Music year 1716
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Overview of the music years
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Events
Johann Sebastian Bach
Organ by Arp Schnitger in the Christ Church in Rendsburg
- Johann Sebastian Bach works in Weimar as court organist and chamber musician at the court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst .
- January 19 : Bach's church cantata Mein Gott, how long, oh long? (BWV 155) has its world premiere in the castle church of Weimar. The cantata text comes from the Weimar court poet Salomon Franck .
- January 24th : On the occasion of the wedding of his employer Ernst August in Nienburg , Bach first met his brother-in-law, the young Prince Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen , who was to become his new employer in 1717.
- December 13th : Bach's church cantata Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht (BWV 186a) is performed for the first time in Weimar.
- During his tenure in Weimar from 1712 to 1717, Johann Sebastian Bach composed a collection of chorale- related organ pieces ( choral preludes ), known as the Orgelbüchlein (BWV 599–644).
- Due to his excellent reputation as an organ appraiser, Bach is called in to appraise the organs in Halle ( Cuntzius organ of the Liebfrauenkirche) and in Erfurt ( Augustinian church) .
georg Friedrich Handel
- George Frideric Handel has lived in London since October 1712 and has lived with the Earl of Burlington since 1713 .
- Handel follows King George I briefly back on German soil, where he also visits his relatives in Halle and made a detour to Ansbach . Here Handel meets his fellow student Johann Christoph Schmidt (1683–1763) from his student days in Halle. He went to London with him and was his secretary, accountant and musical assistant until his death.
Alessandro Scarlatti
- Alessandro Scarlatti works as Kapellmeister of the Cappella Reale in Naples .
- Scarlatti's opera Carlo re d'Allemagna based on the libretto by Francesco Silvani will be premiered in Naples.
Domenico Scarlatti
- Domenico Scarlatti has worked in Rome since 1709 with the exiled Polish Queen Maria Casimira Sobieska , who lives in Palazzo Zuccari , for whose private stage he has composed six operas, as well as at least one cantata and one oratorio over the years .
- Since 1713 Scarlatti has also been maestro di capella at the Capella Giulia of the Vatican .
Georg Philipp Telemann
- Georg Philipp Telemann is the city's music director and bandmaster of the Barfüßer and Katharinenkirche in Frankfurt am Main . Telemann also takes over the organization of the weekly concerts and various administrative tasks of making exchange Company to Frauenstein in the house Braunfels on the Liebfrauenberg where he also lives.
- During his time in Frankfurt Telemann composed, in addition to the cantatas, oratorios , orchestral and chamber music , much of which is published, as well as music for political ceremonies and wedding serenades. However, he does not find the opportunity to publish operas, although he continues to write for the Leipzig Opera.
- On a trip to Gotha , Duke Friedrich offered Telemann a position as Kapellmeister. The Duke not only promised him that he would continue to work as Kapellmeister for the Eisenach court, but also got the Duke of Saxe-Weimar to promise Telemann another position as Kapellmeister. This would make Telemann, so to speak, chief conductor of all the Saxon-Thuringian courts. A letter to the Frankfurt council in which Telemann politely issues an ultimatum regarding his salary proves his diplomatic skill. He stays in Frankfurt and enforces a wage increase of 100 guilders . Together with his income from the Frauenstein Society and fees for occasional compositions, Telemann's annual income is 1,600 guilders, making him one of the best-paid in Frankfurt.
Antonio Vivaldi
- Antonio Vivaldi becomes musical director (maestro de 'concerti) of the Orchestra of the Ospedale della Pietà (one of four homes in Venice for orphan girls). The orchestra soon acquired a reputation that was legendary for the time and attracted numerous travelers to Italy.
- November: Vivaldi's oratorio Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie is premiered by the orchestra and choir of the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice. Vivaldi's only oratorio preserved today , the material of which is taken from the Book of Judith , was commissioned by the Republic of Venice to celebrate the victory against the Turks at the siege of Corfu in the same year. The libretto is by Iacopo Cassetti.
Other biographical events
- Johann Heinrich Buttstett counters in a controversy with Johann Mattheson , whose work Das neuopene Orchester (1713) takes part in modern, gallant music , with his work Ut Mi Sol, Re Fa La, Tota Musica et Harmonia Aeterna , in which he reflects the old views and defended the " right path to true music ".
- After moving to Vienna , Antonio Caldara became the first vice conductor of the Vienna court orchestra at the Kaiserhof under Johann Joseph Fux . He will make a name for himself here with over 3,400 composed works, especially in the field of vocal music, including more than 80 operas , 43 oratorios , around 150 masses , serenades , cantatas and symphonies.
- Francesco Gasparini returns to Rome and works there as a composer and conductor on behalf of the Marchese Francesco Maria Ruspoli.
- Antonio Lotti composes the opera Costantino for the Viennese court , the score of which is now in the Austrian National Library.
- Johann Georg Pisendel travels to Italy and spends a year in Venice at the expense of his prince with Antonio Vivaldi, with whom he soon becomes a warm friend.
- Domenico Zipoli publishes his Sonate d'Intavolatura for organ and harpsichord and becomes a member of the Jesuit order . His motivation to join is the desire to go to the Jesuit reductions as a musician .
Openings / closings
- April 30th : The opera house in front of the Salztor in Naumburg (Saale) is completely destroyed by fire and then not rebuilt.
World premieres
Stage works
Opera
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Jacques Aubert
- Arlequin gentilhomme malgré lui ou L'Amant supposé ( Opéra comique ; world premiere in Paris)
- Arlequin Hulla ou La Femme répudiée (Opéra comique; world premiere in Paris)
- Antonio Maria Bononcini - Sesostri re d'Egitto
- Giuseppe Maria Buini - Armida abbandonata
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Francesco Ciampi
- Tamerlano (world premiere in Massa)
- Timocrate (world premiere in Massa)
- Reinhard Keizer
One-manual harpsichord by Carl Conrad Fleischer
- The Roman April Festival (musical pleasure and dance play; first performance in June 1716 for the birth of Leopold Johann , Archduke of Austria and Prince of Asturias; libretto by Barthold Feind )
- The immortalized and triumphant Ertz-Hauß Austria (Serenata for the birthday of Charles VI ; libretto by Barthold Feind or Barthold Heinrich Brockes )
- The destroyed Troy or Achilles reconciled by the death of Helena (Singspiel in five acts; first performance in November or December 1716 on the occasion of the victory over the Turks near Timisoara ; libretto by Johann Joachim Hoë after Achille placato by Urbano Rizzi)
- Antonio Lotti
- Foca superbo ( Dramma per musica in 3 acts; first performance at Carnival 1716 in Venice; libretto by Antonio Maria Lucchini )
- Ciro in Babilonia (Dramma per musica in 3 acts; world premiere in Reggio nell'Emilia; libretto by Pietro Pariati )
- Costantino (Dramma per musica in 5 acts; world premiere in Vienna; libretto by Pietro Pariati? / Apostolo Zeno )
- Alessandro Severo (Dramma per musica in 3 acts; world premiere on December 26th in Venice; libretto by Apostolo Zeno)
- Benedetto Marcello - Le nozze di Giove e Giunone (Serenata)
- Johann Christoph Pepusch - Apollo and Daphne
- Alessandro Scarlatti - Carlo re d'Allemagna (libretto by Francesco Silvani ; world premiere in Naples)
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Arsilda, regina di Ponto (Dramma per musica in three acts; world premiere on October 27 at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice; libretto by Domenico Lalli )
- La Constanza
Oratorio
- Chera or the suffering and consoled widow zu Nain (world premiere in Hamburg )
- Cum Christo. The Savior desired and obtained. Oratorio at Christmas (premiere in Hamburg)
- Antonio Vivaldi - Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie
Instrumental music
Orchestral music
- Benedetto Marcello - Concerto in F major for 2 violins, strings and harpsichord
- Georg Philipp Telemann - Concerto for 3 trumpets, 2 oboes, timpani and strings in D major
- Francesco Maria Veracini - 6 overtures (first performance in Venice)
Chamber music
- Alessandro Scarlatti - 10 Partite sopra Basso obbligato
- Georg Philipp Telemann - The small chamber music , 6 partitas for solo instrument (violin, oboe, flute, etc.) and basso continuo
Keyboard music
- Alessandro Scarlatti - 3 Toccate, ognuna seguita da Fuga e Minuetto
- Domenico Zipoli - Sonata d'intavolatura per organo e cimbalo
Violin music
- Willem de Fesch - 6 sonatas for 2 violins op.1 ( Roger / Amsterdam)
- Francesco Geminiani - 12 sonatas for violin (s) and B. c. op. 1 (London)
- Jean-Baptiste Senaillé - Troixièmme Livre 10 de Sonates à violon seul avec la basse continue (Paris)
- Antonio Vivaldi
- 6 sonatas for 1 or 2 violins op.5
- 6 violin concertos op.6
Vocal music
Spiritually
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Cantata Wachet! pray! pray! watch! (BWV 70a)
- Cantata Heart and Mouth and Action and Life (BWV 147a)
- Cantata My God, how long, oh long? (BWV 155)
- Cantata anger yourself, oh soul, don't (BWV 186a)
- Johann Gotthilf Ziegler - Cantata There you hear, man, what your God's will
Worldly
- Alessandro Scarlatti - Ombre tacite e sole
Textbooks u. a.
- Johann Heinrich Buttstett - Ut, mi, sol, re, fa, la, tota musica et harmonia aeterna
- François Couperin - L'art de toucher le clavecin
- Benedetto Marcello - Lettera famigliare d'un accademico filarmonico et arcade
Instrument making
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Arp Schnitger
- completes the organ in the Christkirche in Rendsburg and
- finishes the work on the organ for the cathedral in Faro .
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Andreas Silbermann
- builds the organ for the St. Stephen's Chapel in Strasbourg and
- completes the organ for the Strasbourg cathedral .
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Gottfried Silbermann
- completes the construction of the organ for the Church of St. Nikolai in Oberbobritzsch ,
- completes the organ of the village church in Niederschöna and
- begins the construction of the organ for the Jakobikirche in Freiberg .
- Antonio Stradivari completes the violins Adolf Busch , Cessole , "Goldman, Maria Theresia" , Berthier , Booth , Colossus , Monasterio , Baron Oppenheim , Provigny , Messiah and Windsor Weinstein . The Messiah is one of Stradivari's most famous violins. He never sold it or gave it away, it remains his property until his death.
Organ by Gottfried Silbermann for the village church in Niederschöna
Organ by Andreas Silbermann in Bischheim (built for the Stephanskapelle in Strasbourg)
Organ by Gottfried Silbermann for the Church of St. Nikolai in Oberbobritzsch
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Born
- February 10 : Johann Daniel Müller , German violinist, violist, concert director and radical pietist author
- March 21 : Josef Seger , Bohemian organist and composer († 1782 )
- April 9 : Johann Georg Zechner , Austrian organist and composer († 1778 )
- April 12 : Felice Giardini , Italian violinist, composer and opera director († 1796 )
- September 2 : Johann Trier , German organist and composer († 1790 )
- November 16 : Friedrich Wenzel Neißer , German composer of hymns († 1777 )
- November 19 : Ernst Daniel Adami , German Kapellmeister, organist, music teacher, writer, choir director, teacher and theologian († 1795 )
Died
- March 10 : Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt , Austrian nobleman, composer and lutenist (* 1667 )
- July 15 : Gaetano Veneziano , Italian composer and conductor (* 1656 )
- August 3 : Sebastián Durón , Spanish organist and composer (* 1660 )
- September 25 : Johann Christoph Pez , German composer and Kapellmeister (* 1664 )
- October 1 : Giovanni Battista Bassani , Italian violinist and composer (* around 1647)
- November: Johann Egidius Bach , German violist and alto in the Town Musicians Company in Erfurt (* 1645 )
- December 6th : Benedictus a Sancto Josepho , Dutch composer (* around 1642)
- December: Pierre Tabart , French composer (* 1645 )
Died after 1716
- Samuel Rudolph Behr , German dance master and composer (baptized 1670 )
See also
Web links
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