1714 in music
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: 1713 in music, other events of 1714, 1715 in music, list of years in music.
Contents |
[edit] Events
- A school of dance opens at the Paris Opera.
- Domenico Scarlatti becomes maestro di cappella at the Cappella Giulia in the Vatican.
- Francesco Geminiani arrives in London, where he obtains the patronage of William Capel, 3rd Earl of Essex.
- Georg Melchior Hoffmann, composer, marries Margaretha Elisabeth Philipp; he is already suffering from a terminal illness.
- Francesco Maria Veracini visits London and performs at the Queen's Theatre.
[edit] Classical music
- Utrecht Te Deum - George Frideric Handel
- The Little Organ Book - Johann Sebastian Bach
[edit] Opera
- Leonardo Leo - Pisistrato
- Jean-Joseph Mouret - Les Fêtes ou Le Triomphe de Thalie
[edit] Births
- March 8 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (died 1788)
- March 24 - Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer
- July 2 - Christoph Willibald Gluck (died71787 )
- September 10 - Niccolò Jommelli, composer (died 1774)
- September 25 - Jean-Benoit Leclair, composer
- December 23 - Johann Siebenkas, composer
[edit] Deaths
- April 17 - Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer
- date unknown - Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers, organist (born 1632)

