1712 in music - Definition

See also: 1712 in music, other events of 1713, 1714 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• George Frederic Handel migrates to London.

Classical music

• "The Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare" (hymn) by Joseph Addison with music by Henry Carey

Opera

• Il Pastor Fido - George Frideric Handel

Births

• January 17 - John Stanley
• January 24 - Frederick II of Prussia, enthusiastic amateur musician
• March 13 - Isfrid Kayser, composer
• June 28 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, polymath
• December 1 - Bernhard Christian Weber

Deaths

• April 29 - Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer
• August 4 - Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer
• August 7 - Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, organist at Halle
• August 24 - Thomas Bullis, composer
• August 26 - Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer
• September 22 - Jose Solana, composer
• September 30 - Johann Michael Zacher, composer
• November 6 - Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer