1709 in music

1709 in music

The year 1709 in music involved some significant events.

Events

*Johann Georg Pisendel leaves his post in the court orchestra of Ansbach to travel to Leipzig, meeting Johann Sebastian Bach en route.
*Antonio Stradivari makes the Viotti Stradivarius.

Classical music

*Louis-Antoine Dornel - "Livre de simphonies contenant six suites en trio avec une sonate en quatuor"
*Michel Montéclair - "Cantata: La Mort de Didon"
*Giuseppe Torelli - "Concerti Grossi, Op. 8: no 6 in G minor "Christmas Concerto", published posthumously
*William Babell - "The Third Book of the Ladys Entertainment"

Opera

*Emanuele d'Astorga - "Dafne"
*Michele Falco - "Lo Lollo pisciaportelle"
*George Frideric Handel - "Agrippina"
*Giuseppe Maria Orlandini - "L'odio e l'amore"

Births

*November 25 - Franz Benda, violinist and composer (died 1786)
*"date unknown" - Charles Collé, songwriter and dramatist (died 1783)

Deaths

*February 8 - Giuseppe Torelli, violinist and composer (born 1658)


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