1710 in music
The year 1710 in music involved some significant musical events and new works.
Events
- April 18 – Probable date of the première of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Mark Passion pastiche at the chapel of Wilhelmsburg Castle.
- In Britain, the Academy of Vocal Music is founded by Johann Christoph Pepusch and others.
Published popular music
Classical music
- Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
- *Cantates françoises, Book 1
- *Premier livre d'orgue contenant deux suites
- Georg Frideric Handel – incidental music for The Alchemist
- Michel de la Barre – Pièces pour la flûte traversière, Livre 1
- Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent – 12 Recorder Sonatas, Op. 1
- Johann Pachelbel – Magnificat Fugue, P.268
- James Paisible – The Royall Galliarde. Mr. Isaac's new dance, made for Her Majesty's Birth Day, 1710...
- Johann Christoph Pepusch – 6 English Cantatas, Book 1
- Johann Schenk – L'écho du Danube, Op .9
- Johann Christian Schickhardt
- *7 Recorder Sonatas, Op. 1
- *6 Oboe Sonatas, Op. 8
- *6 Sonatas à 4, Op. 14
- Jean Baptiste Senaillé – 10 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1
- Giuseppe Valentini – Concerto a Quattro Violini, Op. 7
Opera
- Floriano Arresti – L'enigma disciolta
- Antonio Maria Bononcini – Tigrane, re d'Armenia
- André Campra – Les Fêtes vénitiennes
- Pietro Paolo Laurenti – Sabella mrosa d'Truvlin
- Johann Mattheson – ''Boris Goudenow''
Births
- January 4 – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, composer, violinist and organist
- March 12 – Thomas Arne, composer
- March 27 – Joseph Abaco, violoncellist and composer
- April 12 – Caffarelli, castrato singer
- August 12 - Ferdinand Rudolph Fränzl, German trumpeter and viola player
- November 22 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach
- date unknown
- *James Oswald, composer and music publisher
- *Giovanni Battista Ferrandini, composer
- *Thomas Gladwin, organist and composer
- *Anton Joseph Hampel, horn player
- *George Alexander Stevens, actor, poet and songwriter
Deaths
- May 10 – Georg Dietrich Leyding, organist and composer
- June 14 – Johann Friedrich Alberti, German composer and organist
- July 8 – Juan García de Salazar, choral composer
- September 26 – Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani, opera librettist
- November 22 – Bernardo Pasquini, composer
- date unknown
- *Charles Mouton, composer and lutenist
- *Gaspar Sanz, priest and composer
- probable
- *Rosa Giacinta Badalla, Benedictine nun and composer
- *Marcus Meibomius, historian of music
- *Camilla de Rossi, composer