1727 in music

The year 1727 in music involved some significant events.

Events

 * April 11 – Johann Sebastian Bach gives the première of his St Matthew Passion BWV 244b (BC D 3a) at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
 * Farinelli performs at Bologna, where he meets his mentor, Antonio Bernacchi.
 * The Davidov-Morrini, ex General Dupont and Holroyd violins are made by Antonio Stradivari.
 * Johann Adolph Hasse arrives in Venice.
 * Louis-Claude Daquin is appointed organist at St Paul's in Paris.
 * Agostino Steffani visits Italy for the last time, and meets Handel at the palace of Cardinal Ottoboni in Rome.
 * George Frideric Handel is commissioned to write four anthems for the coronation ceremony of King George II of Great Britain.

Published music

 * Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
 * 6 Suites à 2 Muzettes, Op. 11
 * 6 Concertos for 5 Flutes, Op. 15
 * 6 Suites à 2 Muzettes, Op. 17
 * André Chéron – Sonates en trio, Op. 1
 * Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia – Harpsichord Sonata in G major, Op. 4
 * Girolamo Nicola Laurenti – 6 Concerti, Op. 1
 * Michelle Mascitti – 8 Violin Sonatas and 4 Concertos à 6, Op. 7 (Paris)
 * Antonio Vivaldi – La Cetra (The lyre) (Op. 9), 2 violin concertos and 1 for 2 violins (Amsterdam)
 * Robert Woodcock – 12 Concertos in 8 parts

Classical music

 * Johann Sebastian Bach
 * Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 58
 * Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80
 * Ich habe genug, BWV 82, premiered Feb. 2 in Leipzig
 * Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke, BWV 84
 * Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn!, BWV 157
 * Dem Gerechten muss das Licht, BWV 195
 * Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198
 * Matthäuspassion, BWV 244b
 * Partita in A minor, BWV 827
 * Antonio Caldara – Il Batista
 * Johann Joseph Fux – Laetare turba
 * Christoph Graupner – Machet die Tore weit, GWV 1101/27
 * George Frideric Handel
 * Coronation Anthems
 * Sonatas for an accompanied solo instrument, Op. 1 (published)
 * Jean-Philippe Rameau – Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin
 * Johan Helmich Roman – 12 Flute Sonatas, BeRI 201–212
 * Giuseppe Sammartini – 12 Trio Sonatas
 * Georg Philipp Telemann
 * 6 Sonatas, TWV 40:101–106
 * Trio Sonata, TWV 42:e7 (likely)
 * Jan Dismas Zelenka
 * Credidi, ZWV 85
 * De profundis, ZWV 96
 * Lauda Jerusalem, ZWV 104
 * Magnificat, ZWV 107

Opera

 * Antonio Bioni – Attalo ed Arsinoe
 * Giovanni Bononcini – Astianatte
 * George Frideric Handel
 * Admeto, Premiered Jan. 31 in London
 * Riccardo Primo
 * Leonardo Leo – Il Cid
 * Benedetto Marcello – Arianna
 * Georg Reutter – Archidamia
 * Leonardo Vinci – La caduta de' decemviri
 * Antonio Vivaldi
 * Farnace (first premiered; this version was lost and the 1731 Pavia version is the only one extant today)
 * Ipermestra, RV 722
 * Orlando
 * Siroe re di Persia, RV 735

Published Theoretical Writings

 * Ernst Gottlieb Baron – Historisch-theoretische und practische Untersuchung des Instruments der Lauten
 * Giuseppe Graziani – Continuazione, e supplemento alla drammaturgia di M. L. Allacci

Births

 * February 25 – Armand-Louis Couperin, organist, harpsichordist and composer (died 1789)
 * March 9 – Johann Gottlieb Preller, cantor and composer (died 1786)
 * March 14 – Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, harpsichordist, organist and composer (died 1756)
 * March 22 – Niel Gow, fiddler and composer (died 1807)
 * March 30 – Tommaso Traetta, composer (died 1779)
 * April 5 – Pasquale Anfossi, opera composer (died 1797)
 * April 29 – Jean-Georges Noverre, a founder of modern ballet (died 1810)
 * October 9 – Johann Wilhelm Hertel
 * date unknown
 * Marie Favart, singer, dancer and actress (died 1772)
 * Rosa Scarlatti, opera singer (died 1775)

Deaths

 * February 22 – Francesco Gasparini, composer (born 1661)
 * May – Daniel Roseingrave, organist and composer (born c. 1655)
 * August 14 – William Croft, organist and composer (born 1678)
 * December 1 – Johann Heinrich Buttstett, organist and composer (born 1666)