1704 in music
See also: 1703 in music, other events of 1704, 1705 in music, list of years in music.
EventsJohann Christoph Pepusch arrives in London.Following her husband's death, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre begins hosting concerts in her home.The Leipzig Collegium Musicum is founded by Georg Philipp Telemann.Antonio Vivaldi becomes general superintendent of music at the Conservatory of
the Pieta, Venice.Johann Jacob Bach becomes an oboist in the army of King Charles XII of Sweden, inspiring Johann Sebastian to write a Capriccio on the Absence of His Most Beloved Brother.
Classical music Setting by Reinhard Keiser of Der blutige und sterbende Jesus by Christian Friedrich HunoldNach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (cantata) by Johann Sebastian Bach
Births June 11 - Carlos Seixas, composer (d. 1742)date unknown - Carl Heinrich Graun, composer and singer
Deaths February 23 - Georg Muffat, composerFebruary 24 - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, composerFebruary 25 - Isabella Leonarda, composer of church musicMay 3 - Heinrich Ignaz Biber, violinist and composerdate unknown - Francesco Provenzale, composerdate unknown - G.C. Strattner, friend and colleague of Bach at Lüneburg.
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