1705 in music

See also: 1704 in music, other events of 1705, 1706 in music, list of years in music.

Contents

1 Events 2 Classical music 3 Opera 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

• Johann Sebastian Bach sets off for Lübeck to hear Dietrich Buxtehude perform.
• Alessandro Scarlatti notes that he has written 88 operas in the past 23 years.
• William Croft marries Mary George.

Classical music

• Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto Grosso No. 8 ("Christmas Concerto")

Opera

• George Frideric Handel - Almira

Births

• January 24 - Farinelli, celebrated castrato (d. 1782)
• November 4 - Antonio Domenico Viraldini, composer

Deaths

• date unknown - Nicholas Staggins, composer, ex-Master of the King's Musick
• December 1 - Jeremiah Clarke, composer