1709 in music

The year 1709 in music involved some significant events.

Events

William Babell – The Third Book of the Ladys Entertainment
Johann Sebastian Bach – Fugue in A major on a Theme by Tomaso Albinoni, BWV 950 (approximate date)
Louis-Antoine Dornel – Livre de simphonies contenant six suites en trio avec une sonate en quatuor
Christoph Graupner – some 20 cantatas (see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner)
Michel Montéclair – Cantata: La Mort de Didon
Giuseppe Torelli – Concerti Grossi, Op. 8: no 6 in G minor "Christmas Concerto", published posthumously

January 1 – Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz, organ builder (died 1770)
January 24 – Dom Bédos de Celles, Benedictine monk and pipe organ builder (died 1779)
February 16 (baptised) – Charles Avison, composer and organist (died 1770)
March 27 – William Flackton, viola player and composer (died 1798)
April 14 – Charles Collé, songwriter and dramatist (died 1783)
June 25 – Francesco Araja, composer (died 1762–1770)
August 8 – Hermann Anton Gelinek, monk and musician (died 1779)
October 25 – Georg Gebel (the younger), composer (died 1753)
November 22 – Franz Benda, violinist and composer (died 1786)
December 1 – František Xaver Richter, composer (died 1789)
date unknown – Christoph Schaffrath, composer (died 1763)
probable – Richard Charke, violinist, composer, operatic baritone, and playwright (died c. 1738)

February 8 – Giuseppe Torelli, violinist and composer (born 1658)
July 17 – Pascal Collasse, composer (baptized 1649)
date unknown
- Cristofaro Caresana, operatic tenor, organist and composer (born c.1640)
- Giovanni Grancino, luthier (born 1637)

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