1712 in music

See also: 1711 in music, other events of 1712, 1713 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• George Frideric Handel re-locates to London.
• Johann Georg Pisendel joins the court orchestra at Dresden.

Classical music

• "The Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare" (hymn) by Joseph Addison with music by Henry Carey
• Sonatas for Recorder and Basso Continuo by Benedetto Marcello
• Il trionfo della innocenza patrocinata da S. NiccoI (oratorio) - Francesco Maria Veracini

Opera

• Idomenée - André Campra
• Il Pastor Fido - George Frideric Handel

Births

• January 17 - John Stanley
• January 24 - Frederick II of Prussia, enthusiastic amateur musician
• March 13 - Isfrid Kayser , composer
• June 28 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, polymath
• December 1 - Bernhard Christian Weber

Deaths

• April 29 - Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles , composer
• August 4 - Johann Jacob de Neufville , composer
• August 7 - Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow , organist at Halle
• August 24 - Thomas Bullis , composer
• August 26 - Sebastian Anton Scherer , composer
• September 22 - Jose Solana , composer
• September 30 - Johann Michael Zacher , composer
• November 6 - Johann Bernhard Staudt , composer