1720 in music
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This article lists the most significant events and works of the year 1720 in music.
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[edit] Events
- Royal Academy of Music opens in London.
- Domenico Scarlatti arrives in Lisbon.
[edit] Classical music
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude for Lute in C minor
- Jan Josef Ignac Brentner - Horae Pomeridianae
- Marin Marais - Sonnerie de Ste-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
- Alessandro Scarlatti - Messa di Santa Cecilia
[edit] Opera
- Antonio Maria Bononcini - Nino
- George Frideric Handel - Radamisto
- Johann David Heinichen - Flavio Crispo
- Leonardo Leo - Caio Gracco
- Giovanni Porta - Numitore
- Antonio Vivaldi - La verità in cimento
[edit] Births
- January 4 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, composer (died 1774)
- November 16 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer (died 1788)
- October 17- Maria Teresa Agnesi, singer and composer (died 1795)
- probable - Bernhard Joachim Hagen, composer (died 1787)
[edit] Deaths
- July 27 - Johann Samuel Welter, composer
- July - Maria Barbara Bach, first wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (born 1684)
- probable
- Antonia Bembo, singer and composer (born [[c. 1640)
- Johannes Speth, organist and composer (born 1664)
