1726 in music
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The year 1726 in music involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- George Frideric Handel becomes a British subject.
- Johann Sebastian Bach copies and performs 18 church cantatas written by his cousin, Johann Ludwig Bach.
[edit] Classical music
[edit] Opera
- Tomaso Albinoni - La Statira
- Pietro Auletta - La Carlotta
- Francesco Ciampi - Lucio Vero
- Giovanni Battista Martini - Azione teatrale
- Nicola Porpora - Imeneo in Atene
- Antonio Vivaldi - Cunegonda
[edit] Musical theater
[edit] Births
- April 12 - Charles Burney, music historian (died 1814)
- September 7 - François-André Danican Philidor, composer and chess player
[edit] Deaths
- January 2 - Domenico Zipoli, composer (born 1688)
- June 18 - Michel Richard Delalande, composer (born 1657)
