1708 in music

The year 1708 in music involved some significant musical events and new works.

Events

Alessandro Scarlatti returns to Naples from Venice.
Johann Sebastian Bach becomes organist and concert-master at the Weimar court.
Arcangelo Corelli returns to Rome and joins the household of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni.

Johann Sebastian Bach — Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 (cantata)
George Frederic Handel – La Resurrezione (The Resurrection) (oratorio)
Jacques-Martin Hotteterre - First Book of Pieces for Transverse Flute, Op. 2/1

January 26 – William Hayes (composer), organist, singer, conductor and composer (died 1777)
February 8 – Václav Jan Kopřiva, composer (died 1789)
February 11 – Egidio Duni, composer of opera comique (died 1775)
February 25 – Felix Benda, composer (died 1768)
April 6 – Georg Reutter II, composer of church music (died 1772)
May 5 - Johann Adolf Scheibe, composer and critic (died 1776)
June 19 – Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, composer (died 1763)
date unknown
- Lavinia Fenton, actress, the original Polly Peachum (died 1760)
- Johann Adolph Scheibe, composer (died 1776)
- William Tuckey, composer (died 1781)

April 19 - Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi, composer and painter (born 1662)
May 13 – Giovanni Battista Draghi, composer and keyboardist (born c.1640)
September 3 – Christian Liebe, organist and composer (born 1654)
October 1 – John Blow, composer (born 1649)
date unknown
- Moll Davis, singer (born c. 1648)
- Johannes Kelpius, mystic and musician (born 1673)
- Thomas Pereira, musician (born 1645)
- Bernard Smith, organ maker (born c.1630)

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