Music year 1724

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Music year 1724
St. John Passion
Autograph of the first page of the St. John Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach, which will be premiered on April 7th in the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig.
Geminiano Giacomelli - Ipermestra - Title page of the libretto - Venice 1724
George Frideric Handel - Giulio Cesare in Egitto - Title page of the libretto - London 1724
George Frideric Handel - Tamerlano - Title page of the libretto - London 1724
Antonio Orefice - Lo Simmele - Title page of the libretto - Naples 1724
Reinhard Keizer - The avenging Cupid - title page of the libretto
Antonio Vivaldi - Giustino - Title page of the libretto - Rome 1724
Aria "Va tacito e nascosto" from Georg Friedrich Händel Opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto in the first edition (London 1724)
Bajazet's death song from Georg Friedrich Handel's opera Tamerlano

Events

Johann Sebastian Bach

georg Friedrich Handel

Alessandro Scarlatti

  • Alessandro Scarlatti , who mainly stayed in Rome from 1717 to 1722 and composed several operas for the Teatro Capranica there, spends his old age in Naples .
  • Scarlatti's late sonatas for flute and strings were possibly composed in 1724-25 for his pupil Johann Joachim Quantz .

Domenico Scarlatti

  • Domenico Scarlatti has been a music teacher and court orchestra director in Lisbon since 1719 at the court of the pious and extravagant King Johann V. Scarlatti. He mainly delivers sacred vocal works and also writes some secular serenatas . He also teaches the younger brother of King Dom António (1695–1757) and the asthma sufferer of the Portuguese Princess Maria Bárbara de Bragança on the harpsichord, who turns out to be a gifted music lover.
  • During his time in Portugal, Scarlatti made three trips to Italy, one of them in 1724. In Rome he met Farinelli and Johann Joachim Quantz.

Georg Philipp Telemann

  • Georg Philipp Telemann has been Cantor Johannei and Director Musices of the city of Hamburg since 1721 , one of the most respected musical offices in Germany. In this position Telemann undertook to compose two cantatas per week and one passion per year, but in later years he would fall back on earlier works for his cantatas. He also composes numerous pieces of music for private and public occasions, such as memorial days and weddings. In addition, last year he took over the management of the Hamburg Opera on Gänsemarkt for an annual salary of 300 thalers and is rebuilding the Collegium musicum, which was founded by Matthias Weckmann in 1660 but is no longer performing .
  • Telemann also takes on a position as Kapellmeister by default for the court of the Margrave of Bayreuth . From time to time he delivers instrumental music and an opera there every year.

Antonio Vivaldi

Other biographical events

Openings

World premieres

Stage works

Opera
  • February 20 : Giulio Cesare in Egitto (HWV 17), an Italian opera by Georg Friedrich Handel with the libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, is successfully premiered at King's Theater in London's Haymarket. The mezzo-soprano Senesino sings the title role, Cleopatra is played by Francesca Cuzzoni. Margherita Durastanti, Gaetano Berenstadt and Giuseppe Maria Boschi also sing.
  • April 18th : The world premiere of the opera Calphurnia by Giovanni Battista Bononcini takes place at the King's Theater in London.
  • August 28 : The world premiere of Antonio Caldara's opera Andromaca takes place at the Teatro della Favorita in Vienna.
  • October 31 : The world premiere of the opera Tamerlano (HWV 18) by Georg Friedrich Händel takes place at the King's Theater in London. In this opera seria by Handel, too , the libretto is by Nicola Francesco Haym.
  • November 4th : World premiere of the opera Gianguir, imperatore del Mogol by Antonio Caldara at the Hoftheater in Vienna
  • December 26th : Tommaso Albinoni's setting of Metastasios Didone abbandonata is premiered at the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice .
  • Tomaso Albinoni - Il nome glorioso in terra, santificato in cielo
  • Attilio Ariosti
    • Aquilio consolo ( attributed by Friedrich Chrysander Ariosti; first performance in London)
    • Artaserse (libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym based on Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati; world premiere in London)
  • Geminiano Giacomelli - Ipermestra (world premiere at the Teatro San Giovanni Crisostomo in Venice)
  • Reinhard Keizer
    • The Cimbria shouting because of the banishment of the plagues on the day of Mr. Friedrich IV's birth at Dennemark etc. (Serenata; Libretto by Schwemschuch)
    • The exultant Great Britain (Serenata; libretto by Schwemschuch; first performance on June 8, 1724)
    • The avenging Cupid (Shepherd's game; libretto by Johann Ulrich König )
  • Antonio Orefice - Lo Simmele (libretto by Bernardo Saddumene; world premiere in Naples)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann - The newfangled lover Damon
  • Leonardo Vinci - Turno Aricino
  • Antonio Vivaldi
    • Giustino (RV 717) is premiered in the Carnival 1723–24 in Rome in the Teatro Capranica. The role of prima donna Arianna is sung by the soprano and female actor Farfallino (Giacinto Fontana)
    • La virtù trionfante dell'amore e dell'odio overo il Tigrane (RV 740, composed no later than 1724)
    • Turno Aricino (RV app . 125)
Oratorio
  • Johann Sebastian Bach - St. John Passion (BWV 245; world premiere on April 7, 1924 in the Nicolail Church in Leipzig)
  • Johann Mattheson
    • The loving and patient David (Hamburg)
    • The heavenly Daniel (Hamburg) freed from the lions' ditch .

Instrumental music

Concerts

  • Antonio Vivaldi - various concerts, the exact time of which, however, is not known.

Chamber music

  • Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
    • 6 Sonates a deux flûtes traversieres sans basse op.1 (Paris)
    • 6 Sonates a deux flûtes traversieres sans basse op.2 (Paris)
  • François Couperin
    • Nouveaux concerts, ou Les goûts réunis , 10 instrumental concerts or suites for any instrumentation (published in 1724 as a continuation of the Concerts royaux ), including:
      • Concert No. 8 in G “Dans le goût théâtral”
      • Concert No. 9 in E “Il ritratto dell'amore”
    • Les Apothéoses , suites en trio (publ. 1724):
      • Le Parnasse ou l'apothéose de Corelli
      • Concert en forme d'apothéose à la mémoire de l'incomparable M. de Lully
      • La Paix du Parnasse & Essai de la réunion des Goûts François et Italy

Keyboard music

harpsichord

organ

  • Johann Sebastian Bach - Fugue in C major (BWV 953, composed 1723–24)

Vocal music

Spiritually

  • Benedetto Marcello - Estro poetico-armonico: parafrasi sopra li primi [e secondi] venticinque salmi (8 volumes, Venice 1724–26)
  • Antonio Vivaldi
    • Motet Canta in prato (RV 623, composed 1723–24)
    • Motet O qui coeli terraeque (RV 631, composed 1723–24)
    • other motets etc. a. that cannot be precisely dated.

Worldly

Textbooks

  • William Croft - Musica sacra
  • Benedetto Marcello - Estro poetico-armonico: parafrasi sopra li primi venticinque salmi , vols. 1–4 (Venice)

Instrument making

Born

Exact date of birth unknown

Died

Exact date of death unknown

See also

Portal: Music  - Overview of Wikipedia content on music

Web links

Commons : Music 1724  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Commons : Opera Libretti 1724  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Antonio Vivaldi - Works sorted by date of origin. In: Klassika.info. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
  2. ^ Giustino (Antonio Vivaldi) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna .
  3. ↑ a b Johann Sebastian Bach - Works sorted by date of origin. In: Klassika.info. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Georg Friedrich Händel - Works sorted by date of origin. In: Klassik.info. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .