1714. With other artists, Tomaso Albinoni, Antonio Vivaldi and Leonardo Vinci influenced their time (baroque era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Christoph Willibald von Gluck, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis” de Johann Sebastian Bach, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1714 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 50 of these moments for 1714.
1714, from day to day
January
01
Birth of Giovanni Battista ManciniThat year: 1714, Classical music, Italian soprano castrato, voice teacher and author of books on singing (dead in 1800)
04
Death of Atto MelaniThat year: 1714, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1626)
February
02
Birth of Gottfried August HomiliusThat year: 1714, Classical music, German composer, cantor and organist (dead in 1785)
26
Death of Franz Matthias TechelmannThat year: 1714, Classical music, composer (born in 1649)
28
Birth of Gioacchino ContiThat year: 1714, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1761)
Also in February
Birth of Susannah Maria CibberThat year: 1714, Classical music, English singer and actress (dead in 1766) .
March
08
Birth of Carl Philipp Emanuel BachThat year: 1714, Classical music, German harpsichordist and composer (dead in 1788)
14
Death of Hendrik AndersThat year: 1714, Classical music, Dutch composer and carillonneur (born in 1657)
25
Birth of Knut LamboThat year: 1714, Classical music, composer (dead in 1783)
April
13
Birth of Romanus PinzgerThat year: 1714, Classical music, composer (dead in 1755)
16
Birth of Pedro António AvondanoThat year: 1714, Classical music, Portuguese composer of Italian parentage (dead in 1782)
17
Death of Philipp Heinrich ErlebachThat year: 1714, Classical music, German composer (born in 1657)
22
Premiere of Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, ZagenThat year: 1714, Classical music (Work for choir), Johann Sebastian Bach
May
06
Birth of Anton RaaffThat year: 1714, Classical music, German opera tenor (dead in 1797)
12
Birth of Johan Daniel BerlinThat year: 1714, Classical music, Norwegian composer and organist (dead in 1787)
June
17
Premiere of Ich hatte viel BekümmernisThat year: 1714, Classical music (Work for choir), Johann Sebastian Bach
July
02
Birth of Christoph Willibald von GluckThat year: 1714, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1787)
15
Premiere of Widerstehe doch der SündeThat year: 1714, Classical music (Work for choir), Johann Sebastian Bach
August
30
Birth of Johann Georg BendaThat year: 1714, Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (dead in 1752)
September
03
Death of Pietro Antonio FioccoThat year: 1714, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1654)
10
Birth of Niccolò JommelliThat year: 1714, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1774)
November
30
Death of Guillaume-Gabriel NiversThat year: 1714, Classical music, French Baroque composer (born in 1632)
Also in November
Premiere of Orlando finto pazzoThat year: 1714, Classical music (Opera), Antonio Vivaldi .
December
22
Death of Tommaso BaiThat year: 1714, Classical music, Italian composer and singer (born in 1636)
This was also in 1714
Birth of Baldassarre AngeliniThat year: 1714, Classical music, composer (dead in 1762). Birth of Václav HaanThat year: 1714, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (dead in 1765). Birth of Remigius FalbThat year: 1714, Classical music, composer (dead in 1770). Birth of Edward BettsThat year: 1714, Classical music, composer (dead in 1767). Birth of António da CostaThat year: 1714, Classical music, Portuguese composer (dead in 1780). Death of Clemens HaderThat year: 1714, Classical music, musician, opera singer, singer . Death of Johann Georg KühnhausenThat year: 1714, Classical music, German composer (born in 1640). Birth of Johann Anton KobrichThat year: 1714, Classical music, composer (dead in 1791). Birth of Per BrantThat year: 1714, Classical music, conductor, violinist (dead in 1767). Birth of Johan FoltmarThat year: 1714, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1794). Birth of Gregor RöslerThat year: 1714, Classical music, composer (dead in 1775). Birth of Bernhard HavestadtThat year: 1714, Classical music, German missionary (dead in 1788). Death of Gasparo GaspardiniThat year: 1714, Classical music, composer . Death of Teofilo MacchettiThat year: 1714, Classical music, composer, music pedagogue, music theorist, music theory (born in 1632).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) - 12 concerti grossi, Opp. 6That year: 1714, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1709
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François Couperin (age 46) - Leçons de ténèbres (Work for choir)
- Les Concerts Royaux (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1715
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Antonio Vivaldi (age 36) - 12 Violin Concertos, Opp. 4, “La stravaganza”That year: 1714, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
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Johann Sebastian Bach (age 29) - Toccata and Fugue in F majorThat year: 1714, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Fantasy and Fugue in G minorThat year: 1714, Classical music (Work for soloist)
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George Frideric Handel (age 29) - Te Deum ("Queen Caroline") (Work for choir)
