1721 in music
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The year 1721 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- December 3 - Johann Sebastian Bach marries his second wife, Anna Magdalena.
- Antonio Maria Bononcini becomes maestro di cappella in his native city of Modena.
- Georg Philipp Telemann becomes director of music in Hamburg.
Classical music
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concertos, a collection of 3 concerti grossi and 3 ripieno concerti
- Pietro Locatelli – Concerti grossi (12), Op. 1: no 8 in F minor "Christmas Concerto"
- Alessandro Scarlatti – St Cecilia Mass
Opera
- Filippo Amadei, Giovanni Bononcini & George Frideric Handel – Muzio Scevola
- Nicola Porpora – Eumene
- Alessandro Scarlatti – La Griselda
- Georg Philipp Telemann – Der Geduldige Socrates
- Antonio Vivaldi – La Silvia'
Births
- April 1 – Pieter Hellendaal, organist, violinist and composer (died 1799)
- December 9 – Peter Pelham, organist, harpsichordist and composer (d. 1805)
- date unknown
- Barbara Campanini, dancer
- John Garth, composer (died 1810)
- Quirino Gasparini, composer (died 1778)
- Mathias van den Gheyn, composer (died 1785)
- Giovanni Battista Lorenzi, Italian librettist (died 1807)
Deaths
- February 22 - Johann Christoph Bach, organist, elder brother of Johann Sebastian (born 1642)
- September 3 – Jan Antonín Losy, lute player and composer (born c. 1643)
- date unknown
- Jacques Paisible, recorder virtuoso and composer (born c. 1656)
- Jerónimo de Carrión, composer (b. 1660)