1721 in music

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Contents 1 Events 2 Classical music 3 Opera 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Johann Sebastian Bach marries his second wife, Anna Magdalena.
• Antonio Maria Bononcini becomes maestro di cappella in his native city of Modena.
• Georg Philipp Telemann becomes director of music in Hamburg.

[edit] Classical music

• Brandenburg Concertos - Johann Sebastian Bach
• Concerti grossi (12), Op. 1: no 8 in F minor "Christmas Concerto" - Pietro Locatelli

[edit] Opera

• Filippo Amadei, Giovanni Bononcini & George Frideric Handel - Muzio Scevola
• Nicola Porpora - Eumene
• Georg Philipp Telemann - Der Geduldige Socrates
• Antonio Vivaldi - La Silvia'

[edit] Births

• exact date unknown - Barbara Campanini, dancer
• exact date unknown - Johann Wilhelm Hertel, German composer (died 1771)

[edit] Deaths

• Johann Christoph Bach, organist, elder brother of Johann Sebastian (born 1642)