1711 in music
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Events
- Invention of the tuning forkTuning forkA tuning fork is an acoustic resonator in the form of a two-pronged fork with the prongs formed from a U-shaped bar of elastic metal . It resonates at a specific constant pitch when set vibrating by striking it against a surface or with an object, and emits a pure musical tone after waiting a...
by John ShoreJohn ShoreJohn Shore was an English trumpeter. He invented the tuning fork in 1750. Shore was Sergeant Trumpeter to the court, who had parts specifically written for him by both George Frideric Handel and Henry Purcell.-References:...
. - The King's TheatreHer Majesty's TheatreHer Majesty's Theatre is a West End theatre, in Haymarket, City of Westminster, London. The present building was designed by Charles J. Phipps and was constructed in 1897 for actor-manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree, who established the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the theatre...
premieres the first of at least 25 operas by George Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
that will appear by the year 1739. - April 3 Possible premiere of Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
's St Mark Passion pasticheSt Mark Passion pasticheIn 1754, the musician and theorist Lorenz Christoph Mizler published as an addendum in the most recent volume of his Neu eröffnete musikalische Bibliothek a series of three obituaries of recently deceased members of his Korrespondierende Sozietät der Musicalischen Wissenschaften...
at the chapel of Wilhelmsburg Castle (two movements by Bach).
Classical music
- Francesco ManfrediniFrancesco ManfrediniFrancesco Onofrio Manfredini was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and church musician.He was born at Pistoia to a trombonist. He studied violin with Giuseppe Torelli in Bologna, then a part of the Papal States, a leading figure in the development of the concerto grosso...
– Concerto for 2 Trumpets in D Major - Marin MaraisMarin MaraisMarin Marais was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe for 6 months. He was hired as a musician in 1676 to the royal court of Versailles...
– Pièces de Viole - Antonio VivaldiAntonio VivaldiAntonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
– L'Estro armonico (Op. 3), published in AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
Opera
- Reinhard KeiserReinhard KeiserReinhard Keiser was a popular German opera composer based in Hamburg. He wrote over a hundred operas, and in 1745 Johann Adolph Scheibe considered him an equal to Johann Kuhnau, George Frideric Handel and Georg Philipp Telemann , but his work was largely forgotten for many...
– Croesus - Johann Friedrich FaschJohann Friedrich FaschJohann Friedrich Fasch was a German violinist and composer.Fasch was born in Buttelstedt, was a choirboy in Weissenfels and studied under Johann Kuhnau at the famous St. Thomas School in Leipzig and later founded a Collegium Musicum in that city...
– Clomire - George Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
– RinaldoRinaldo (opera)Rinaldo is an opera by George Frideric Handel composed in 1711. It is the first Italian language opera written specifically for the London stage. The libretto was prepared by Giacomo Rossi from a scenario provided by Aaron Hill. The work was first performed at the Queen's Theatre in London's... - Nicola PorporaNicola PorporaNicola Porpora was an Italian composer of Baroque operas and teacher of singing, whose most famous singing student was the castrato Farinelli. One of his other students was composer Matteo Capranica.-Biography:Porpora was born in Naples...
– Flavio Anicio Olibrio
Births
- January 12 – Gaetano LatillaGaetano LatillaGaetano Latilla was an Italian opera composer, the most important of the period immediately preceding Niccolò Piccinni .Latilla was born in Bari, and studied at the Loreto Conservatory in Naples...
, opera composer (died 1788) - January 29 – Giuseppe BonnoGiuseppe BonnoGiuseppe Bonno was an Austrian composer of Italian origin....
, composer (died 1788) - April 22 – Paul II Anton EsterházyPaul II Anton EsterházyPrince Paul II Anton Esterházy de Galantha was a prince of the Esterházy family. He had a distinguished career as a soldier and patron of music.-Life:...
, patron of music (died 1762) - June 23 – Giovanni Battista GuadagniniGiovanni Battista GuadagniniGiovanni Battista Guadagnini ; was an emiliano luthier, regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history.-Biography:...
, luthier (died 1786) - July 25 – Lorenz Christoph MizlerLorenz Christoph MizlerLorenz Christoph Mizler von Kolof was a German physician, mathematician, and writer on music.-Biography:...
, writer on music (died 1778) - September 11 – William Boyce, composer (died 1779)
- September 18 – Ignaz HolzbauerIgnaz HolzbauerIgnaz Jakob Holzbauer was a composer of symphonies, concertos, operas, and chamber music, and a member of the Mannheim school. His aesthetic style is in line with that of the Sturm und Drang "movement" of German art and literature.Holzbauer was born in Vienna...
, composer (died 1783) - December 25 – Jean-Joseph de MondonvilleJean-Joseph de MondonvilleJean-Joseph de Mondonville , also known as Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, was a French violinist and composer. He was a younger contemporary of Jean-Philippe Rameau and enjoyed great success in his day...
, violinist and composer (died 1772) - date unknown
- James Oswald, composer and music publisher (died 1769)
- Davide Perez, opera composer (died 1778)
- John Francis WadeJohn Francis WadeJohn Francis Wade was an English hymnist who is credited with writing and composing the hymn "Adeste Fideles" ....
, hymnist (died 1786)
- probable – Panna CinkaPanna CinkaPanna Cinka was a famous Hungarian-Romani violinist.Cinka was born in Sajógömör, Hungary to a Romani family of musicians. Her father was a court musician of Francis II Rákóczi...
, violinist (died 1772)
Deaths
- March 19 – Thomas KenThomas KenThomas Ken was an English cleric who was considered the most eminent of the English non-juring bishops, and one of the fathers of modern English hymnology.-Early life:...
, hymn-writer (born 1637) - September 3 – Élisabeth Sophie ChéronÉlisabeth Sophie ChéronÉlisabeth Sophie Chéron is remembered today primarily as a French painter, but she was acclaimed in her lifetime as a gifted poet, musician, artist, and academicienne.-Life:...
, artist and musician (born 1648) - September 27 – Christian GeistChristian GeistChristian Geist was a German composer and organist, who lived and worked mainly in Scandinavia.-Biography:He was born in Güstrow, where his father, Joachim Geist, was cantor at the cathedral school. 1665–1666 and 1668–1669 he was a boy member of the court orchestra conducted by Daniel Danielis of...
, organist and composer (born c. 1650) - November 3 – Ferdinand Tobias RichterFerdinand Tobias RichterFerdinand Tobias Richter was anAustrian Baroque composer and organist.From 1675 to 1679 Richter served as organist at Heiligenkreuz Abbey in southern Austria. In 1683 he moved to Vienna to become court and chamber organist at the imperial court. In 1690 he was named first organist in the court...
, organist and composer (born 1651) - December 25 – Johann Nikolaus HanffJohann Nikolaus HanffJohann Nikolaus Hanff was a North German organist and composer . Hanff was born in Wechmar in Thuringia and worked in Eutin, Hamburg and Schleswig....
, organist and composer (born 1663) - date unknown
- Louis de DeysterLouis de DeysterLouis de Deyster , also known as Lodewyk Deyster, was a Flemish artist and maker of musical instruments.Deyster was born in 1656 in Bruges. He was a scholar of John Maes, a respectable artist of that city. He spent the years from 1682 to 1688 in Italy, and when he returned to his native Bruges he...
, artist and maker of musical instruments (born 1656) - Buhurizade ItriBuhurizade ItriBuhurizade Itri, or just simply Itri was a composer and performer of Turkish classical music from Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.-Biography:...
, composer and performer of Turkish classical music (born c.1640) - Giovanni Battista RuggieriGiovanni Battista RuggieriGiovanni Battista Ruggieri was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. In 1606 became a pupil of Domenichino. He was also called del Gessi, because later became s pupil of Francesco Gessi. Ruggieri accompanied Gessi to Naples in time of Urban VIII. He was patronized by the Giustiniani family and...
, violin-maker (b. 1653)
- Louis de Deyster