1709 in music

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See also: 1708 in music, other events of 1709, 1710 in music, list of years in music.

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

[edit] Events

• Johann Georg Pisendel leaves his post in the court orchestra of Ansbach to travel to Leipzig, meeting Johann Sebastian Bach en route.

[edit] Classical music

• Louis-Antoine Dornel - Livre de simphonies contenant six suites en trio avec une sonate en quatuor
• Michel Montéclair - Cantata: La Mort de Didon
• Giuseppe Torelli - Concerti Grossi, Op. 8: no 6 in G minor "Christmas Concerto"
• Antonio Vivaldi - Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in C Major

[edit] Opera

• Emanuele d'Astorga - Dafne
• George Frideric Handel - Agrippina
• Giuseppe Maria Orlandini - L'odio e l'amore

[edit] Births

• November 25 - Franz Benda, violinist and composer (died 1786)
• date unknown - Charles Collé, songwriter and dramatist (died 1783)

[edit] Deaths

• February 8 - Giuseppe Torelli, violinist and composer (born 1658)