1708 in music

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The year 1708 in music involved some significant musical events and new works.

Events

Alessandro Scarlatti returns to Naples from Venice.
Johann Sebastian Bach becomes organist and concert-master at the Weimar court.
Arcangelo Corelli returns to Rome and joins the household of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni.

January 26 – William Hayes (composer), organist, singer, conductor and composer (died 1777)
February 8 – Václav Jan Kopřiva, composer (died 1789)
February 11 – Egidio Duni, composer of opera comique (died 1775)
February 25 – Felix Benda, composer (died 1768)
April 6 – Georg Reutter II, composer of church music (died 1772)
May 5 - Johann Adolf Scheibe, composer and critic (died 1776)
June 19 – Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, composer (died 1763)
date unknown
- Lavinia Fenton, actress, the original Polly Peachum (died 1760)
- Johann Adolph Scheibe, composer (died 1776)
- William Tuckey, composer (died 1781)

April 19 - Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi, composer and painter (born 1662)
May 13 – Giovanni Battista Draghi, composer and keyboardist (born c.1640)
September 3 – Christian Liebe, organist and composer (born 1654)
October 1 – John Blow, composer (born 1649)
date unknown
- Moll Davis, singer (born c. 1648)
- Johannes Kelpius, mystic and musician (born 1673)
- Thomas Pereira, musician (born 1645)
- Bernard Smith, organ maker (born c.1630)