1727 in music
# 1727 in music

The year 1727 in music involved some significant events.

## Events

* April 11 – Johann Sebastian Bach gives the première of his St Matthew Passion BWV 244b (BC D 3a) at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
* Farinelli performs at Bologna, where he meets his mentor, Antonio Bernacchi.
* The Davidov-Morrini, ex General Dupont and Holroyd violins are made by Antonio Stradivari.
* Johann Adolph Hasse arrives in Venice.
* Louis-Claude Daquin is appointed organist at St Paul's in Paris.
* Agostino Steffani visits Italy for the last time, and meets Handel at the palace of Cardinal Ottoboni in Rome.
* George Frideric Handel is commissioned to write four anthems for the coronation ceremony of King George II of Great Britain.

## Published music

* Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
   * 6 Suites à 2 Muzettes, Op. 11
   * 6 Concertos for 5 Flutes, Op. 15
   * 6 Suites à 2 Muzettes, Op. 17
* André Chéron – Sonates en trio, Op. 1
* Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia – Harpsichord Sonata in G major, Op. 4
* Girolamo Nicola Laurenti – 6 Concerti, Op. 1
* Michelle Mascitti – 8 Violin Sonatas and 4 Concertos à 6, Op. 7 (Paris)
* Antonio Vivaldi – La Cetra (The lyre) (Op. 9), 2 violin concertos and 1 for 2 violins (Amsterdam)
* Robert Woodcock – 12 Concertos in 8 parts

## Classical music

* Johann Sebastian Bach
   * Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 58
   * Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80
   * Ich habe genug, BWV 82, premiered Feb. 2 in Leipzig
   * Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke, BWV 84
   * Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn!, BWV 157
   * Dem Gerechten muss das Licht, BWV 195
   * Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198
   * Matthäuspassion, BWV 244b
   * Partita in A minor, BWV 827
* Antonio Caldara – Il Batista
* Johann Joseph Fux – Laetare turba
* Christoph Graupner – Machet die Tore weit, GWV 1101/27
* George Frideric Handel
   * Coronation Anthems
   * Sonatas for an accompanied solo instrument, Op. 1 (published)
* Jean-Philippe Rameau – Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin
* Johan Helmich Roman – 12 Flute Sonatas, BeRI 201–212
* Giuseppe Sammartini – 12 Trio Sonatas
* Georg Philipp Telemann
   * 6 Sonatas, TWV 40:101–106
   * Trio Sonata, TWV 42:e7 (likely)
* Jan Dismas Zelenka
   * Credidi, ZWV 85
   * De profundis, ZWV 96
   * Lauda Jerusalem, ZWV 104
   * Magnificat, ZWV 107

## Opera

* Antonio Bioni – Attalo ed Arsinoe
* Giovanni Bononcini – Astianatte
* George Frideric Handel
   * Admeto, Premiered Jan. 31 in London
   * Riccardo Primo
* Leonardo Leo – Il Cid
* Benedetto Marcello – Arianna
* Georg Reutter – Archidamia
* Leonardo Vinci – La caduta de' decemviri
* Antonio Vivaldi
   * Farnace (first premiered; this version was lost and the 1731 Pavia version is the only one extant today)
   * Ipermestra, RV 722
   * Orlando
   * Siroe re di Persia, RV 735

## Published Theoretical Writings

* Ernst Gottlieb Baron – Historisch-theoretische und practische Untersuchung des Instruments der Lauten
* Giuseppe Graziani – Continuazione, e supplemento alla drammaturgia di M. L. Allacci

## Births

* February 25 – Armand-Louis Couperin, organist, harpsichordist and composer (died 1789)
* March 9 – Johann Gottlieb Preller, cantor and composer (died 1786)
* March 14 – Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, harpsichordist, organist and composer (died 1756)
* March 30 – Tommaso Traetta, composer (died 1779)
* April 5 – Pasquale Anfossi, opera composer (died 1797)
* April 29 – Jean-Georges Noverre, a founder of modern ballet (died 1810)
* October 9 – Johann Wilhelm Hertel
* date unknown
   * Marie Favart, singer, dancer and actress (died 1772)
   * Rosa Scarlatti, opera singer (died 1775)

## Deaths

* February 22 – Francesco Gasparini, composer (born 1661)
* May – Daniel Roseingrave, organist and composer (born c. 1655)
* August 14 – William Croft, organist and composer (born 1678)
* December 1 – Johann Heinrich Buttstett, organist and composer (born 1666)
