1726 in music
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The year 1726 in music involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- The Academy of Ancient Music is founded in London.
- George Frideric Handel becomes a British subject.
- Johann Sebastian Bach copies and performs 18 church cantatas written by his cousin, Johann Ludwig Bach.
- 19 April Repeat performance of Bach's St Mark Passion pastiche (with three new movements by Bach).
[edit] Classical music
- Johann Sebastian Bach - “Geist und Seele wird verwirret” (cantata)
[edit] Opera
- Francisco Antonio de Almeida - La Giuditta
- 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] Births
- April 12 – Charles Burney, music historian (died 1814)
- August - Karl Kohaut, lutenist and composer (died 1784)
- September 1 - Johann Becker, organist and composer (died 1803)
- September 7 – François-André Danican Philidor, composer and chess player
- December 24 – Johann Hartmann, composer (died 1793)
[edit] Deaths
- January 2 – Domenico Zipoli, composer (born 1688)
- June 18 – Michel Richard Delalande, composer (born 1657)
- July 8 – Antonio Maria Bononcini, cellist and composer (born 1677)
