1724 in music
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See also: 1723 in music, other events of 1724, 1725 in music, list of years in music.
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[edit] Events
- Johann Sebastian Bach begins his Mass in B minor.
- John Frederick Lampe arrives in Britain.
- Joseph Bodin de Boismortier moves to Paris from Perpignan.
- Agostino Steffani is elected honorary president of the Academy of Antient Musick in London.
- Johann Adolph Hasse arrives in Naples.
- The Le Saraste violin is made by Antonio Stradivari (now owned by the Real Concervatorio Superior de Música in Madrid, Spain).
- In Rome, Domenico Scarlatti meets Farinelli and Johann Joachim Quantz.
- Marriage of the daughter of music publisher, Jean-Baptiste Christophe Ballard and printer François Boivin.
- Brossard's collection of manuscripts is bought by King Louis XV of France.
[edit] Classical music
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- St John's Passion (first performance at St. Nicolaikirche in Leipzig)
- Cantata No. 38
- Joseph Bodin de Boismortier - Les Quatre Saisons (cantata)
- François Couperin - L'Apothéose de Corelli
- William Croft - Musica sacra
- Benedetto Marcello - Estro Poetrico Armonico, vol. 1
- Turlough O'Carolan - John Drury (composed for the wedding of a local couple, John Drury and Elizabeth Goldsmith)
[edit] Opera
- George Frideric Handel - Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar); Tamerlano (Tamburlaine), both first performed in London
- Leonardo Vinci - Turno Aricino
- Antonio Vivaldi - Il Giustino
[edit] Births
- December 1 - Dismas Hatas, composer
[edit] Deaths
- July 10 - Johann Theile, singer and composer
- probable - Antonio Quintavalle, opera composer
