1713 in music
The year 1713 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- Foundation of the Académie Royale de Danse by King Louis XIV of France.
- Daniel Purcell becomes organist at St Andrew's Church, Holborn, London.
- Francesco Bartolomeo Conti becomes court composer to the Habsburgs in Vienna.
- Giuseppe Tartini claims to have had a dream in which he allows the devil to play his violin.
- Antonio Stradivari makes the Gibson Stradivarius.
Publications
- Giuseppe Matteo Alberti – 10 Violin Concertos, Op. 1
- Francesco Antonio Bonporti – Invenzioni a violino solo, Op. 10. Venice-Trento: Giovanni Parone.
- Johann Heinrich Buttstett
- *Musicalische Clavier-Kunst und Vorraths-Kammer
- *Praeludium & Capricio
- Louis-Nicolas Clérambault – Cantates françoises, Book 2
- François Couperin – Pièces de clavecin, book 1
- William Croft – Musicus Apparatus Academicus
- Louis-Antoine Dornel – Sonates en Trio, Op. 3
- Johann Mattheson – Das neu-eröffnete Orchestre
- Jean-Féry Rebel – 12 Violin Sonatas
- Johann Christian Schieferdecker – ''XII. Musicalische Concerte, bestehend aus etlichen Ouverturen und Suiten''
Classical music
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- *Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt, BWV 18
- *Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21
- *Ich lasse dich nicht BWV Anh. 159
- *Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208
- *Organ Concerto in A minor, BWV 593
- *Organ Concerto in C major, BWV 594
- *Organ Concerto in C major, BWV 595
- *Organ Concerto in D minor, BWV 596
- *Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn, BWV 601
- *Puer natus in Bethlehem, BWV 603
- *Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich, BWV 605
- *Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 606
- *In dulci jubilo, BWV 608
- *Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 610
- *Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen, BWV 613
- *Prelude in C minor, BWV 921
- *16 Konzerte nach verschiedenen Meistern, BWV 972–987
- *Trio Sonata in F major, BWV 1040
- *Canon in A minor, BWV 1073
- *Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn, BWV 1127
- Antonio Caldara – Oratorio di S. Stefano, primo re dell'Ungheria
- Christoph Graupner
- *Wie bald hast du gelitten, GWV 1109/14
- *Ich bin zwar Asch und Kot, GWV 1135/13
- *Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan, GWV 1153/13
- George Frideric Handel
- *Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74
- *Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate
- *As Pants the Hart, HWV 251a
- Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre – La Musette, ou les Bergers de Suresne
- James Paisible – The Pastorall. Mr. Isaac's new dance, made for Her Majesty's Birth Day, 1713...
- Antonio Vivaldi – Beatus vir, RV 598
Opera
- Francesco Feo – L'amor tirannico, ossia Zenobia
- George Frideric Handel
- *Teseo, HWV 9, Premiered January 10 in London
- *Silla, HWV 10
- Nicola Porpora – Basilio re d'oriente
- Antonio Vivaldi
- *Orlando furioso
- *Ottone in villa, RV 729
Births
- January 7 – Giovanni Battista Locatelli, opera director
- February 13 – Domènech Terradellas, composer
- March – Giammaria Ortes, Venetian composer and polymath
- March 12 – Johann Adolph Hass, clavichord and harpsichord maker
- April 7 – Nicola Sala, composer and music theorist
- April 13 – Pierre Jélyotte, operatic tenor
- October 3 – Antoine Dauvergne, violinist and composer
- October 13 – Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer
- October 24 – Marie Fel, opera singer
- December 10 – Johann Nicolaus Mempel, musician
- date unknown
- *Johan Henrik Freithoff, violinist and composer
- *Johannes Erasmus Iversen, composer
- probable – Robert Bremner, music publisher
Deaths
- January 8 – Arcangelo Corelli, composer and violinist
- March 26 – Paul I, 1st Prince Esterházy of Galántha, composer
- March 30 – Govert Bidloo, opera librettist
- April 14 – Marcus Fronius, theologian, poet and musician
- October 28 – Paolo Lorenzani, composer
- October 31 – Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, patron of music
- date unknown – Ludovico Roncalli, composer for guitar
- probable – Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński, composer