1706 in music
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- Louis-Antoine DornelLouis-Antoine DornelLouis-Antoine Dornel was a French composer, harpsichordist, organist and violinist, who lived in Paris.- Biography :Dornel was probably taught by the organist Nicolas Lebègue. He was appointed organist at the church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine-en-la-Cité in 1706, where he took over from François...
succeeds François d'AgincourtFrançois d'AgincourtFrançois d'Agincourt was a French harpsichordist, organist, and composer. He spent most of his life in Rouen, his native city, where he worked as organist of the Rouen Cathedral and of three smaller churches. Highly regarded during his lifetime, d'Agincourt was one of the organists of the royal...
as organist at the church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine-en-la-Cité. - David TecchlerDavid TecchlerDavid Tecchler was an Austrian luthier, best known for his cellos and double basses.Tecchler was born in Salzburg, Austria, where he worked for a time. He also lived and worked in Venice and in Rome, Italy...
makes the cello now on loan to Denis BrottDenis BrottDenis Brott is a Canadian cellist, music teacher and Founder & Artistic Director of the award winning Montreal Chamber Music Festival.Born in Montreal, the son of violinist and composer Alexander Brott and cellist Lotte Brott....
from the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank.
Published popular music
- Thomas D'UrfeyThomas d'UrfeyThomas D'Urfey was an English writer and wit. He composed plays, songs, and poetry, in addition to writing jokes. He was an important innovator and contributor in the evolution of the Ballad opera....
– Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge MelancholyWit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge MelancholyWit and Mirth: Or Pills to Purge Melancholy is the title of a large collection of songs by Thomas d'Urfey, published between 1698 and 1720, which in its final, six-volume edition held over 1,000 songs and poems. The collection started as a single book compiled and published by Henry Playford who...
, vol. 4 (collection of songs
Classical music
- John GostlingJohn GostlingJohn Gostling was a 17th century Church of England clergyman and bass singer famed for his range and power. He was a favourite singer of Charles II and is particularly associated with the music of Henry Purcell.-Background:...
– the "Gostling manuscript", a collection of sixty-four anthems: seventeen by Henry PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
, twenty-three by John BlowJohn BlowJohn Blow was an English Baroque composer and organist, appointed to Westminster Abbey in 1669. His pupils included William Croft, Jeremiah Clarke and Henry Purcell. In 1685 he was named a private musician to James II. His only stage composition, Venus and Adonis John Blow (baptised 23 February...
, three by Matthew LockeMatthew Locke (composer)Matthew Locke was an English Baroque composer and music theorist.-Biography:As a boy, Locke was trained in the choir of Exeter Cathedral, under Edward Gibbons, the brother of Orlando Gibbons...
, four by Pelham HumfreyPelham HumfreyPelham Humfrey was the first to prominence of the new generation of English composers at the beginning of the Restoration....
, four by William TurnerWilliam Turner (composer)William Turner was a composer and countertenor of the Baroque era. A contemporary of John Blow and Henry Purcell, he is best remembered for his verse anthems, of which over forty survive...
, and one by William ChildWilliam ChildWilliam Child was an English composer and organist.Born in Bristol, William Child was a chorister in the cathedral under the direction of Elway Bevin. In 1630 he began his lifetime association with St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, becoming first a lay-clerk and, from 1632, Master of the...
, one by Henry AldrichHenry AldrichHenry Aldrich was an English theologian and philosopher.-Life:Aldrich was educated at Westminster School under Dr Richard Busby. In 1662, he entered Christ Church, Oxford, and in 1689 was made Dean in succession to the Roman Catholic John Massey, who had fled to the Continent. In 1692, he...
, three by Thomas Tudway, four by Jeremiah ClarkeJeremiah ClarkeJeremiah Clarke was an English baroque composer and organist.Thought to have been born in London around 1674, Clarke was a pupil of John Blow at St Paul's Cathedral. He later became organist at the Chapel Royal...
, and a few others. - Jean-Adam GuilainJean-Adam GuilainJean-Adam Guilain was a German organist and harpsichordist who was mostly active in Paris during the first half of the eighteenth century....
– Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat sur les huit tons différents de l'église - Jean-Philippe RameauJean-Philippe RameauJean-Philippe Rameau was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era. He replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is also considered the leading French composer for the harpsichord of his time, alongside François...
– Premier Livre de Pieces de Clavecin
Opera
- Toussaint Bertin de la DouéToussaint Bertin de la DouéToussaint Bertin de la Doué was a French composer of the Baroque era. He worked as an organist for the Theatines, as a musician for the Duc d'Orléans and as a violinist and harpsichordist at the Paris Opéra...
– Cassandre - Francesco ManciniFrancesco Mancini (composer)Francesco Mancini was an Italian composer from Napoli.-Biography:He was an important teacher and managed to obtain his greatest duty during Alessandro Scarlatti's absence from Neapolitan court, between 1702 and 1708...
– Alessandro il Grande in Sidone - Alessandro ScarlattiAlessandro ScarlattiAlessandro Scarlatti was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti.-Life:Scarlatti was born in...
– Il Gran Tamerlano
Births
- April 6 – Louis de CahusacLouis de CahusacLouis de Cahusac was a French playwright and librettist, most famous for his work with the composer Jean-Philippe Rameau...
, librettist (died 17591759 in music- Events :*Johann Friedrich Agricola succeeds Carl Heinrich Graun as director of Frederick the Great's royal opera.*Castrato Gaspare Pacchierotti makes his debut at the Perugia carnival, in a female role.*Tommaso Traetta becomes court composer at Parma....
) - April 24 – Giovanni Battista MartiniGiovanni Battista MartiniGiovanni Battista Martini , also known as Padre Martini, was an Italian musician.-Biography:Martini was born at Bologna....
, violinist, harpsichordist and composer (died 17841784 in music-Events:*March - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gives the first performances of his Piano Concerto No. 15 at the Trattnerhof and Burgtheater in Vienna*April 29 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and violinist Regina Strinasacchi perform Mozart's Sonata in B flat for Violin and Keyboard for the first time, in the...
) - October 18 – Baldassare Galuppi, composer best known for his operas (died 17851785 in music-Events:*Composer Supply Belcher settles in Maine.*Violinist Regina Strinasacchi marries Johann Conrad Schlick, cellist & konzertmeister of the Gotha ducal band.*Joseph Haydn premieres the first of his Paris symphonies on commission from Count d'Ogny...
) - November 7 – Carlo CecereCarlo CecereCarlo Cecere was an Italian composer of operas, concertos and instrumental duets including, for examples, some mandolin duets and a concerto for mandolin. Cecere worked in the transitional period between the Baroque and Classical eras of music.-Life:Surprisingly little is known about his life,...
, composer (died 17611761 in music- Events :*Francesco Geminiani visits Dublin, where he is robbed of a valuable manuscript.*Domenico Cimarosa enters the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto.*Joseph Haydn enters the service of the Esterházy family- Opera :...
) - December – William HayesWilliam Hayes (organist)William Hayes was an English composer, organist, singer and conductor.-Life:...
, composer and organist (died 17771777 in music- Events :*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart resigns his position in the Salzburg court.*Samuel Arnold becomes musical director of the Haymarket Theatre in London.*Über die Theorie der Musik by Johann Nikolaus Forkel is published in Göttingen....
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Deaths
- February – Frances Purcell, widow of Henry PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
- March 3 – Johann PachelbelJohann PachelbelJohann Pachelbel was a German Baroque composer, organist and teacher, who brought the south German organ tradition to its peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secular music, and his contributions to the development of the chorale prelude and fugue have earned him a place among the most...
, composer (born 16531653 in music- Events :*Madeleine de Scudéry and her friend, the lutenist Mlle Bocquet, launch a salon.- Publications :*Alberich Mazak – Cultus harmonicus, volume three, a collection of his complete works, published in Vienna- Classical music :...
) - June 30 – Jacques BoyvinJacques BoyvinJacques Boyvin was a French Baroque composer and organist.He was probably born in Paris, and studied there. One of his first jobs was that of organist of the parisian church des Quinze-Vingts, and in 1674 he was appointed titular organist of the Rouen Cathedral, where Jean Titelouze served as...
, French organist and composer (born c.16491649 in musicThe year 1649 in music involved some significant events.-Classical music:*Johann Jakob Froberger – Libro secundo*Alberich Mazak – Cultus harmonicus, volume one, a collection of his complete works, published in Vienna-Opera:...
) - October 26 – Andreas WerckmeisterAndreas WerckmeisterAndreas Werckmeister was an organist, music theorist, and composer of the Baroque era.-Life:Born in Benneckenstein, Germany, Werckmeister attended schools in Nordhausen and Quedlinburg. He received his musical training from his uncles Heinrich Christian Werckmeister and Heinrich Victor Werckmeister...
, organist and composer (born 16451645 in music- Events :*Juan Hidalgo de Polanco becomes leader of the chamber musicians at Spain's royal court.- Publications :*Giovanni Battista Abatessa – Intessatura di varii fiori..., a collection of guitar music, published in Naples- Births :...
) - December 2 – Johann Georg AhleJohann Georg AhleJohann Georg Ahle was a German composer, organist, theorist, and Protestant church musician.-Biography:Ahle was born at Mühlhausen. His father was Johann Rudolph Ahle, who supplied him with early musical training. At the age of 23 he succeeded his late father at the post of organist at St. Balsius...
, organist and composer (born 16511651 in music- Publications :*Giovanni Battista Granata – Nuova scielta di capricci armonici..., a collection of guitar music, published in Bologna*Claudio Monteverdi – Madrigali e canzonette a due e tre voci del signor Claudio Monteverde già Maestro di Cappella della Serenissima Republica di...
) - date unknown – Flavio Carlo Lanciani, opera composer (born 1667)