1701 in music

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See also: 1700 in music, other events of 1701, 1702 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents 1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Classical music 4 Opera 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Georg Philipp Telemann matriculates in law at the University of Leipzig. In the same year, he meets George Frideric Handel for the first time.
• Founding of the Slovenian Philharmonic Society (orchestra)
• In a competition held in Dorset Gardens, London, for the best musical setting of the masque 'The Judgement of Paris' by William Congreve, John Weldon emerges victorious, with John Eccles second and Daniel Purcell third.

[edit] Published popular music

[edit] Classical music

• Giovanni Henrico Albicastro - XII Suonate a tre, due violini et violoncello col basso per l'organo
• Tomaso Albinoni - 12 Baletti de Camera
• Georg Muffat - Auserlesene Instrumentalmusik (Selected Instrumental Music)

[edit] Opera

• Daniel Eccles - Acis and Galantea
• Reinhard Keiser - Störtebecker und Jödge Michaels

[edit] Births

• January 10 - Johann Caspar Simon, organist and composer
• September 22 - Anna Magdalena Bach, second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach, to whom he dedicated several of his works (died 1760)

[edit] Deaths

• October 13 - Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer