1708 in music

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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

Classical Music

• George Frederic Handel – La Resurrezione (The Resurrection) (oratorio)
• Jacques-Martin Hotteterre - First Book of Pieces for Transverse Flute, Op. 2/1

Opera

• André Campra – Hippodamie
• George Frideric Handel
  • Daphne
  • Florindo
• Nicola Porpora – Aggripina

Births

• January 26 – William Hayes (composer), organist, singer, conductor and composer (died 1777)
• February 8 – Václav Jan Kopřiva, composer (died 1789)
• February 11 – Egidio Duni, composer of opera comique (died 1775)
• February 25 – Felix Benda, composer (died 1768)
• April 6 – Georg Reutter II, composer of church music (died 1772)
• May 5 - Johann Adolf Scheibe, composer and critic (died 1776)
• June 19 – Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, composer (died 1763)
• date unknown
  • Lavinia Fenton, actress, the original Polly Peachum (died 1760)
  • Johann Adolph Scheibe, composer (died 1776)
  • William Tuckey, composer (died 1781)

Deaths

• April 19 - Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi, composer and painter (born 1662)
• May 13 – Giovanni Battista Draghi, composer and keyboardist (born c.1640)
• September 3 – Christian Liebe, organist and composer (born 1654)
• October 1 – John Blow, composer (born 1649)
• date unknown
  • Moll Davis, singer (born c. 1648)
  • Johannes Kelpius, mystic and musician (born 1673)
  • Thomas Pereira, musician (born 1645)
  • Bernard Smith, organ maker (born c.1630)