# 1708 in music

The year 1708 in music involved some significant musical events and new works.

## Events

* Alessandro Scarlatti returns to Naples from Venice.
* Johann Sebastian Bach becomes organist and concert-master at the Weimar court.
* Arcangelo Corelli returns to Rome and joins the household of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni.

## Published popular music

* Lyra Davidica (hymns)
* Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs

## Published classical music

* Tomaso Albinoni – 6 Sonate da chiesa, T.So 26–31, Op. 4
* Louis de Caix d'Hervelois – Pièces de viole, Livre 1
* Andre Campra – Cantates françoises
* Francisco José de Castro – 8 Concertos, Op. 4
* Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco – 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1
* Pierre Du Mage – Livre d'orgue
* Jean-Baptiste Stuck – Cantates françaises Livre II

## Classical music

* Johann Sebastian Bach
** Gott ist mein König, BWV 71
** Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 143
** Kyrie in F major, BWV 233a
** Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
** Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 545a
** Toccata and Fugue in E major, BWV 566 (Authorship disputed)
** Fugue on a Theme by Giovanni Legrenzi, BWV 574
** Fugue in C minor, BWV 575
** Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582
** Heut’ triumphiret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630
** Fantasia super 'Jesu, meine Freude', BWV 713
** Suite in A major, BWV 832
** Praeludium et partita dei tuono terzo, BWV 833
** Toccata in D minor, BWV 913
** Fugue in C major, BWV 946
* Antonio Maria Bononcini
** Mentre in placido sonno
** La presa di Tebe
** Tutta fiamme e tutta ardore
* Antonio Caldara – Il martirio di Santa Caterina
* Henri Desmarets – Usque quo Domine
* George Frederic Handel
** La Resurrezione (The Resurrection) (oratorio)
** Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72
** Ah, crudel! nel pianto mio, HWV 78
** Aminta e Fillide, HWV 83
** Cuopre tal volta il cielo, HWV 98
** Dalla guerra amorosa, HWV 102a
** Ditemi, o piante, HWV 107
** Lungi n'andò Fileno, HWV 128
** Nel dolce tempo, HWV 135b
** Nell'africane selve, HWV 136
** Olinto pastore, Tebro fiume, Gloria, HWV 143
** Quando sperasti, o core, HWV 153
** Se pari è la tua fè, HWV 158a
** Sento là che ristretto, HWV 161a
* Jacques-Martin Hotteterre – Pièces pour la flûte traversiere, Op. 2
* Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre – Cantates françaises sur des sujets tirés de l’écriture, Livre I
* Benedetto Marcello – 12 Concerti à 5, Op. 1
* Johann Mattheson – 12 Flute Sonatas, Op. 1
* Johann Pachelbel
** An Wasserflüssen Babylon, P. 18
** Plauener Orgelbuch
* James Paisible – The Saltarella. Mr. Isaac's new dance made for Her Majesty's Birthday, 1708...
* Bernardo Pasquini – Passagaglie and Variation
* Alessandro Scarlatti – Oratorio per la Passione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo
* Georg Philipp Telemann – Singet dem Herrn, TWV 1:1748
* Antonio Vivaldi
** Cello Concerto in F major, RV 410
** Concerto in A major, RV 585
** Sonata for Violin, Oboe, Organ, Chalumeau and Continuo, RV 779

## Opera

* Giovanni Bononcini – Mario fuggitivo
* Antonio Caldara – Più bel nome
* André Campra – Hippodamie
* Johann Joseph Fux – Pulcheria, K.303
* George Frideric Handel
** Daphne
** Florindo
* Antonio Literes – Acis y Galatea
* Nicola Porpora – L'Agrippina

## Births

* January 26 – William Hayes (composer), organist, singer, conductor and composer (died 1777)
* February 8 – Václav Jan Kopřiva, composer (died 1789)
* February 11 – Egidio Duni, composer of opera comique (died 1775)
* February 25 – Felix Benda, composer (died 1768)
* April 6 – Georg Reutter II, composer of church music (died 1772)
* May 5 – Johann Adolf Scheibe, composer and critic (died 1776)
* June 19 – Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, composer (died 1763)
* date unknown
** Lavinia Fenton, actress, the original Polly Peachum (died 1760)
** Johann Adolph Scheibe, composer (died 1776)
** William Tuckey, composer (died 1781)

## Deaths

* April 19 – Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi, composer and painter (born 1662)
* May 13 – Giovanni Battista Draghi, composer and keyboardist (born c.1640)
* September 3 – Christian Liebe, organist and composer (born 1654)
* September 26 - Giovanni Battista Bianchini, composer, organist, and choir conductor (born after 1650)
* October 1 (or January 10) – John Blow, composer (born 1649)
* date unknown
** Moll Davis, singer (born c. 1648)
** Johannes Kelpius, mystic and musician (born 1673)
** Thomas Pereira, musician (born 1645)
** Bernard Smith, organ maker (born c.1630)