1734 in music explained

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1734.

Events

March 29 – Louis-Gabriel Guillemain becomes first violinist at the Royal Academy in Dijon.
April 23 – Johann Sebastian Bach gives the Leipzig première of Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel's Passion Oratorio Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig.
The London subscription company called the Royal Academy of Music is wound up as a result of difficulties including arguments between Handel and his singers.
Approximate date of the William Dixon manuscript of music for the Border pipes.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Harpsichord Concerto in E-flat major, H.404
Johann Michael Bach – Fürchtet euch nicht
Johann Sebastian Bach – 3 Choräle zu Trauungen, BWV 250–252
Antonio Caldara – Il giuoco del quadriglio
- - Christoph Graupner Ouverture in G major, GWV 466
- Tut Busse und lasse sich ein jeglicher, GWV 1104/34
- Herr, die Wasserströme erheben sich, GWV 1115/34
George Frideric Handel – Antiphons, HWV 269–274
Johann Adolf Hasse – Il cantico de' tre fanciulli
Giovanni Battista Martini – Latin: Litaniae atque antiphonae finales B. V. Mariae
Johann Joachim Quantz – 6 Flute Sonatas, RISM Q.19
Georg Reutter – La Betulia liberata
- - Georg Philipp Telemann 6 Concerts et 6 Suites
- Pyrmonter Kurwoche
- 12 Solos à violon ou traversiere avec la basse chiffrée
  - Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in C major, RV 177
- Vengo a voi, luci adorate, RV 682

Francesco Araia – La forza dell'amore e dell'odio
Riccardo Broschi – Artaserse (collaboration with Hasse, Ariosti)
Antonio Caldara
- La Clemenza di Tito
- Le Lodi d'Augusto
Giovanni Battista Costanzi – La Flora
Geminiano Giacomelli – Merope
- - George Frideric Handel Il pastor fido, HWV 8b/c (revised from the 1712 version)
- Arianna in Creta, HWV 32 (premiered)
- Ariodante, HWV 33
- Parnasso in festa, HWV 73 (Serenade)
Johann Adolf Hasse – Larinda e Vanesio (intermezzo)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi – Adriano in Siria
Antonio Vivaldi – L'Olimpiade
Various – Siface (inc. work from Giuseppe Sellitto, Nicola Antonio Porpora, Leonardo Vinci, Geminiano Giacomelli, Johann Adolph Hasse)

Johann Sebastian Bach – 149 Chorales, D-LEb Peters Ms. R 18
- - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier 6 Sonates dont la derniere est en trio, Op. 50
- 6 Sonatas for Flute and Violin, Op. 51
- 4 Balets de village en trio, Op. 52
Michel Corrette – Premier Livre de Pièces pour le Clavecin, Op. 12
Jean-François Dandrieu – Pieces de clavecin, Book 3
Pierre Février – Pièces de clavecin, Livre 1
George Frideric Handel – Op. 3, 6 concerti grossi (London: John Walsh)
Jean-Marie Leclair – 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 5
Johann Melchior Molter – Sonata grossa in D major, MWV 4.5
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville – 6 Trio Sonatas, Op. 2
Jean-Baptiste Morin – La chasse du cerf
Giovanni Battista Somis – 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 6
Giuseppe Tartini – Violin Sonatas, Op. 1
Georg Philipp Telemann – Verzeichniß der Telemannischen Musikalischen Werke
Carlo Tessarini – Il maestro e discepolo, Op. 2