1727 in music

Events

• April 11 – Johann Sebastian Bach gives the première of his St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
• Farinelli performs at Bologna, where he meets his mentor, Antonio Bernacchi.
• The Davidov-Morrini, ex General Dupont and Holroyd violins are made by Antonio Stradivari.
• Johann Adolph Hasse arrives in Venice.
• Louis-Claude Daquin is appointed organist at St Paul's in Paris.
• Agostino Steffani visits Italy for the last time, and meets Handel at the palace of Cardinal Ottoboni in Rome.
• George Frideric Handel is commissioned to write four anthems for the coronation ceremony of King George II of Great Britain. He becomes a British subject this year.

Published music

• Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
• *6 Suites à 2 Muzettes, Op. 11
• *6 Concertos for 5 Flutes, Op. 15
• *6 Suites à 2 Muzettes, Op. 17
• André Chéron – Sonates en trio, Op. 1
• Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia – Harpsichord Sonata in G major, Op. 4
• Girolamo Nicola Laurenti – 6 Concerti, Op. 1
• Michelle Mascitti – 8 Violin Sonatas and 4 Concertos à 6, Op. 7
• Antonio Vivaldi – La Cetra , 2 violin concertos and 1 for 2 violins
• Robert Woodcock – ''12 Concertos in 8 parts''

Classical music

• Johann Sebastian Bach
• *Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 58
• *Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80
• *Ich habe genug, BWV 82, premiered Feb. 2 in Leipzig
• *Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke, BWV 84
• *Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn!, BWV 157
• *Dem Gerechten muss das Licht, BWV 195
• *Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198
• *Matthäuspassion, BWV 244b
• *Partita in A minor, BWV 827
• Antonio Caldara – Il Batista
• Johann Joseph Fux – Laetare turba
• Christoph Graupner – Machet die Tore weit, GWV 1101/27
• George Frideric Handel
• *Coronation Anthems
• *Sonatas for an accompanied solo instrument, Op. 1
• Jean-Philippe Rameau – Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin
• Johan Helmich Roman – 12 Flute Sonatas, BeRI 201–212
• Giuseppe Sammartini – 12 Trio Sonatas
• Georg Philipp Telemann
• *6 Sonatas, TWV 40:101–106
• *Trio Sonata, TWV 42:e7
• Jan Dismas Zelenka
• *Credidi, ZWV 85
• *De profundis, ZWV 96
• *Lauda Jerusalem, ZWV 104
• *Magnificat, ZWV 107

Opera

• Antonio Bioni – Attalo ed Arsinoe
• Giovanni Bononcini – Astianatte
• George Frideric Handel
• *Admeto, Premiered Jan. 31 in London
• *Riccardo Primo
• Leonardo Leo – Il Cid
• Benedetto Marcello – Arianna
• Georg Reutter – Archidamia
• Leonardo Vinci – La caduta de' decemviri
• Antonio Vivaldi
• *Farnace
• *Ipermestra, RV 722
• *Orlando
• *Siroe re di Persia, RV 735

Published Theoretical Writings

• Ernst Gottlieb Baron – Historisch-theoretische und practische Untersuchung des Instruments der Lauten
• Giuseppe Graziani – ''Continuazione, e supplemento alla drammaturgia di M. L. Allacci''

Births

• February 25 – Armand-Louis Couperin, organist, harpsichordist and composer
• March 9 – Johann Gottlieb Preller, cantor and composer
• March 14 – Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, harpsichordist, organist and composer
• March 22 – Niel Gow, fiddler and composer
• March 30 – Tommaso Traetta, composer
• April 5 – Pasquale Anfossi, opera composer
• April 29 – Jean-Georges Noverre, a founder of modern ballet
• October 9 – Johann Wilhelm Hertel
• date unknown
• *Marie Favart, singer, dancer and actress
• *Rosa Scarlatti, opera singer

Deaths

• February 1 – Giuseppe Sala, music publisher
• February 22 – Francesco Gasparini, composer
• May – Daniel Roseingrave, organist and composer
• August 14 – William Croft, organist and composer
• December 1 – Johann Heinrich Buttstett, organist and composer