1714 in music

The year 1714 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• March 2 – Johann Sebastian Bach is appointed Konzertmeister at Weimar, having declined a post at Halle.
• A school of dance opens at the Paris Opera.
• Michel Richard Delalande assumes full control of the French royal chapel upon the retirement of his last co-sous maîtres.
• Francesco Geminiani arrives in London, where he obtains the patronage of William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex.
• Melchior Hoffmann, composer, marries Margaretha Elisabeth Philipp; he is already suffering from a terminal illness.
• Domenico Scarlatti becomes maestro di cappella at the Cappella Giulia in the Vatican.
• Francesco Maria Veracini visits London and performs at the Queen's Theatre.
• The first permanent church organ in the United States, the Brattle organ, imported by Thomas Brattle, is installed in Boston at King's Chapel.
• John Tufts publishes the first instructional book for singing in the USA.
• Gottfried Silbermann completes the new organ for Freiberg Cathedral.

Classical music

• Pirro Capacelli Conte Albergati – Cantate et oratorii spirituali, Op. 10
• William Babell – Prelude in G major from the Frontispiece
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12 (movement 2 would later form the ' movement of his Mass in B minor)
• Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54
• Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn, BWV Anh. 55
• Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61
• Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63
• Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152
• Erschallet, ihr Lieder, BWV 172
• Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV 182
• Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199
• Kleines harmonisches Labyrinth, BWV 591 (Now attributed to Johann David Heinichen)
• Organ Concerto in E-flat major, BWV 597
• The Little Organ Book
• Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599
• Gott, durch deine Güte, BWV 600
• Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott, BWV 602
• Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 604
• Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schaar, BWV 607
• Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 642
• Alle Menschen müssen sterben, BWV 643
• Toccata in C minor, BWV 911
• Toccata in G major, BWV 916
• Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 944
• Aria variata in A minor, BWV 989
• Violin Sonata in E minor, BWV 1023
• Antonio Caldara – Laboravi in gemitu meo
• André Campra – Enée et Didon
• Giovanni Maria Casini – Pensieri per Organo
• Arcangelo Corelli
• Christmas Concerto
• Twelve concerti grossi, Op. 6, published posthumously
• François Couperin – Leçons de ténèbres
• Henri Desmarets – Grands Motets
• Christoph Graupner – Mir hat die Welt trüglich gericht, GWV 1103/14
• George Frideric Handel – Te Deum in D major, HWV 278
• Johann Ernst Prinz von Sachsen-Weimar – Violin Concerto in G major
• Reinhard Keiser – Musicalische Land-Lust
• Jean-Baptiste Loeillet – 12 Recorder Sonatas, Op. 2
• Johann Mattheson – Harmonisches Denckmahl (12 Harpsichord suites)
• Santiago de Murcia – Resumen de acompañar la parte con la guitarra
• James Paisible – The Godolphin. Mr. Isaac's new dance, made for Her Majesty's Birth Day, 1714...
• André Raison – Deuxième livre d'orgue
• Jean-Féry Rebel – Les caractères de la danse
• Alessandro Scarlatti – S. Filippo Neri (oratorio)
• Jean-Baptiste Stuck – Héraclite et Démocrite
• Franz Mathias Techelmann – Toccate, Canzoni, Ricercari et altre Galanterie
• Georg Philipp Telemann – Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, TWV 1:1175
• Giuseppe Valentini – 12 Allettamenti da Camera, Op. 8