- 1702 in music
The year 1702 in music involved some significant events.
Events
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Johann Sebastian Bach leavesLüneburg .
*Georg Philipp Telemann becomes director ofLeipzig opera, and founds LeipzigCollegium Musicum .
*George Frideric Handel becomes organist at Halle.
*Alessandro Scarlatti leavesNaples and seeks the patronage of Prince Ferdinando de' Medici.Published popular music
*"Tavern Bilkers", burlesque by
John Weaver Classical music
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Giovanni Henrico Albicastro - "Sonate a violino solo col basso continuo"
*Marc-Antoine Charpentier - "Judicium Salomonis", performed for the opening of the French parliament [cite book |last=Palisca |first= Claude V. |title=Baroque Music |origyear=1968 |edition=3rd |series=Prentice Hall History of Music |year=1991 |publisher=Prentice Hall |location=Englewood Cliffs |isbn=0-13-058496-7 |page=289 ]
*Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer - "Ariadne musica "Opera
The following
opera s were composed:
*André Campra - "Tancrède"
*Pietro Torri - "Torneo"Births
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January 6 -Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu , composer
*February 10 -Jean-Pierre Guignon , composer
*February 27 -Johann Valentin Gorner , composer
*March 25 -Christian Gottlieb Ziegler , composer
*March 27 -Johann Ernst Eberlin (died1762 )
*July 6 -Franz Anton Maichelbeck , composer
*July 17 -Johann Schneider , composer
*September 6 -Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber , composerDeaths
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May 5 -Jacob Hintze , composer
*July 6 -Nicolas Lebègue , French harpsichordist (born1632 )
*September 17 -Olof Rudbeck , composer (born1630 )
*November 4 -Thomas Eisenhut , composerReferences
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