1704 in music
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The year 1704 in music involved some significant events.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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
[edit] Opera
The following operas were composed:
- Johann Mattheson - Die unglückselige Cleopatra
- Carlo Francesco Pollarolo - Irene (revised by Domenico Scarlatti for performance at Naples).
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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.
