title: 1727 in music
text: # 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 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 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)
  