1720, from day to day
1720. With other artists, Tomaso Albinoni, John Gay and Marin Marais influenced their time (baroque era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Johann Schobert, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Radamisto” de George Frideric Handel, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1720 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 90 of these moments for 1720.
The year 1720 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
04
Birth of Johann Friedrich Agricola That year: 1720, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1774)
Also in January
Birth of Francesc Mariner That year: 1720, Classical music, Spanish composer, organist of the Barcelona Cathedral (dead in 1789) .
March
03
Death of Jean Hotteterre That year: 1720, Classical music, French composer and musician (born in 1677)
29
Birth of Gaetano Ottani That year: 1720, Classical music, painter, opera singer, scenographer, instrumentalist (dead in 1801)
April
10
Birth of Chevalier d’Herbain That year: 1720, Classical music, French composer and choreographer (dead in 1769)
27
Premiere of Radamisto That year: 1720, Classical music (Opera), George Frideric Handel
May
15
Birth of Louis Aubert That year: 1720, Classical music, French painter and composer (1720-c.1800) (dead in 1800)
August
11
Birth of Martin Gerbert That year: 1720, Classical music, German scholar (dead in 1793)
20
Birth of Bernard de Bury That year: 1720, Classical music, French composer (1720-1785) (dead in 1785)
September
22
Birth of Adolph Carl Kunzen That year: 1720, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1781)
October
02
Birth of Giovanna Astrua That year: 1720, Classical music, Italian singer (dead in 1757)
03
Birth of Michael Johann Friedrich Wiedeburg That year: 1720, Classical music, German theologian (dead in 1800)
17
Birth of Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini That year: 1720, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1795)
26
Premiere of La verità in cimento That year: 1720, Classical music (Opera), Antonio Vivaldi
November
16
Birth of Carlo Antonio C Campion That year: 1720, Classical music, French-Italian composer (dead in 1788)
December
Death of Guillaume Minoret That year: 1720, Classical music, French composer (1650-1720) (born in 1650) .
This was also in 1720
Birth of Abraham Adams That year: 1720, Classical music, composer (dead in 1790) . Death of Jean-Pierre Freillon-Poncein That year: 1720, Classical music, composer from France (born in 1655) . Death of Padre Narciso da Milano That year: 1720, Classical music, composer (born in 1672) . Birth of Burke Thumoth That year: 1720, Classical music, composer (dead in 1747) . Birth of Michelangelo Valentini That year: 1720, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1768) . Birth of Anderssen That year: 1720, Classical music, composer . Birth of Tommaso Guarducci That year: 1720, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1803) . Birth of Johann Schobert That year: 1720, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1767) . Birth of Giovanni Battista Andreoni That year: 1720, Classical music, Italian classical castrato singer (dead in 1797) . Birth of William Savage That year: 1720, Classical music, English composer, organist, and singer (dead in 1789) . Birth of Johann Georg Schürer That year: 1720, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1786) . Birth of Papavoine That year: 1720, Classical music, composer, approximately 1720-1793 (dead in 1793) . Birth of Jean-Baptiste Dupuits That year: 1720, Classical music, composer, musician (dead in 1759) . Birth of Antoine Bailleux That year: 1720, Classical music, French music publisher (dead in 1800) . Birth of Francisco Inácio Solano That year: 1720, Classical music, composer (dead in 1800) . Death of Giovanni Bianchi That year: 1720, Classical music, composer (born in 1660) . Death of Françoise Journet That year: 1720, Classical music, singer (born in 1675) . Birth of Lorenzo de Rossi That year: 1720, Classical music, composer (dead in 1794) . Birth of José Herrando That year: 1720, Classical music, Spanish violinist and composer (dead in 1763) . Death of Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński That year: 1720, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1650) . Death of Georg Bronner That year: 1720, Classical music, German composer (born in 1667) . Birth of Gregorio Ballabene That year: 1720, Classical music, composer (dead in 1803) . Birth of John Arnold That year: 1720, Classical music, composer (dead in 1792) . Death of Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent That year: 1720, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1688) . Birth of Joan Baptista Pla That year: 1720, Classical music, Spanish musician (dead in 1773) . Death of Demoiselle Conradi That year: 1720, Classical music, German singer . Birth of Anders Wesström That year: 1720, Classical music, Swedish violinist and composer (dead in 1781) . Birth of Joseph Benedikt Zyka That year: 1720, Classical music, composer (dead in 1791) . Death of Pietro Antoni That year: 1720, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1639) . Birth of Johann Samuel Harsow That year: 1720, Classical music, composer (dead in 1792) . Birth of Giovanni Manzuoli That year: 1720, Classical music, Italian singer (dead in 1782) . Death of William Lawrence That year: 1720, Classical music, composer . Death of Giovanni Batista Farinelli That year: 1720, Classical music, chapelmaster (born in 1655) . Birth of Antoine Mahaut That year: 1720, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1785) . Birth of Giuseppe Scolari That year: 1720, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1774) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Antonio Vivaldi (age 42)
- 12 Concertos, Opp. 7 That year: 1720, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- La Candace, o siano Li veri amici (Opera)
- Filippo re di Macedonia (Opera)
- Gl’inganni per vendetta (Opera)
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (age 37)
- In convertendo (Work for choir)
- Je suis un fou Madame (Work for choir)
- Si tu ne prends garde à toi (Work for choir)
- Les amants trahis (Work for choir)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (age 35)
- Partita No. 2 for violin in D minor That year: 1720, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Fantasy and Fugue in G minor That year: 1720, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Partita No. 3 for violin in E major That year: 1720, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Suite No. 1 for cello in G major (Work for soloist)
- George Frideric Handel (age 35)
- Suite in A major (Work for soloist)
- Suite in F major (Work for soloist)
- Suite in D minor (Work for soloist)
- Suite in E minor (Work for soloist)
- Suite in E major (Work for soloist)
- Suite in F-sharp minor (Work for soloist)
- Suite in G minor (Work for soloist)
- Suite in F minor (Work for soloist)
- Aria in C minor (Work for soloist)
- Aria in C minor (Work for soloist)
- Air and two Doubles in F major (Work for soloist)
- Aria in G minor (Work for soloist)
- Aria in G minor (Work for soloist)
- Aria in B-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Aria in B-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Allegro in D minor (Work for soloist)
- Harpsichord Concerto in G major (Work for soloist)
- Study in A minor (Work for soloist)
- Prelude in D minor (Work for soloist)
- Prelude in E major (Work for soloist)
- Prelude in F major (Work for soloist)
- Prelude in F minor (Work for soloist)
- Prelude in F minor (Work for soloist)
- Sonatina for harpsichord in B-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Toccata in G minor (Work for soloist)
- The Polish Minuet or Miss Kitty Grevil's Delight: Charming is your shape and air (Song, lied)
- The forsaken Maid's Complaint: Faithless ungrateful / The slighted Swain: Cloe proves false (Song, lied)
- 6 Marches (Work for chamber orchestra)