1717 in music

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The year 1717 in music involved some significant events.

Events

March 26 - Johann Sebastian Bach premieres his Weimarer Passion at the chapel of Friedrichstein Castle in Gotha
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 Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen.
Celebrated castrato Gaetano Berenstadt visits London and plays the lead in a revival of Handel's Rinaldo.

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)
date unknown
- Leopold August Abel, violinist and composer (died 1794)
- William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymn writer (died 1791)
probable – Marimutthu Pillai, composer of Carnatic music (died c.1787)

February 11 – Johann Jacob Walther, composer
April 3 – Christian Friedrich Witt, composer, music editor and teacher (b. c. 1660)
November 26 – Daniel Purcell, composer (born 1664)
date unknown – Goffredo Cappa, luthier (born 1644)
probable – Francisco Guerau, composer (born 1649)