1705 in music

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See also: 1704 in music, other events of 1705, 1706 in music, list of years in music.

Contents 1 Events 2 Classical music 3 Opera 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Johann Sebastian Bach sets off for Lübeck to hear Dieterich Buxtehude perform.
• Alessandro Scarlatti notes that he has written 88 operas in the past 23 years.
• William Croft marries Mary George.
• Jean-Féry Rebel joins the "24 violons du Roy".

[edit] Classical music

• Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto Grosso No. 8 ("Christmas Concerto")

[edit] Opera

• Antonio Caldara - L'Arminia
• Francesco Gasparini - Statira
• George Frideric Handel - Almira

[edit] Births

• January 24 - Farinelli, celebrated castrato (died 1782)

[edit] Deaths

• date unknown - Nicholas Staggins, composer, ex-Master of the King's Musick
• December 1 - Jeremiah Clarke, composer (born c.1674)