1712 in music

See also: 1711 in music, other events of 1712, 1713 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• George Frideric Handel re-locates to London.
• Johann Georg Pisendel joins the court orchestra at Dresden.

Classical music

• "The Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare" (hymn) by Joseph Addison with music by Henry Carey
• Sonatas for Recorder and Basso Continuo by Benedetto Marcello
• Il trionfo della innocenza patrocinata da S. NiccoI (oratorio) – Francesco Maria Veracini

Opera

• Idomenée – André Campra
• 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