1710 in music

The year 1710 in music involved some significant musical events and new works.

Events

April 18 â Probable date of the premiÃ¨re of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Mark Passion pastiche at the chapel of Wilhelmsburg Castle (two movements by Bach).
In Britain, the Academy of Vocal Music is founded by Johann Christoph Pepusch and others.^[1]

Collier, John Payne (ed.). A Book of Roxburghe Ballads (containing 1,341 broadside ballads, including "Fare Thee Well")

Louis-Nicolas ClÃ©rambault
- Cantates franÃ§oises, Book 1
- Premier livre d'orgue contenant deux suites
Georg Frideric Handel â incidental music for The Alchemist
Michel de la Barre â PiÃ¨ces pour la flÃ»te traversiÃ¨re, Livre 1
Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent â 12 Recorder Sonatas, Op. 1
Johann Pachelbel â Magnificat Fugue, P.268
James Paisible â The Royall Galliarde. Mr. Isaac's new dance, made for Her Majesty's Birth Day, 1710...
Johann Christoph Pepusch â 6 English Cantatas, Book 1
Johann Schenk â L'Ã©cho du Danube, Op .9
Johann Christian Schickhardt
- 7 Recorder Sonatas, Op. 1
- 6 Oboe Sonatas, Op. 8
- 6 Sonatas Ã 4, Op. 14
Jean Baptiste SenaillÃ© â 10 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1
Giuseppe Valentini â Concerto a Quattro Violini (12 concerti grossi), Op. 7 (Rome)

January 4 â Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, composer, violinist and organist (died 1736)
March 12 â Thomas Arne, composer (died 1778)
March 27 â Joseph Abaco, violoncellist and composer (died 1805)
April 12 â Caffarelli, castrato singer (died 1783)
August 12 - Ferdinand Rudolph FrÃ¤nzl, German trumpeter and viola player (died 1782)
November 22 â Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach (died 1784)
date unknown
- James Oswald, composer and music publisher (died 1769)
- Giovanni Battista Ferrandini, composer (died 1791)
- Thomas Gladwin, organist and composer (died 1799)
- Anton Joseph Hampel, horn player (died 1771)
- George Alexander Stevens, actor, poet and songwriter (died 1780)

May 10 â Georg Dietrich Leyding, organist and composer (born 1664)
June 14 â Johann Friedrich Alberti, German composer and organist (born 1642)
July 8 â Juan GarcÃa de Salazar, choral composer (b. 1639)
September 26 â Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani, opera librettist
November 22 â Bernardo Pasquini, composer (born 1637)
date unknown
- Charles Mouton, composer and lutenist (born c. 1626)
- Gaspar Sanz, priest and composer (born 1640)
probable
- Rosa Giacinta Badalla, Benedictine nun and composer (born c.1660)
- Marcus Meibomius, historian of music (born c. 1630)
- Camilla de Rossi, composer