1721 in music

The year 1721 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• December 3 – Johann Sebastian Bach marries his second wife, Anna Magdalena.
• Antonio Maria Bononcini becomes maestro di cappella in his native city of Modena.
• Georg Philipp Telemann becomes director of music in Hamburg.

Classical music

• Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concertos, a collection of 3 concerti grossi and 3 ripieno concerti
• Pietro Locatelli – Concerti grossi (12), Op. 1: no 8 in F minor "Christmas Concerto"
• Alessandro Scarlatti – St Cecilia Mass

Opera

• Filippo Amadei, Giovanni Bononcini & George Frideric Handel – Muzio Scevola
• Nicola Porpora – Eumene
• Alessandro Scarlatti – La Griselda
• Georg Philipp Telemann – Der Geduldige Socrates
• Antonio Vivaldi – La Silvia'

Births

• April 1 – Pieter Hellendaal, organist, violinist and composer (died 1799)
• December 9 – Peter Pelham, organist, harpsichordist and composer (d. 1805)
• December 27 (bapt.) – John Garth, composer (died 1810)
• date unknown
  • Barbara Campanini, dancer
  • Quirino Gasparini, composer (died 1778)
  • Matthias van den Gheyn, composer (died 1785)
  • Giovanni Battista Lorenzi, Italian librettist (died 1807)

Deaths

• February 22 – Johann Christoph Bach, organist, elder brother of Johann Sebastian (born 1642)
• September 3 – Jan Antonín Losy, lute player and composer (born c. 1643)
• date unknown
  • Jacques Paisible, recorder virtuoso and composer (born c. 1656)
  • Jerónimo de Carrión, composer (b. 1660)