1720 in music

1720 in music

This article lists the most significant events and works of the year 1720 in music.

Events

*Royal Academy of Music opens in London.
*Domenico Scarlatti arrives in Lisbon.

Classical music

*Johann Sebastian Bach - "Prelude for Lute in C minor"
*Jan Josef Ignac Brentner - "Horae Pomeridianae"
*Marin Marais - "Sonnerie de Ste-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris"
*Alessandro Scarlatti - "Messa di Santa Cecilia"

Opera

*Antonio Maria Bononcini - "Nino"
*George Frideric Handel - "Radamisto"
*Johann David Heinichen - "Flavio Crispo"
*Leonardo Leo - "Caio Gracco"
*Giovanni Porta - "Numitore"
*Antonio Vivaldi - "La verità in cimento"

Births

*January 4 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, composer (died 1774)
*November 16 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer (died 1788)
*October 17- Maria Teresa Agnesi, singer and composer (died 1795)
*"probable" - Bernhard Joachim Hagen, composer (died 1787)

Deaths

*July 27 - Johann Samuel Welter, composer
*July - Maria Barbara Bach, first wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (born 1684)
*"probable"
**Antonia Bembo, singer and composer (born [c. 1640)
**Johannes Speth, organist and composer (born 1664)


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