# 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 22 – Niel Gow, fiddler and composer (died 1807)
* 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 1 – Giuseppe Sala, music publisher (born c. 1643)
* 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)