1725 in music
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The year 1725 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- March 30 - Repeat performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion (BWV 245, BC D 2b [including BWV 245a, b, and c]) at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig (using parts from his Weimarer Passion).
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi goes to Naples to study under Gaetano Greco. Domenico Scarlatti is also in Naples at this time.
- Nineteen-year-old Giovanni Battista Martini is appointed chapel-master of the Franciscan church at Bologna'
Publications
- Johann Fux – Gradus ad Parnassum
Classical music
- George Frideric Handel – Trio Sonata in D minor
- Alessandro Scarlatti – Sonatas for Flute and Strings: no 1 in D major
- Antonio Vivaldi – Twelve Concerti, Op 8
Opera
Births
- April 20 – Johann Friedrich Klöffler, German conductor, composer (died 1790)
- July 24 – John Newton, clergyman and songwriter ("Amazing Grace") (died 1807)
- August 15 – Ferdinando Bertoni, Italian composer and organist (died 1813)
- November 8 – Johann George Tromlitz, flautist (died 1805)
- December 25 – Esteban Salas y Castro, Cuban composer (died 1803)
- probable – Joaquim Joze Antunes, harpsichord maker (died c.1790)
- ca 1725 - Antonio Lolli, Italian violinist and composer (died 1802)
Deaths
- February 7 – Johann Philipp Krieger, composer (born 1649)
- October 24 – Alessandro Scarlatti, opera composer, father of Domenico (born 1660)
- date unknown – Robert de Visée, lutenist (born c. 1650)
- probable – Christian Ritter, composer
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