1727 in music

The year 1727 in music involved some significant events.

Events

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.
April 11 - Johann Sebastian Bach gives the première of his St Matthew Passion BWV 244b (BC D 3a) at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig

George Frideric Handel – Zadok the Priest (one of the four Coronation Anthems he wrote in 1727)
Antonio Vivaldi – La Cetra (The lyre) (Op. 9), 2 violin concertos and 1 for 2 violins, published in Amsterdam

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 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)
date unknown
- Marie Favart, singer, dancer and actress (died 1772)
- Rosa Scarlatti, opera singer (died 1775)

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