1708 in music
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See also: 1707 in music, other events of 1708, 1709 in music, list of years in music.
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[edit] Events
- Alessandro Scarlatti returns to Naples from Venice.
- Johann Sebastian Bach becomes organist and concert-master at the Weimar court.
[edit] Published popular music
- Lyra Davidica (hymns)
[edit] Opera
- André Campra - Hippodamie
- George Frideric Handel - Daphne, Florindo
- Nicola Porpora - Aggripina
[edit] Births
- January 26 - William Hayes (composer), composer
- February 8 - Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer
- February 9 - Egidio Romoaldo Duni, composer of opera comique
- April 6 - George Reuter, composer
- April 8 - Carl Georg Reutter, composer of church music (died 1772)
- June 19 - Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, composer
- November 4 - Robert Praelisauer, composer
- December 4 - Marianus Konigsperger, composer
- date unknown - Lavinia Fenton, actress, the original Polly Peachum (died 1760)
[edit] Deaths
- January 23 - Thomas Bullis, composer
- May 27 - Jacques Danican Philidor, composer
- August 4 - Vincenzo De Grandis, composer
- October 1 - John Blow, composer (born 1649)
- date unknown - Giovanni Battista Draghi, composer and keyboardist (born c.1640)
