The year 1711 in music involved some significant events.
Events
Classical music
- William Babell â Toccata No.6
- Giovanni Maria Bononcini â Idol mio, bel tesoro
- Louis-Antoine Dornel â 8 Violin Sonatas and 4 Flute Suites, Op. 2
- Sebastián Durón â Veneno es de Amor la envidia
- Christoph Graupner
- Furcht und Zagen, GWV 1102/11b
- Angenehmes Wasserbad, GWV 1104/11c
- Reiner Geist lass doch mein Herz, GWV 1138/11
- Ach Gott wie manches Herzeleid, GWV 1142/11
- Angst und Jammer, GWV 1145/11
- George Frideric Handel
- Siete rose rugiadose, HWV 162
- Splenda l'alba in oriente, HWV 166
- Oboe Sonata in F major, HWV 363a
- Sonata for oboe in C minor, HWV 366
- Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre â Cantates françaises sur des sujets tirés de lâÂÂécriture, Livre II
- Barbara Kluntz â Choral Music Buch
- Leo Leonardo â Splende più dell'usato
- Francesco Manfredini â Concerto for 2 Trumpets in D Major
- Marin Marais â Pièces de Viole, Book 3
- Michele Mascitti â 14 Sonatas, Op. 4
- Alessandro Scarlatti â Miserere
- Jean-Baptiste Stuck â Les Bains de Tomery
- Joseph Valette de Montigny â Motets I
- Francesco Mario Veracini â Concerto for eight instruments in D major
- Antonio Vivaldi â L'Estro armonico (Op. 3), published in Amsterdam
Opera
Births
- January 12 â Gaetano Latilla, opera composer (died 1788)
- January 29 â Giuseppe Bonno, composer (died 1788)
- April 22 â Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy, patron of music (died 1762)
- June 23 â Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, luthier (died 1786)
- July 26 â Lorenz Christoph Mizler, writer on music (died 1778)
- September 11 â William Boyce, composer (died 1779)
- September 18 â Ignaz Holzbauer, composer (died 1783)
- December 25 â Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, violinist and composer (died 1772)
- date unknown
- Davide Perez, opera composer (died 1778)
- John Francis Wade, hymnist (died 1786)
- probable â Panna Cinka, violinist (died 1772)
Deaths
- January 6 â Quirino Colombani, musician, composer and music teacher, died in hunting accident (born c. 1668)
- March 19 â Thomas Ken, hymn-writer (born 1637)
- September 3 â ÃÂlisabeth Sophie Chéron, artist and musician (born 1648)
- September 27 â Christian Geist, organist and composer (born c. 1650)
- November 3 â Ferdinand Tobias Richter, organist and composer (born 1651)
- December 18 â Louis de Deyster, artist and maker of musical instruments (born 1656)
- December 25 â Johann Nikolaus Hanff, organist and composer (born 1663)
- probable â Joannes Florentius a Kempis, Dutch composer (born 1635)
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