1723 in music
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The year 1723 in music involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- April - Johann Sebastian Bach is appointed Cantor and Musical Director of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig, beating off opposition from several prominent musicians, including Georg Friedrich Kauffmann.
- Handel moves to 25 Brook Street, London, now the Handel House Museum.
- Alessandro Scarlatti begins his last major work, a serenata for the marriage of the prince of Stigliano, which will be left unfinished at his death.
- Publication of Opinioni de' cantori antichi e moderni by Pier Francesco Tosi.
- Francesco Maria Veracini returns to Florence after a period in Germany.
- Antonio Vandini and Giuseppe Tartini go into the service of Count Kinsky in Prague.
[edit] Classical music
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Two-Part Invention no 6 in E major for violin and cello
- Antonio Maria Bononcini - Stabat Mater
- Louis-Antoine Dornel - Concerts de simphonies
- Marin Marais - Sonnerie de Ste-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
- Georg Philipp Telemann - Overture-Suite in C major, TV 55 no C 3 "Wassermusik"
- Jan Dismas Zelenka - Concerto a 8 in G major
[edit] Opera
- Giovanni Bononcini - Erminia
- Francesco Feo - Morano e Rosina
- George Frideric Handel - Ottone
- Leonardo Leo - La’mpeca scoperta
[edit] Births
- December 22 - Carl Friedrich Abel, composer (died 1787)
[edit] Deaths
- August 21 - Dimitrie Cantemir, prince and polymath (born 1673)
- September 23 - William Babell, organist and composer (born 1690)
