Events

March 26 – Johann Sebastian Bach premieres his Weimarer Passion at the chapel of Friedrichstein Castle in Gotha
July 13 – Domenico Zipoli arrives in Buenos Aires with 52 other Jesuit missionaries.
July 17 – George Frideric Handel's Water Music is performed on the River Thames.
August – Handel becomes house composer at Cannons.
December 26 – Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan opens as an opera house.
Johann Sebastian Bach is appointed Kapellmeister by Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen.
Celebrated castrato Gaetano Berenstadt visits London and plays the lead in a revival of Handel's Rinaldo.

Classical music

Tomaso Albinoni – Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, T. So 32
William Babell – Suits of the most Celebrated Lessons
Johann Sebastian Bach
- 6 Kleine Präludien, BWV 933-938
- 5 Kleine Präludien, BWV 939-943
- Violin Sonata in B minor, BWV 1014
- Violin Sonata in E major, BWV 1016
- Violin Sonata in C minor, BWV 1017
- Violin Sonata in F minor, BWV 1018
- Violin Sonata in G major, BWV 1019
Pietro G.G. Boni – Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 1
François Chauvon – Tibiades
François Couperin – Pièces de clavecin, book 2
Charles Dieupart – 6 Sonatas for a Flute and a Through Bass
Johann Friedrich Fasch – Brockes-Passion, FaWV F:1
Christoph Graupner – Wie wunderbar ist Gottes Güte, GWV 1103/17
Georg Friedrich Handel
- Dolc' è pur d'amor l'affanno, HWV 109a
- Mi palpita il cor, HWV 132b
- O be Joyful in the Lord, HWV 246
- In the Lord I Put My Trust, HWV 247
- Have Mercy upon Me, O God, HWV 248
- O Sing unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b
- I Will Magnify Thee, HWV 250a
- O Praise the Lord with One Consent, HWV 254
- The Lord is My Light, HWV 255
- Oboe Concerto in B-flat major, HWV 302a
- Concerto Grosso in G major, HWV 314
- Water Music HWV 348-350
- Trio Sonata in C minor, HWV 386a
Jacques Hotteterre – Suite in G major, Op. 6
Jean-Baptiste Loeillet – 12 Sonatas, Op. 5
Marin Marais – Pièces de viole, Livre 4
Pierre-Danican Philidor – 12 Suites, Opp. 1-3
Georg Philipp Telemann
- Gott der Hoffnung erfülle euch, TWV 1:634 (formerly BWV 218)
- Herr, sei mir gnädig, denn mir ist Angst, TWV 1:769
- Ich bin der Erste und der Letzte, TWV 1:816
- Sehet an die Exempel der Alten, TWV 1:1259
Antonio Vandini – Cello Sonata in C major, IAV 5
Antonio Vivaldi
- Violin Sonata in C minor, RV 5
- Concerto for Strings in C major, RV 114
- Concerto for Strings in D major, RV 121
- Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 127
- Concerto for 2 Oboes in C major, RV 534
- Magnificat, RV 610
John Weaver (choreographer; composers unknown) – The Loves of Mars and Venus (ballet)

Opera

Antonio Maria Bononcini – La conquista del vello d'oro
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello – Tisbe
Antonio Caldara – La verità nell'inganno
Leo Leonardo – Diana amante
Alessandro Scarlatti – Telemaco
Antonio Vivaldi
- L'Incoronazione di Dario
- Tieteberga, RV 737

Births

January 4 – Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer (died 1785)^[1]^[2]
April 9 – Georg Matthias Monn, composer (died 1750)
June 18 – Johann Stamitz, violinist and composer (died 1757)
June 27 – Giacomo Durazzo, operatic impresario (died 1794)
date unknown
- Leopold August Abel, violinist and composer (died 1794)
- Elisabeth Lillström, Swedish operatic soprano (d. 1791)
- William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymn writer (died 1791)
probable – Marimutthu Pillai, composer of Carnatic music (died c.1787)

Deaths

February 11 – Johann Jakob Walther, violinist and composer (born 1650)
April 3 – Christian Friedrich Witt, composer, music editor and teacher (born c.1660)
October 13 – Wolfgang Printz, composer and cantor (born 1641)
November 26 – Daniel Purcell, composer (born 1664)
date unknown
- Pierre Bouteiller, composer (born 1655)
- Goffredo Cappa, luthier (born 1644)
- Friedrich Erhard Niedt, jurist, music theorist, and composer (born 1674)
probable – Francisco Guerau, composer (born 1649)

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