1715 in music

The year 1715 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• September – Presumed staging of first Three Choirs Festival in England.
• Comédie en vaudeville is staged for the first time in Paris.
• Francesco Geminiani performs at the court of King George I of Great Britain, accompanied by Handel.

Classical music

• Tomaso Albinoni – 12 Concerti a cinque, Op. 7
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubiliert, BWV 31
• Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn, BWV 132
• Nur jedem das Seine, BWV 163
• Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe, BWV 162
• O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad, BWV 165
• Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe, BWV 185
• Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 736
• English Suites (speculated year of composition) BWV 806–811
• Suite in F minor, BWV 823
• Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 894
• Fugue in A major, BWV 949
• Francesco Antonio Bonporti – Concerti a quattro, Op. 11
• Antonio Caldara – Motetti a due e tre voci, Op. 4
• François Couperin '
• George Frideric Handel
• Brockes-Passion, HWV 48
• Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, HWV 313
• Concerto Grosso in D minor, HWV 316
• Concerto Grosso in D major, HWV 317
• Jacques Hotteterre – Pièces pour la flûte traversiere, Op. 5
• Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre – Cantates Françoises, Livre 3
• Jean-Baptiste Loeillet – 12 Recorder Sonatas, Op. 3
• Alessandro Marcello – Oboe Concerto in D minor, S.Z799
• Gaetano Meneghetti – Violin Concerto in A major
• James Paisible – The Friendship, Mr. Isaac's new dance for the year 1715...
• Jean-Philippe Rameau – Thétis, RCT 28
• – Violin Concerto in G major
• Alessandro Scarlatti
• Sinfonie di concerto grosso
• Stabat Mater.
• Johann Christian Schickhardt – 6 Concertos for 4 Recorders and Continuo, Op. 19
• Georg Philipp Telemann
• 6 Sonates à violon seul accompagné par le clavessin
• Sonata à 4, TWV 43:a5
• Carlo Tessarini – 12 Concerti a cinque, Op. 1
• Antonio Vivaldi
• Violin Concerto in A major, RV 345
• Violin Concerto in B-flat major, RV 363
• John Walsh (pub.) – The Bird Fancyer's Delight
• Jan Dismas Zelenka – Capriccio in D major, ZWV 182