The year 1705 in music involved some significant events.
Events
Classical music
- Johann Michael Bach â Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (formerly attributed to JS Bach, BWV 723)
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 533
- Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 535a
- Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 549
- Prelude in G major, BWV 568
- Prelude in A minor, BWV 569
- Fantasia in C major, BWV 570
- Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 739
- Suite in A minor, BWV 818
- Overture in F major, BWV 820
- Suite in G minor, BWV 822
- Sonata in A minor, BWV 965
- Sonata in C major, BWV 966
- Sonata in A minor, BWV 967
- Friedrich Nicolaus Brauns â St Mark Passion (formerly attributed to Reinhard Keiser)
- Sébastien de Brossard â Samson trahi par Dalila
- Dietrich Buxtehude â Prelude in G minor, BuxWV 150
- Antonio Caldara â Kyrie in A minor
- François Campion â Nouvelles découvertes Sur la Guitarre
- François Couperin
- Mottets ÃÂ voix seule, deux et trois parties et symphonies
- 7 Versets du motet composé de l'ordre du roy, 1705
- Michel Richard Delalande â Mottets de Monsieur de La Lande
- Jean Gilles â Requiem
- George Frideric Handel
- Chaconne in G major, HWV 442
- Air in A major, HWV 468
- Gavotte in G major, HWV 491
- Johann Kuhnau â Gott sei mir gnädig
- Gaspard Le Roux â Pièces de clavessin
- Antonio Lotti â Duetti, terzetti, e madrigali a più voci
- Johann Pachelbel â Toccata in C major, P.455-6
- Bernardo Pascoli â Moteti sagri a voce sola..., Op. 1
- John Christopher Pepusch â 6 Record Sonatas, Op.1
- Alessandro Scarlatti â Solitudini amene, bersaglio d'empia sorte, H.664
- Georg Philipp Telemann â Ich hebe meine Augen auf zu den Bergen, TWV 7:17
- Antonio Vivaldi â 12 Trio Sonatas, Op.1
Opera
The following operas were composed:
Theoretical Writings
Births
- January 24 â Farinelli, celebrated castrato (died 1782)
- February 20 â Nicolas Chédeville, composer, musette player and maker (died 1782)
- September 19 – Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin, French harpsichordist (died 1778)
- September 28 â Johann Peter Kellner, organist and composer (died 1772)
- November 5 â Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer and violinist (died 1770)
- November 29 â Michael Christian Festing, violinist and composer (died 1752)
- date unknown
- Louis Archimbaud, organist and composer (died 1789)
- Nicola Sabatino, composer (died 1796)
- probable â Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer, composer and harpsichordist (died 1755)
Deaths
References