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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.
  • Lyra Davidica (hymns)
  • Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Published classical music

  • Tomaso Albinoni – 6 Sonate da chiesa, T.So 26–31, Op.&nbsp;4
  • Louis de Caix d'Hervelois – Pièces de viole, Livre 1
  • Andre Campra – Cantates françoises
  • Francisco José de Castro – 8 Concertos, Op.&nbsp;4
  • Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco – 12 Violin Sonatas, Op.&nbsp;1
  • Pierre Du Mage – Livre d'orgue
  • Jean-Baptiste Stuck – Cantates françaises Livre II

Classical music

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Gott ist mein König, BWV&nbsp;71
  • Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV&nbsp;143
  • Kyrie in F major, BWV 233a
  • Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV&nbsp;537
  • Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 545a
  • Toccata and Fugue in E major, BWV 566 (Authorship disputed)
  • Fugue on a Theme by Giovanni Legrenzi, BWV 574
  • Fugue in C minor, BWV 575
  • Passacaglia in C minor, BWV&nbsp;582
  • Heut’ triumphiret Gottes Sohn, BWV&nbsp;630
  • Fantasia super 'Jesu, meine Freude, BWV&nbsp;713
  • Suite in A major, BWV&nbsp;832
  • Praeludium et partita dei tuono terzo, BWV 833
  • Toccata in D minor, BWV 913
  • Fugue in C major, BWV 946
  • Antonio Maria Bononcini
  • Mentre in placido sonno
  • La presa di Tebe
  • Tutta fiamme e tutta ardore
  • Antonio Caldara – Il martirio di Santa Caterina
  • Henri Desmarets – Usque quo Domine
  • George Frederic Handel
  • La Resurrezione (The Resurrection) (oratorio)
  • Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV&nbsp;72
  • Ah, crudel! nel pianto mio, HWV&nbsp;78
  • Aminta e Filide, HWV&nbsp;83
  • Cuopre tal volta il cielo, HWV&nbsp;98
  • Dalla guerra amorosa, HWV&nbsp;102a
  • Ditemi, o piante, HWV&nbsp;107
  • Lungi n'andò Fileno, HWV&nbsp;128
  • Nel dolce tempo, HWV&nbsp;135b
  • Nell'africane selve, HWV&nbsp;136
  • Olinto pastore, Tebro fiume, Gloria, HWV&nbsp;143
  • Quando sperasti, o core, HWV&nbsp;153
  • Se pari è la tua fè, HWV&nbsp;158a
  • Sento là che ristretto, HWV&nbsp;161a
  • Jacques-Martin Hotteterre – Pièces pour la flûte traversiere, Op.&nbsp;2
  • Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre – Cantates françaises sur des sujets tirés de l’écriture, Livre I
  • Benedetto Marcello – 12 Concerti à 5, Op.&nbsp;1
  • Johann Mattheson – 12 Flute Sonatas, Op.&nbsp;1
  • Johann Pachelbel
  • An Wasserflüssen Babylon, P.&nbsp;18
  • Plauener Orgelbuch
  • James Paisible – The Saltarella. Mr. Isaac's new dance made for Her Majesty's Birthday, 1708...
  • Bernardo Pasquini – Passagaglie and Variation
  • Alessandro Scarlatti – Oratorio per la Passione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo
  • Georg Philipp Telemann – Singet dem Herrn, TWV&nbsp;1:1748
  • Antonio Vivaldi
  • Cello Concerto in F major, RV&nbsp;410
  • Concerto in A major, RV&nbsp;585
  • Sonata for Violin, Oboe, Organ, Chalumeau and Continuo, RV&nbsp;779

Opera

  • Giovanni Bononcini – Mario fuggitivo
  • Antonio Caldara – Più bel nome
  • André Campra – Hippodamie
  • Johann Joseph Fux – Pulcheria, K.303
  • George Frideric Handel
  • Daphne
  • Florindo
  • Antonio Literes – Acis y Galatea
  • Nicola Porpora – L'Agrippina

Births

  • 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)

Deaths

  • 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)
  • September 26 - Giovanni Battista Bianchini, composer, organist, and choir conductor (born after 1650)
  • October 1 (or January 10) – 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)

References