1702 in music

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See also: 1701 in music, other events of 1702, 1703 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

• Johann Sebastian Bach leaves Lüneburg.
• Georg Philipp Telemann becomes director of Leipzig opera, and founds Leipzig Collegium Musicum.
• George Frideric Handel becomes organist at Halle.
• Alessandro Scarlatti leaves Naples and seeks the patronage of Prince Ferdinando de' Medici.

[edit] Published popular music

• Tavern Bilkers, burlesque by John Weaver

[edit] Classical music

• Sonate a violino solo col basso continuo - Giovanni Henrico Albicastro
• Ariadne musica - Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer

[edit] Opera

• André Campra - Tancrède
• Pietro Torri - Torneo

[edit] Births

• 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 (died 1762)
• July 6 - Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer
• July 17 - Johann Schneider, composer
• September 6 - Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer

[edit] Deaths

• May 5 - Jacob Hintze, composer
• September 17 - Olof Rudbeck, composer (born 1630)
• November 4 - Thomas Eisenhut, composer
• date unknown - Nicolas-Antoine Lebègue, French harpsichordist (born 1632)