Overview of the events of 1708 in music
Overview of the events of 1708 in music
The year 1708 in music involved some significant musical events and new works.
Events
Published popular music
- Lyra Davidica (hymns)
- Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Published classical music
Classical music
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Gott ist mein König, BWV 71
- Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 143
- Kyrie in F major, BWV 233a
- Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 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 582
- Heut’ triumphiret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630
- Fantasia super 'Jesu, meine Freude', BWV 713
- Suite in A major, BWV 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 72
- Ah, crudel! nel pianto mio, HWV 78
- Aminta e Fillide, HWV 83
- Cuopre tal volta il cielo, HWV 98
- Dalla guerra amorosa, HWV 102a
- Ditemi, o piante, HWV 107
- Lungi n'andò Fileno, HWV 128
- Nel dolce tempo, HWV 135b
- Nell'africane selve, HWV 136
- Olinto pastore, Tebro fiume, Gloria, HWV 143
- Quando sperasti, o core, HWV 153
- Se pari è la tua fè, HWV 158a
- Sento là che ristretto, HWV 161a
- Jacques-Martin Hotteterre – Pièces pour la flûte traversiere, Op. 2
- Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre – Cantates françaises sur des sujets tirés de l’écriture, Livre I
- Benedetto Marcello – 12 Concerti à 5, Op. 1
- Johann Mattheson – 12 Flute Sonatas, Op. 1
- Johann Pachelbel
- 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 1:1748
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Cello Concerto in F major, RV 410
- Concerto in A major, RV 585
- Sonata for Violin, Oboe, Organ, Chalumeau and Continuo, RV 779
Opera
Births
Deaths
References