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 (1719) opens in London.
- Giovanni Battista Bononcini arrives in London, his home until 1732, and becomes one of Handel's most notable rivals.
- Domenico Scarlatti arrives in Lisbon.
[edit] Classical music
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude for Lute in C minor
- Jan Josef Ignác 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)
- August 20 – Bernard de Bury, court musician and composer (died 1785)
- October 17- Maria Teresa Agnesi, singer and composer (died 1795)
- November 16 – Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer (died 1788)
- probable
- Bernhard Joachim Hagen, composer (died 1787)
- Joan Baptista Pla, oboist and composer (died 1773)
[edit] Deaths
- July 27 – Johann Samuel Welter, composer
- July – Maria Barbara Bach, first wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (born 1684)
- date unknown – Jean Hotteterre, musician and composer
- probable
- Antonia Bembo, singer and composer (born c. 1640)
- Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent, composer (born 1688)
- Johann Speth, organist and composer (born 1664)