The year 1705 in music involved some significant events. Events Johann Sebastian Bach travels to Lübeck to hear Dieterich Buxtehude perform. Alessandro Scarlatti notes that he has written 88 operas in the past 23 years. William Croft marries Mary George. Jean-Féry Rebel joins Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi. The earliest fandango melody is recorded in the anonymous Libro de diferentes cifras de guitarra. Classical music Johann Michael Bach – Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (formerly attributed to JS Bach, BWV 723) Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 533 Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 535a Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 549 Prelude in G major, BWV 568 Prelude in A minor, BWV 569 Fantasia in C major, BWV 570 Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 739 Suite in A minor, BWV 818 Overture in F major, BWV 820 Suite in G minor, BWV 822 Sonata in A minor, BWV 965 Sonata in C major, BWV 966 Sonata in A minor, BWV 967 Friedrich Nicolaus Brauns – St Mark Passion (formerly attributed to Reinhard Keiser) Sébastien de Brossard – Samson trahi par Dalila Dietrich Buxtehude – Prelude in G minor, BuxWV 150 Antonio Caldara – Kyrie in A minor François Campion – Nouvelles découvertes Sur la Guitarre François Couperin Mottets à voix seule, deux et trois parties et symphonies 7 Versets du motet composé de l'ordre du roy, 1705 Michel Richard Delalande – Mottets de Monsieur de La Lande Jean Gilles – Requiem George Frideric Handel Chaconne in G major, HWV 442 Air in A major, HWV 468 Gavotte in G major, HWV 491 Johann Kuhnau – Gott sei mir gnädig Gaspard Le Roux – Pièces de clavessin Antonio Lotti – Duetti, terzetti, e madrigali a più voci Johann Pachelbel – Toccata in C major, P.455-6 Bernardo Pascoli – Moteti sagri a voce sola..., Op. 1 John Christopher Pepusch – 6 Record Sonatas, Op.1 Alessandro Scarlatti – Solitudini amene, bersaglio d'empia sorte, H.664 Georg Philipp Telemann – Ich hebe meine Augen auf zu den Bergen, TWV 7:17 Antonio Vivaldi – 12 Trio Sonatas, Op.1 Opera The following operas were composed: Tomaso Albinoni – L'Eraclea Antonio Caldara – L'Arminia Thomas Clayton, Nicola Haym, & Charles Dieupart – Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus, produced at the Drury Lane Theatre in London Francesco Gasparini Ambleto Antioco George Frideric Handel – Almira, premièred in Hamburg Reinhard Keiser – Octavia