The year 1704 in music involved some significant events. Events Johann Christoph Pepusch arrives in London. Following her husband's death, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre begins hosting concerts in her home. Antonio Vivaldi becomes general superintendent of music at the Ospedale della Pietà, Venice. Johann Jacob Bach becomes an oboist in the army of King Charles XII of Sweden, inspiring Johann Sebastian to write a Capriccio on the Absence of His Most Beloved Brother. During a performance of Johann Mattheson's opera, Cleopatra, the composer almost kills his friend, Georg Frideric Handel, in a violent quarrel. Classical music Henricus Albicastro – [12] Concerti, Op.7 Attilo Ariosti – La madre dei Maccabei Johann Sebastian Bach Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150 (or 1707) Toccata and Fugue D Minor BWV 565 (poss.) Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BWV 742 Sonata in D major, BWV 963 Capriccio in B-flat major, BWV 992 Antonio Caldara – Il trionfo dell'innocenza (Second edition) Louis-Nicolas Clérambault – Livre de pièces de clavecin François Couperin – 7 Versets du motet composé de l'ordre du roy, 1704 William Croft – 6 Sonatas of Two Parts Michel Richard Delalande – Dominus regnavit, S.65 George Frideric Handel – Oboe Concerto in G minor, HWV 287 Reinhard Keiser – Der blutige und sterbende Jesus (by Christian Friedrich Hunold) Michele Mascitti – [12] Sonate, Op.1 Jean-Baptiste Morin – Motets à une et deux voix, Livre I James Paisible – Musick perform'd before Her Majesty and the new King of Spain Alessandro Scarlatti Perdono, Amor, perdono, H.554 S. Casimiro, re di Pononia Johann Schenck – 2 Sonatas for 2 Viols Giovanni Battista Tibaldi – 12 Trio Sonatas, Op.2 Opera Attilo Ariosti – I gloriosi presagi di Scipione Africano Giovanni Bononcini Il fiore delle eroine Il ritorno di Giulio Cesare Francesco Bartolomeo Conti – Alba Cornelia Johann Mattheson – Die unglückselige Cleopatra Carlo Francesco Pollarolo – Irene (revised by Domenico Scarlatti for performance at Naples). Births May 7 – Carl Heinrich Graun, composer and singer (died 1759) June 11 – Carlos Seixas, composer (died 1742) October 2 – František Tůma, organist and composer (died 1774) December 31 – Carl Gotthelf Gerlach, organist (died 1761) probable – Claude Parisot, organ builder (died 1784) Deaths February 7 – Lady Mary Dering, composer (born 1629) February 23 – Georg Muffat, composer (born 1653) February 24 – Marc-Antoine Charpentier, composer (born 1643) February 25 – Isabella Leonarda, composer of