1705 in music
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The year 1705 in music involved some significant events.
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[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
The following operas were composed:
- Antonio Caldara - L'Arminia
- Thomas Clayton, Nicola Haym, & Charles Dieupart - Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus, produced at the Drury Lane Theatre in London
- Francesco Gasparini - Statira
- George Frideric Handel - Almira, premièred in Hamburg
[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)
