1724 in music
The year 1724 in music involved some significant musical events.
Events
- Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Sanctus for his later Mass in B minor.
- John Frederick Lampe arrives in Britain.
- Joseph Bodin de Boismortier moves to Paris from Perpignan.
- Agostino Steffani is elected honorary president of the Academy of Antient Musick in London.
- Johann Adolph Hasse arrives in Naples.
- The Le Saraste violin is made by Antonio Stradivari.
- In Rome, Domenico Scarlatti meets Farinelli and Johann Joachim Quantz.
- Marriage of the daughter of music publisher Jean-Baptiste-Christophe Ballard to the printer François Boivin.
- Sébastien de Brossard's collection of manuscripts is bought by King Louis XV of France.
- Renatus Harris builds his last organ, that of St Dionis Backchurch in the City of London.
- 7 April Johann Sebastian Bach premieres his St John Passion at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
Published music
- Attilio Ariosti
- *6 Cantatas
- *6 Lessons, for viola d'amore and basso continuo
- Francesco Barsanti – Sonate, for recorder or violin and continuo, Op. 1
- Joseph Bodin de Boismortier – Cantates françoises , Op. 5
- François Couperin – Les goûts-réunis, ou Nouveaux concerts
- William Croft – Musica sacra
- Jean-François Dandrieu – Pièces de clavecin, Book 1
- Francesco Mancini – XII Solos for recorder and continuo
- Thomas Marc – Suitte de pièces de dessus et de pardessus de viole
- Benedetto Marcello – Estro poetico-armonico: parafrasi sopra li primi venticinque salmi, vols. 1–4
- Jean-Philippe Rameau – ''Pieces de Clavessin''
Classical music
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- *Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 5
- *Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7
- *Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?, BWV 8
- *Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10
- *St John Passion
- *Wer da gläubet und getauft wird, BWV 37
- *Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 38
- *Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 44
- *Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn, BWV 96
- *Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99
- *Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101
- *Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104
- *Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 116
- *Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121
- *Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BWV 135
- *Wo gehest du hin, BWV 166
- *Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 180
- *Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister, BWV 181
- *Erwünschtes Freudenlicht, BWV 184
- George Frideric Handel – Silete venti, HWV 242
- Turlough O'Carolan – John Drury
- Jan Dismas Zelenka – De profundis, ZWV 97
Opera
- Attilio Ariosti
- *Artaserse
- *Aquilio consolo
- *Vespasiano
- Antonio Caldara – Gianguir
- George Frideric Handel
- *Giulio Cesare, HWV 17
- *Tamerlano, HWV 18
- Dominico Sarro – Didone abbandonata
- Leonardo Vinci
- *Eraclea
- *Farnace
- *Ifigenia in Tauride
- *La Rosmira fedele
- *Turno Aricino
- Antonio Vivaldi
- *Il Giustino RV 717
- *La virtù trionfante dell'amore e dell'odio, ovvero il Tigrane, RV 740
Theoretical writings
- Edward Betts – An Introduction to the Skill of Musick
- Tomás Pereira – Lulu Zhengyi Xubian
- William Turner – ''Sound Anatomiz’d in A Philosophical Essay on Musick''
Births
- February 26 – Gottfried Heinrich Bach, mentally handicapped son of Johann Sebastian Bach
- July 18 – Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, composer, singer, harpsichordist and patron
- August 28 – Diamante Medaglia Faini, Italian poet and composer
- August 29 – Giovanni Battista Casti, opera librettist
- September 14 – Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer and conductor
- October 1 – Giovanni Battista Cirri, cellist and composer
- December 8 – Claude Balbastre, organist, harpsichordist and composer
- date unknown – Joan Rossell, Catalan composer
Deaths
- March 7 – Wolfgang Nicolaus Pertl, musician and grandfather of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- May 21 – Antonio Salvi, librettist for Vivaldi
- June 7 – Johann Hugo von Wilderer, composer
- June 24 – Johann Theile, singer and composer
- August 24 – Andreas Kneller, composer
- probable
- *John Abell, countertenor, composer and lutenist
- *Antonio Quintavalle, opera composer