1725 in music
The year 1725 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- March 25 – First performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's chorale cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig.
- March 30 – Repeat performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig.
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi goes to Naples to study under Gaetano Greco. Domenico Scarlatti is also in Naples at this time.
- Nineteen-year-old Giovanni Battista Martini is appointed chapel-master of the Franciscan church at Bologna.
Publications
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, Book 2
- Joseph Bodin De Boismortier
- *6 Sonatas for 3 Flutes, Op. 7
- *6 Sonatas for 2 Flutes, Op. 8
- Johann Fux – Gradus ad Parnassum
- Concerti di flauto, violini, violetta, e basso di diversi autori with works by Alessandro Scarlatti, Mancini, Valentine, Barbella, Domenico Natale Sarro, Giovanni Battista Mele. Undated manuscript, Naples: Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella, c.1725.
- François Couperin – L'Apothéose de Lully
- John Loeillet – 12 Trio Sonatas, Op. 2
- Marin Marais – Pièces de viole, Livre 5
- Georg Philipp Telemann – Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst
- Antonio Vivaldi – Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, Op. 8
Classical music
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- *Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 3, premiered Jan. 14 in Leipzig
- *Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6, first version premiered Apr. 2 in Leipzig
- *Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36, first version
- *Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42
- *Selig ist der Mann, BWV 57, premiered Dec. 26 in Leipzig
- *Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68, premiered May 21 in Leipzig
- *Ihr werdet weinen und heulen, BWV 103, premiered Apr. 22 in Leipzig
- *Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110, premiered Christmas in Leipzig
- *Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123, premiered Jan. 6 in Leipzig
- *Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht, BWV 124, premiered Jan. 7 in Leipzig
- *Musette in D major, BWV Anh.126
- *Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott, BWV 127, premiered Feb. 11 in Leipzig
- *Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128, premiered May 25 in Leipzig
- *Süsser Trost, mein Jesus kömmt, BWV 151, premiered Dec. 27 in Leipzig
- *Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort, BWV 168, premiered Jul. 29 in Leipzig
- *Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen, BWV 175, premiered May 22 in Leipzig
- *Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding, BWV 176, premiered May 25 in Leipzig
- *Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 183, premiered May 13 in Leipzig
- *Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft, BWV 205, premiered Aug. 10 in Leipzig
- *Oster-Oratorium, BWV 249, premiered Apr. 10 in Leipzig
- George Frideric Handel – Trio Sonata in D minor
- Johann Adolf Hasse – Antonio e Cleopatra
- Benedetto Marcello – O prole nobile di magni principi, S.628
- Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel – Toccata in G Major
- Christian Petzold – Minuet in G major
- Giovanni Benedetto Platti – 12 Cello Sonatas
- John Sheeles – ''Suites of Lessons for the Harpsicord or Spinnett''
Opera
- Attilio Ariosti – Dario
- Antonio Caldara – Venceslao
- George Frideric Handel – Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi, HWV 19
- Leonardo Leo – Zenobia in Palmira
- Nicola Porpora – Siface
- Georg Philipp Telemann – Pimpinone, TWV 21:15
- Pietro Torri – Venceslao
- Leonardo Vinci
- *Astianatte, premiered December 2 in Naples
- *Didone abbandonata, composed. Premiered 1726.
- *Elpidia, premiered May 11 in London
- *Il trionfo di Camilla
- Antonio Vivaldi – L'inganno trionfante in amore, RV 721
Popular music
Births
- April 20 – Johann Friedrich Klöffler, German conductor, composer
- July 24 – John Newton, clergyman and poet
- August 15 – Ferdinando Bertoni, Italian composer and organist
- November 8 – Johann George Tromlitz, flautist
- December 25 – Esteban Salas y Castro, Cuban composer
- probable – Joaquim Joze Antunes, harpsichord maker
- ca 1725 – Antonio Lolli, Italian violinist and composer
Deaths
- January 27 – Silvio Stampiglia, librettist
- February 7 – Johann Philipp Krieger, composer
- October 3 – Jean-Baptiste Drouart de Bousset, composer
- October 22 – Alessandro Scarlatti, opera composer, father of Domenico
- date unknown
- *Mathieu Lanes, composer
- *Robert de Visée, lutenist
- probable – Christian Ritter, composer