1708 in music

The year 1708 in music involved some significant musical events and new works.

Events

• Alessandro Scarlatti returns to Naples from Venice.
• Johann Sebastian Bach becomes organist and concert-master at the Weimar court.
• Arcangelo Corelli returns to Rome and joins the household of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni.

Published popular music

• Lyra Davidica (hymns)
• Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Published classical music

• Tomaso Albinoni – 6 Sonate da chiesa, T.So 26–31, Op. 4
• Louis de Caix d'Hervelois – Pièces de viole, Livre 1
• Andre Campra – Cantates françoises
• Francisco José de Castro – 8 Concertos, Op. 4
• Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco – 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1
• Pierre Du Mage – Livre d'orgue
• Jean-Baptiste Stuck – Cantates françaises Livre II

Classical music

• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Gott ist mein König, BWV 71
• Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 143
• Kyrie in F major, BWV 233a
• Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
• Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 545a
• Toccata and Fugue in E major, BWV 566 (Authorship disputed)
• Fugue on a Theme by Giovanni Legrenzi, BWV 574
• Fugue in C minor, BWV 575
• Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582
• Heut’ triumphiret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630
• Fantasia super 'Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 713
• Suite in A major, BWV 832
• Praeludium et partita dei tuono terzo, BWV 833
• Toccata in D minor, BWV 913
• Fugue in C major, BWV 946
• Antonio Maria Bononcini
• Mentre in placido sonno
• La presa di Tebe
• Tutta fiamme e tutta ardore
• Antonio Caldara – Il martirio di Santa Caterina
• Henri Desmarets – Usque quo Domine
• George Frederic Handel
• La Resurrezione (The Resurrection) (oratorio)
• Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72
• Ah, crudel! nel pianto mio, HWV 78
• Aminta e Filide, HWV 83
• Cuopre tal volta il cielo, HWV 98
• Dalla guerra amorosa, HWV 102a
• Ditemi, o piante, HWV 107
• Lungi n'andò Fileno, HWV 128
• Nel dolce tempo, HWV 135b
• Nell'africane selve, HWV 136
• Olinto pastore, Tebro fiume, Gloria, HWV 143
• Quando sperasti, o core, HWV 153
• Se pari è la tua fè, HWV 158a
• Sento là che ristretto, HWV 161a
• Jacques-Martin Hotteterre – Pièces pour la flûte traversiere, Op. 2
• Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre – Cantates françaises sur des sujets tirés de l’écriture, Livre I
• Benedetto Marcello – 12 Concerti à 5, Op. 1
• Johann Mattheson – 12 Flute Sonatas, Op. 1
• Johann Pachelbel
• An Wasserflüssen Babylon, P. 18
• Plauener Orgelbuch
• James Paisible – The Saltarella. Mr. Isaac's new dance made for Her Majesty's Birthday, 1708...
• Bernardo Pasquini – Passagaglie and Variation
• Alessandro Scarlatti – Oratorio per la Passione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo
• Georg Philipp Telemann – Singet dem Herrn, TWV 1:1748
• Antonio Vivaldi
• Cello Concerto in F major, RV 410
• Concerto in A major, RV 585
• Sonata for Violin, Oboe, Organ, Chalumeau and Continuo, RV 779