1720 in music
# 1720 in music

This article lists the most significant events and works of the year 1720 in music.

## Events

* April – The Royal Academy of Music, a company formed for Handel in London, begins to produce operas.
* Giovanni Bononcini arrives in London, his home until 1732, and becomes one of Handel's most notable rivals.
* Benedetto Marcello's satirical attack on opera, Il teatro alla moda, is published anonymously in Venice.
* Domenico Scarlatti arrives in Lisbon.

## Publications

* Jan Josef Ignác Brentner – Horae Pomeridianae
* George Frideric Handel - Suite de Pièces pour le clavecin, a work including the famous set of variations known as The Harmonious Blacksmith.
* Marin Marais – Sonnerie de Ste-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
* James Paisible – Six setts of aires for two flutes & a bass...
* Alessandro Scarlatti – Messa di Santa Cecilia

## Classical music

* Johann Sebastian Bach
   * Prelude for Lute in C minor
   * Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

## 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

## Births

* January 1 – Johann Christoph Altnickol, composer (baptized January 1, 1720)
* 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)
* date unknown
   * Henry Hargrave, composer (died 1780)
   * William Savage, singer, organist and composer (died 1789)
* probable
   * Gioacchino Cocchi, composer (died 1804)
   * Bernhard Joachim Hagen, composer (died 1787)
   * Joan Baptista Pla, oboist and composer (died 1773)
   * Johann Georg Schürer, composer (died 1786)

## Deaths

* July 7 – Maria Barbara Bach, first wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (born 1684)
* July 27 – Johann Samuel Welter, composer
* date unknown
   * Sridhara Venkatesa Ayyaval, Hindu saint and composer (born 1635)
   * Jean Hotteterre, musician and composer
   * José Peyró, composer (born c.1670)
   * Demoiselle Conradi, German opera singer
* probable
   * Antonia Bembo, singer and composer (born c. 1640)
   * Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent, composer (born 1688)
   * Guillaume Minoret, composer (born c.1650)
   * Johann Speth, organist and composer (born 1664)
