1707 in music

The year 1707 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• George Frideric Handel meets Domenico Scarlatti in Venice.
• Johann Sebastian Bach marries his cousin, Maria Barbara.
• Antonio Caldara leaves his post in Mantua to become maestro di cappella to Prince Ruspoli in Rome.
• William Croft becomes "Master of the Children" at the Chapel Royal, in succession to Clarke.
• Domenico Zipoli becomes a pupil of organist Giovani Maria Casini in Florence.

Published popular music

• Hymns and Spiritual Songs by Isaac Watts (including "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross")

Classical music

• Tomaso Albinoni – Op. 5, a collection of concerti
• Johann Sebastian Bach — Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 (chorale cantata)
• Alessandro Scarlatti – Cain, overo Il primo omicidio (oratorio)

Opera

• Thomas Clayton – Rosamond, book by Joseph Addison, produced in London
• Nicola Fago – Radamisto
• Handel – Rodrigo
• Johann Christoph Pepusch – Thomyris, Queen of Scythia
• Alessandro Scarlatti – Mitridate Eupatore
• Agostino Steffani – Arminio

Births

• April 10 – Michel Corrette, organist and composer (died 1795)
• May 2 – Jean-Baptiste Barrière, cellist and composer (died 1747)
• December 18 – Charles Wesley, hymn-writer (died 1788)
• date unknown
  • Matthew Dubourg, violinist, conductor and composer (died 1767)
  • Zanetta Farussi, opera singer and composer (died 1776)
  • Edward Harwood (of Darwen), composer of hymns, anthems and songs (died 1787)
  • Pietro Domenico Paradisi, composer and harpsichordist (died 1791)
  • Herman Friedrich Voltmar, composer (died 1782)

Deaths

• February 9 - Giuseppe Aldrovandini, composer (born 1665)
• March 30 – Henry Hall, composer of church music (born c. 1656)
• April 20 – Johann Christoph Denner, inventor of the clarinet (born 1655)
• May 9 – Dieterich Buxtehude, composer (born 1637)
• June – Gaspard Le Roux, French harpsichordist (born c.1660)
• August 20 – Nicolas Gigault, organist and composer (born 1627)
• September 5 – Johann Daniel Georg Speer, composer (born 1636)
• December 1 – Jeremiah Clarke, composer (born c.1674)
• date unknown - Julie d'Aubigny ("La Maupin"), opera singer (born 1670)
• probable – Henry Playford, music publisher (born 1657)