1723 in music

1723 in music

The year 1723 in music involved some significant events.

Events

*April - Johann Sebastian Bach is appointed Cantor and Musical Director of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig, beating off opposition from several prominent musicians, including Georg Friedrich Kauffmann.
*Handel moves to 25 Brook Street, London, now the Handel House Museum.
*Alessandro Scarlatti begins his last major work, a serenata for the marriage of the prince of Stigliano, which will be left unfinished at his death.
*Publication of "Opinioni de' cantori antichi e moderni" by Pier Francesco Tosi.
*Francesco Maria Veracini returns to Florence after a period in Germany.
*Antonio Vandini and Giuseppe Tartini go into the service of Count Kinsky in Prague.

Classical music

*Johann Sebastian Bach - "Two-Part Invention no 6 in E major" for violin and cello
*Antonio Maria Bononcini - "Stabat Mater"
*Louis-Antoine Dornel - "Concerts de simphonies"
*Marin Marais - "Sonnerie de Ste-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris"
*Georg Philipp Telemann - "Overture-Suite in C major, TV 55 no C 3 "Wassermusik"
*Jan Dismas Zelenka - "Concerto a 8 in G major"
*Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

Opera

*Giovanni Bononcini - "Erminia"
*Francesco Feo - "Morano e Rosina"
*George Frideric Handel - "Ottone"
*Leonardo Leo - "La’mpeca scoperta"

Births

*December 22 - Carl Friedrich Abel, composer (died 1787)

Deaths

*August 21 - Dimitrie Cantemir, prince and polymath (born 1673)
*September 23 - William Babell, organist and composer (born 1690)


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