1731 in music explained

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1731.

Events

• The Academy of Vocal Music changes its name to the Academy of Ancient Music.
• Jean-Philippe Rameau meets his patron, La Pouplinière.
• Antonio Stradivari makes a viola that will be owned a hundred years later by Niccolò Paganini.
• Antonio Vivaldi returns to Venice.
• March 23 Johann Sebastian Bach premieres his St Mark Passion BWV 247 (BC D 4) at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig.

Classical music

• William Babell – Prelude in F major, IWB 10
  • • Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach Keyboard Sonata in B-flat major, H. 2, Wq. 62/1
  • Trio Sonata in D minor, H. 569, Wq. 145 (formerly attributed to J.S. Bach as BWV 1036)
  • Trio Sonata in C major, H. 571, Wq. 147
    • Johann Sebastian Bach Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29
  • Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt, BWV 112 (premiered Apr. 8 in Leipzig)
  • Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
  • Wachet auf, BWV 140 (premiered Nov. 25 in Leipzig)
  • Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068
• Jean Barrière – Sonatas for Pardessus de viole, Livre 5
  • • Joseph Bodin de Boismortier 6 Gentillesses en 3 parties, Op. 33
  • 6 Sonates à quatre parties, Op. 34
  • 6 Suites de pièces, Op.35
    • Louis de Caix d'Hervelois Collection of flute pieces
  • 4 Suites de pièces pour la viole, Op. 3
• Antonio Caldara – David umiliato
• Louis-Antoine Dornel – Pièces de clavecin
  • • Christoph Graupner Trio Sonata in E minor, GWV 209
  • Flute Concerto in D major, GWV 312
  • Concerto for Flute d'amore, Oboe d'amore and Viola d'amore in G major, GWV 333
• George Frideric Handel – Minuet in G major, HWV 530
• Michele Mascitti – 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 8
• Johann Joachim Quantz – 6 Flute Sonatas, RISM Q. 33
  • • Giuseppe Tartini Pastorale in A major, B.A16
  • Violin Sonata in G major, B.G17
  • Violin Sonata in G minor, B.g10 "Didone abbandonata"
    • Georg Philipp Telemann Abscheuliche Tiefe des großen Verderbens, TWV 1:9
  • Der mit Sünden beleidigte Heiland, TWV 1:306
  • Nach Finsternis und Todesschatten, TWV 1:1150
  • Fortsetzung des Harmonischen Gottes-Dienstes
• Jan Dismas Zelenka – Missa Sancti Josephi, ZWV 14

Opera

• Tommaso Albinoni – Fano
• Francesco Corradini – Con amor non hay libertad
• Francesco Corselli – Venere placata
• Carl Heinrich Graun – Iphigenia in Aulis
  • • George Frideric Handel Poro, re dell'Indie, HWV 28
  • Rinaldo, HWV 7b (revised 1711 version)
    • Johann Adolf Hasse Cajo Fabricio
  • Cleofide
• Giovanni Battista Pergolesi – La conversione e morte di San Guglielmo
• Nicola Porpora – Poro
• Antonio Vivaldi – Semiramide, RV 733

Theoretical publications

• Johann Mattheson – Grosse General-Baß-Schule

Births

• November 27 – Gaetano Pugnani, composer (died 1798)
• December 8 – František Xaver Dušek, harpsichordist, pianist and composer (died 1799)
• December 28 – Christian Cannabich, composer (died 1798)

Deaths

• January 27 – Bartolomeo Cristofori, inventor of an early form of piano (born 1655)
• May 1 (buried) – Johann Ludwig Bach, violinist and composer (born 1677)
• July 5 (buried) – Jakob Greber, composer and musician (date of birth unknown)^[1]
• November – Johann Caspar Wilcke, musician and father of Anna Magdalena Bach
• December 26 – Antoine Houdar de la Motte, librettist (born 1672)

Notes and References

1. Steffen, Gerhard (1966) "Greber, Johann Jacob", Neue Deutsche Biographie, Vol. 7, p. 16. Online version accessed 19 June 2013