1717 in music
The year 1717 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- March 26 – Johann Sebastian Bach premieres his Weimarer Passion at the chapel of Friedrichstein Castle in Gotha
- July 13 – Domenico Zipoli arrives in Buenos Aires with 52 other Jesuit missionaries.
- July 17 – George Frideric Handel's Water Music is performed on the River Thames.
- August – Handel becomes house composer at Cannons.
- December 26 – Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan opens as an opera house.
- Johann Sebastian Bach is appointed Kapellmeister by Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen.
- Celebrated castrato Gaetano Berenstadt visits London and plays the lead in a revival of Handel's Rinaldo.
Classical music
- Tomaso Albinoni – Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, T. So 32
- William Babell – Suits of the most Celebrated Lessons
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- *6 Kleine Präludien, BWV 933-938
- *5 Kleine Präludien, BWV 939-943
- *Violin Sonata in B minor, BWV 1014
- *Violin Sonata in E major, BWV 1016
- *Violin Sonata in C minor, BWV 1017
- *Violin Sonata in F minor, BWV 1018
- *Violin Sonata in G major, BWV 1019
- Pietro G.G. Boni – Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 1
- François Chauvon – Tibiades
- François Couperin – Pièces de clavecin, book 2
- Charles Dieupart – 6 Sonatas for a Flute and a Through Bass
- Johann Friedrich Fasch – Brockes-Passion, FaWV F:1
- Christoph Graupner – Wie wunderbar ist Gottes Güte, GWV 1103/17
- Georg Friedrich Handel
- *Dolc' è pur d'amor l'affanno, HWV 109a
- *Mi palpita il cor, HWV 132b
- *O be Joyful in the Lord, HWV 246
- *In the Lord I Put My Trust, HWV 247
- *Have Mercy upon Me, O God, HWV 248
- *O Sing unto the Lord a New Song, HWV 249b
- *I Will Magnify Thee, HWV 250a
- *O Praise the Lord with One Consent, HWV 254
- *The Lord is My Light, HWV 255
- *Oboe Concerto in B-flat major, HWV 302a
- *Concerto Grosso in G major, HWV 314
- *Water Music HWV 348-350
- *Trio Sonata in C minor, HWV 386a
- Jacques Hotteterre – Suite in G major, Op. 6
- Jean-Baptiste Loeillet – 12 Sonatas, Op. 5
- Marin Marais – Pièces de viole, Livre 4
- Pierre-Danican Philidor – 12 Suites, Opp. 1-3
- Georg Philipp Telemann
- *Gott der Hoffnung erfülle euch, TWV 1:634
- *Herr, sei mir gnädig, denn mir ist Angst, TWV 1:769
- *Ich bin der Erste und der Letzte, TWV 1:816
- *Sehet an die Exempel der Alten, TWV 1:1259
- Antonio Vandini – Cello Sonata in C major, IAV 5
- Antonio Vivaldi
- *Violin Sonata in C minor, RV 5
- *Concerto for Strings in C major, RV 114
- *Concerto for Strings in D major, RV 121
- *Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 127
- *Concerto for 2 Oboes in C major, RV 534
- *Magnificat, RV 610
- John Weaver – ''The Loves of Mars and Venus''
Opera
- Antonio Maria Bononcini – La conquista del vello d'oro
- Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello – Tisbe
- Antonio Caldara – La verità nell'inganno
- Leo Leonardo – Diana amante
- Alessandro Scarlatti – Telemaco
- Antonio Vivaldi
- *L'Incoronazione di Dario
- *Tieteberga, RV 737
Births
- January 4 – Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer
- April 9 – Georg Matthias Monn, composer
- June 18 – Johann Stamitz, violinist and composer
- June 27 – Giacomo Durazzo, operatic impresario
- date unknown
- *Leopold August Abel, violinist and composer
- *Elisabeth Lillström, Swedish operatic soprano
- *William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymn writer
- probable – Marimutthu Pillai, composer of Carnatic music
Deaths
- February 11 – Johann Jakob Walther, violinist and composer
- April 3 – Christian Friedrich Witt, composer, music editor and teacher
- October 13 – Wolfgang Printz, composer and cantor
- November 26 – Daniel Purcell, composer
- date unknown
- *Pierre Bouteiller, composer
- *Goffredo Cappa, luthier
- *Friedrich Erhard Niedt, jurist, music theorist, and composer
- probable – Francisco Guerau, composer