1727 in music

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The year 1727 in music involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Events 2 Classical music 3 Opera 4 Musical theater 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Farinelli performs at Bologna, where he meets his mentor, Antonio Bernacchi.
• The Davidov-Morrini, ex General Dupont and Holroyd violins are made by Antonio Stradivari.
• Johann Adolph Hasse arrives in Venice.
• Louis-Claude Daquin is appointed organist at St Paul's in Paris.
• Agostino Steffani visits Italy for the last time, and meets Handel at the palace of Cardinal Ottoboni in Rome.
• George Frideric Handel is commissioned to write four anthems for the coronation ceremony of King George II of Great Britain.

[edit] Classical music

• George Frideric Handel - Zadok the Priest (one of the Coronation Anthems)
• Antonio Vivaldi - La Cetra (The lyre) (Op. 9), 2 violin concertos and 1 for 2 violins, published in Amsterdam

[edit] Opera

• Antonio Bioni - Attalo ed Arsinoe
• George Frideric Handel
  • Admeto
  • Riccardo Primo
• Leonardo Leo - Il Cid
• Benedetto Marcello - Arianna
• Nicola Porpora - Ezio
• Antonio Vivaldi
  • Farnace
  • Orlando furioso

[edit] Musical theater

[edit] Births

• February 25 - Armand-Louis Couperin, organist, harpsichordist and composer (died 1789)
• March - Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, harpsichordist, organist and composer (died 1756)
• March 9 - Johann Gottlieb Preller, cantor and composer (died 1786)
• March 30 - Tommaso Traetta, composer (died 1779)
• April 5 - Pasquale Anfossi, opera composer (died 1797)
• April 29 - Jean-Georges Noverre, a founder of modern ballet (died 1810)
• date unknown - Marie Favart, singer, dancer and actress (died 1772)

[edit] Deaths

• February 22 - Francesco Gasparini, composer (born 1661)
• May - Daniel Roseingrave, organist and composer (born c. 1655)
• August 14 - William Croft, organist and composer (born 1678)
• December 1 - Johann Heinrich Buttstett, organist and composer (born 1666)