1717 in music
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The year 1717 in music involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- July 13 - Domenico Zipoli arrives in Buenos Aires with 52 other Jesuit missionaries.
- July 17 - George Frideric Handel's "Water Music" is performed on the River Thames.
- Johann Sebastian Bach is appointed Kapellmeister by Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen.
[edit] Classical music
- François Couperin - Pièces de clavecin, book 2
- Georg Friedrich Handel - Water Music
- John Weaver - The Loves of Mars and Venus (ballet)
[edit] Opera
- Antonio Maria Bononcini - La conquista del vello d'oro
- Antonio Vivaldi - Penelope la Casta and L'Incoronazione di Dario
[edit] Births
- April 9 - Georg Matthias Monn, composer (died 1750)
- June 19 (probable) - Johann Stamitz, violinist and composer (died 1757)
- June 27 - Giacomo Durazzo, operatic impresario (died 1794)
- exact date unknown - William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymn writer (died 1791)
[edit] Deaths
- February 11 - Johann Jacob Walther, composer
- November 26 - Daniel Purcell, composer (born 1664)
