian: Goffredo Cappa ), Italian master known for his violins and cellos (born in 1644 ).

Probably Francisco Guera ( Spanish: Francisco Guerau ), a Spanish composer (born 1649 ).