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1722 in music
The year
1722 in music
involved some significant events.
Events
Tomaso Albinoni
becomes opera director to the Elector of Bavaria.
André Campra
becomes vice-maitre-de-chapelle of the Chapelle Royale at Versailles.
In a staged quarrel,
Francesco Maria Veracini
comes into conflict with
Johann David Heinichen
and the singer
Senesino
, ending with his leaping from a third storey window. He will walk with a limp for the rest of his life.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
is appointed
Kapellmeister
at
Zerbst
, where he will remain for the rest of his life.
Johann Sebastian Bach
produces the first of his
Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach
.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
publishes the
Traité de l'harmonie réduite àses principes naturels
.
Classical music
Tomaso Albinoni
âÂÂ
Concertos ÃÂ cinque, Op. 9
(published)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Das wohltemperierte Klavier
, vol 1
Giovanni Bononcini
âÂÂ
Divertimenti da camera
François Couperin
âÂÂ
Pièces de clavecin
, Book 3
Jan Dismas Zelenka
â Trio Sonatas (6) for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo
Opera
Carlo Arrigoni
âÂÂ
La vedova
Baldassare Galuppi
âÂÂ
La fede nell'incostanza ossia gli amici rivali
Nicola Porpora
âÂÂ
Gli Orti Esperidi
(libretto by
Metastasio
)
Leonardo Vinci
âÂÂ
Le Zite 'n Calera
Giovanni Bononcini
-
Griselda
Births
January 18
âÂÂ
Antonio RodrÃÂguez de Hita
, composer (d. 1787)
January 28
âÂÂ
Johann Ernst Bach II
, composer (d. 1777)
June 30
âÂÂ
Jià ÂàAntonÃÂn Benda
, composer (d. 1795)
October 2
âÂÂ
Leopold Widhalm
, luthier
December 3
âÂÂ
Hryhorii Skovoroda
, poet, philosopher and composer (d. 1794)
probable
âÂÂ
Francis Hutcheson
, songwriter (died 1773)
Deaths
April 16
âÂÂ
Johann Jacob Bach
, musician and composer (b. 1682)
June 5
âÂÂ
Johann Kuhnau
, composer (born 1660)
July 11
âÂÂ
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr
, violinist and composer (b. 1663)
November 24
âÂÂ
Johann Adam Reincken
, organist (born 1623)
date unknown
âÂÂ
Antonio Tarsia
, composer (b. 1643)