1730 in music

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

[edit] Events

• The Beggar's Opera by John Gay is so popular that a deck of playing cards based on the characters is printed.
• Antonio Vivaldi and his family arrive in Prague.

[edit] Classical music

• Johann Sebastian Bach - Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (cantata)
• Antonio Caldara - La Passione di Gesù Cristo
• Benedetto Marcello - Requiem "In the Venetian Manner"

[edit] Opera

• George Frideric Handel - Ormisda
• Leonardo Vinci - Artaserse

[edit] Births

• February 23 - Christian Joseph Lidarti
• April 21 - Antonin Kammel, composer (died 1788)
• June 14 - Antonio Sacchini (died 1786)

[edit] Deaths

• May 27 - Leonardo Vinci (born 1690)
• June 19 - Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London (born 1680)