1714 in music
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Events
- A school of dance opens at the Paris Opera.
- Michel Richard DelalandeMichel Richard DelalandeMichel Richard Delalande [de Lalande] was a French Baroque composer and organist who was in the service of King Louis XIV. He was one of the most important composers of grand motets. He also wrote orchestral suites known as "Simphonies pour les Soupers du Roy" and ballets...
assumes full control of the French royal chapel upon the retirement of his last co-sous maîtres. - Francesco GeminianiFrancesco Geminianithumb|230px|Francesco Geminiani.Francesco Saverio Geminiani was an Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist.-Biography:...
arrives in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, where he obtains the patronage of William Capell, 3rd Earl of EssexWilliam Capell, 3rd Earl of EssexWilliam Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex, KG, PC was the son of the 2nd Earl of Essex.Capell was one of the founding governors of the charity, the Foundling Hospital, created in October 1739 to care for abandoned children....
. - Georg Melchior Hoffmann, composer, marries Margaretha Elisabeth Philipp; he is already suffering from a terminal illness.
- Domenico ScarlattiDomenico ScarlattiGiuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. He is classified as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style...
becomes maestro di cappella at the Cappella GiuliaCappella GiuliaThe choir "Cappella Giulia," officially named the Reverend Musical Chapel "Julia" of the Sacrosanct Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, is the choir of St...
in the Vatican. - Francesco Maria VeraciniFrancesco Maria Veracinithumb|150px|Francesco Maria Veracini.Francesco Maria Veracini was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his sets of violin sonatas.-Life:Francesco Maria Veracini led a turbulent life...
visits London and performs at the Queen's Theatre. - The first permanent church organ in the United States, the Brattle organ, imported by Thomas BrattleThomas BrattleThomas Brattle was a well-educated and prosperous Boston merchant who served as treasurer of Harvard College, and was a member of the intellectually elite Royal Society....
, is installed in Boston at King's ChapelKing's ChapelKing's Chapel is "an independent Christian unitarian congregation affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association" that is "unitarian Christian in theology, Anglican in worship, and congregational in governance." It is housed in what was formerly called "Stone Chapel", an 18th century...
. - John TuftsJohn TuftsJohn Tufts may refer to:*John Q. Tufts , American politician*John Tufts , early music educator...
publishes the first instructional book for singing in the USA. - March 30 Possible premiere of Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
's St Mark Passion pasticheSt Mark Passion pasticheIn 1754, the musician and theorist Lorenz Christoph Mizler published as an addendum in the most recent volume of his Neu eröffnete musikalische Bibliothek a series of three obituaries of recently deceased members of his Korrespondierende Sozietät der Musicalischen Wissenschaften...
at the chapel of Wilhelmsburg Castle (two movements by Bach).
Classical music
- Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
- The Little Organ Book
- Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland , BWV 61, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Weimar for the for the first Sunday in Advent and first performed it on 2 December 1714.-History and words:...
- Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12 (movement 2 would later form the Crucifixus section of his Mass in B minor)
- Arcangelo CorelliArcangelo CorelliArcangelo Corelli was an Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music.-Biography:Corelli was born at Fusignano, in the current-day province of Ravenna, although at the time it was in the province of Ferrara. Little is known about his early life...
- Christmas Concerto
- Twelve concerti grossi, op.6, published posthumously
- André RaisonAndré RaisonAndré Raison was a French Baroque composer and organist. During his lifetime he was one of the most famous French organists and an important influence on French organ music. He published two collections of organ works, in 1688 and 1714. The first contains liturgical music intended for monasteries...
– Deuxième livre d'orgue - Alessandro ScarlattiAlessandro ScarlattiAlessandro Scarlatti was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti.-Life:Scarlatti was born in...
– S. Filippo Neri (oratorio)
Opera
- Leonardo LeoLeonardo LeoLeonardo Leo , more correctly Lionardo Oronzo Salvatore de Leo, was an Italian Baroque composer.-Biography:...
– Pisistrato - Jean-Joseph MouretJean-Joseph MouretJean-Joseph Mouret was a French composer whose dramatic works made him one of the leading exponents of Baroque music in his country...
– Les Fêtes ou Le Triomphe de Thalie
Births
- January 1 – Giovanni Battista ManciniGiovanni Battista ManciniGiovanni Battista Mancini was an Italian soprano castrato, voice teacher, and author of books on singing....
, soprano castrato, voice teacher (died 1800) - February 2 – Gottfried August HomiliusGottfried August HomiliusGottfried August Homilius was a German composer, cantor, and organist. He was the main representative of the empfindsamer style....
, composer, cantor and organist (died 1785) - February 28 – Gioacchino ContiGioacchino ContiGioacchino Conti , best known as Gizziello, was an Italian soprano castrato opera singer.-Biography:Conti was born in Arpino...
, soprano castrato opera singer (died 1761) - March 8 – Carl Philipp Emanuel BachCarl Philipp Emanuel Bachright|250pxCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and second son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach...
(died 1788) - May 6 – Anton RaaffAnton RaaffAnton Raaff was a German tenor from Gelsdorf near Bonn.-Career:He studied at the Jesuit school in Bonn where the Elector of Bavaria, Clement Augustus, heard him singing and paid for him to train professionally. Raaff was brought to the capital, Munich, where he was engaged on an annual salary of...
, tenor (died 1797) - July 2 – Christoph Willibald GluckChristoph Willibald GluckChristoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck was an opera composer of the early classical period. After many years at the Habsburg court at Vienna, Gluck brought about the practical reform of opera's dramaturgical practices that many intellectuals had been campaigning for over the years...
(died 1787) - September 10 – Niccolò JommelliNiccolò JommelliNiccolò Jommelli was an Italian composer. He was born in Aversa and died in Naples. Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he made important changes to opera and reduced the importance of star singers.-Early life:Jommelli was born to Francesco Antonio Jommelli and...
, composer (died 1774) - December 23
- Ranieri de' CalzabigiRanieri de' CalzabigiRanieri de' Calzabigi was an Italian poet and librettist, most famous for his collaboration with the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck on his "reform" operas....
, librettist collaborating with Gluck (died 1795)
- Ranieri de' Calzabigi
- date unknown
- Susannah Maria Cibber, singer and actress (died 1766)
- Johan FoltmarJohan FoltmarJohan Foltmar was a Danish composer.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia....
, composer (died 1794) - Christian Gottlob HubertChristian Gottlob HubertChristian Gottlob Hubert was a famous builder of keyboard instruments. Today, he is best known as a clavichord maker.Some of his instruments have been preserved in the collection at Bad Krozingen....
, builder of keyboard instruments (died 1793) - Edmund PaschaEdmund PaschaEdmund Pascha was a preacher, organist and composer. He used pseudonym Claudianus Ostern.- Life :Pascha was born in Kroměříž. His exact date of birth and his first name are unknown. In 1731 he was affiliated as a Franciscan cleric novice in Hlohovec. There he got oblate name Edmund...
, organist and composer (died 1772)
Deaths
- April 17 – Philipp Heinrich ErlebachPhilipp Heinrich ErlebachPhilipp Heinrich Erlebach was a German Baroque composer.- Life :...
, composer - August – Johann Georg KühnhausenJohann Georg KühnhausenJohann Georg Kühnhausen was a German composer.-Life:Little is known about the life of Kühnhausen...
, composer - September 3 – Pietro Antonio FioccoPietro Antonio FioccoPietro Antonio Fiocco was an Italian Baroque composer.-Life:Pietro Antonio Fiocco was born in Venice...
, composer (born 1654) - November 13 – Guillaume-Gabriel NiversGuillaume-Gabriel NiversGuillaume-Gabriel Nivers was a French organist, composer and theorist. His first livre d'orgue is the earliest surviving collection with traditional French organ school forms...
, organist (born 1632)