The year 1722 in music involved some significant events.

Events

Tomaso Albinoni Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (8 June 1671 – 17 January 1751) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. His output includes operas, concertos, sonatas for one to six instruments, sinfonias, and solo cantatas. While famous in his day as an opera comp ...

becomes opera director to the Elector of Bavaria. *

André Campra André Campra (; baptized 4 December 1660 – 29 June 1744) was a French composer and conductor of the Baroque era. The leading French opera composer in the period between Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau, Campra wrote several '' tra ...

becomes vice-maitre-de-chapelle of the Chapelle Royale at Versailles. *In a staged quarrel,

Francesco Maria Veracini Francesco Maria Veracini (1 February 1690 – 31 October 1768) was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his sets of violin sonatas. As a composer, according to Manfred Bukofzer, "His individual, if not subjective, style has ...

comes into conflict with

Johann David Heinichen Johann David Heinichen (17 April 1683 – 16 July 1729) was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus II the Strong in Dresden. After he died, Heinichen's music attracted little a ...

and the singer

Senesino Francesco Bernardi (; 31 October 1686 – 27 November 1758), known as Senesino ( or traditionally ), was a celebrated Italian contralto castrato, particularly remembered today for his long collaboration with the composer George Frideric Handel ...

, ending with his leaping from a third storey window. He will walk with a limp for the rest of his life. *

Johann Friedrich Fasch Johann Friedrich Fasch (15 April 1688 – 5 December 1758) was a German violinist and composer. Much of his music is in the Baroque-Classical transitional style known as galant. Life Fasch was born in the town of Buttelstedt, 11 km north o ...

is appointed

Kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

at Zerbst, where he will remain for the rest of his life. * Johann Sebastian Bach produces the first of his Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach. *

Jean-Philippe Rameau Jean-Philippe Rameau (; – ) was a French composer and music theory, music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of Fr ...

publishes the

Traité de l'harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels ''Traité de l'harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels'' (Treatise on Harmony reduced to its natural principles) is a music treatise written by Jean-Philippe Rameau. It was first published in Paris in 1722 in music, 1722 by Jean-Baptiste-Chr ...

Classical music

– Concertos à cinque, Op. 9 (published) * Johann Sebastian Bach **''

Das wohltemperierte Klavier ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'', Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, BWV 846–893, consists of two sets of Prelude and fugue, preludes and fugues in Music written in all major and/or minor keys, all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian B ...

'', vol 1 * Giovanni Bononcini – ''Divertimenti da camera'' *

François Couperin François Couperin (; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as ''Couperin le Grand'' ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented ...

– ''Pièces de clavecin'', Book 3 * Jan Dismas Zelenka – Trio Sonatas (6) for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo

Opera

Carlo Arrigoni Carlo Arrigoni (6 December 1697 – 19 August 1744) was an Italian composer and musician who was active in several countries during the first half of the 18th century. Life and work Arrigoni was born in Florence. Little is known of his early yea ...

– ''La vedova'' *

Baldassare Galuppi Baldassare Galuppi (18 October 17063 January 1785) was an Italian composer, born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Republic. He belonged to a generation of composers, including Johann Adolph Hasse, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and C. ...

– ''La fede nell'incostanza ossia gli amici rivali'' * Nicola Porpora – ''Gli Orti Esperidi'' (libretto by Metastasio) * Leonardo Vinci – ''Le Zite 'n Calera'' * Giovanni Bononcini - ''Griselda''

Births

* January 18 –

Antonio Rodríguez de Hita Antonio Rodríguez de Hita (18 January 1722 – 21 February 1787) was a Spanish composer. Life Rodríguez was born at Valverde de Alcalá. He became ''maestro de capilla'' at Palencia Cathedral (c.1740-c.1757) and at the Royal Convent of La Encar ...

, composer (d. 1787) * January 28 –

Johann Ernst Bach II Johann Ernst Bach (28 January 1722 – 1 September 1777) was a German composer of the Classical Period. He was the son of Johann Bernhard Bach. Life Johann Ernst Bach, the son of Johann Bernhard Bach, was born in Eisenach and baptized on Janua ...

, composer (d. 1777) * June 30 –

Jiří Antonín Benda Georg Anton Benda ( cz, Jiří Antonín Benda, italic=no, link=no; 30 June 17226 November 1795) was a composer, violinist and Kapellmeister of the Classical period (music), classical period from the Kingdom of Bohemia. Biography Born into a Bend ...

, composer (d. 1795) *

October 2 Events Pre-1600 * 829 – Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor. * 939 – Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and ot ...

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Leopold Widhalm Martin Leopold Widhalm (October 2, 1722 – June 10, 1776) was an Austrian luthier. Born in Horn, Austria, he worked on many old Bologna lutes that inspired his later work in his manufacture of lutes, violins and cello, violoncellos in Nurembe ...

, luthier * December 3 –

Hryhorii Skovoroda Hryhorii Skovoroda, also Gregory Skovoroda or Grigory Skovoroda ( la, Gregorius Scovoroda; uk, Григорій Савич Сковорода, ''Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda''; russian: Григо́рий Са́ввич Сковорода́, ...

, poet, philosopher and composer (d. 1794) *''probable'' – Francis Hutcheson, songwriter (died 1773)

Deaths

* April 16 –

Johann Jacob Bach Johann Jacob Bach (or Johann Jakob) (baptised – 16 April 1722) was a German musician, composer and an older brother of Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach is thought to have been born in Eisenach. After his studies at the Latin school there, he be ...

, musician and composer (b. 1682) *

June 5 Events Pre-1600 *1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...

– Johann Kuhnau, composer (born 1660) * July 11 – Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, violinist and composer (b. 1663) * November 24 –

Johann Adam Reincken Johann Adam Reincken (also ''Jan Adams, Jean Adam'', ''Reinken, Reinkinck, Reincke, Reinicke, Reinike''; Baptism, baptized 10 December 1643 – 24 November 1722) was a Dutch/German organist and composer. He was one of the most important composers ...

, organist (born 1623) *''date unknown'' –

Antonio Tarsia Antonio Tarsia (1662–1739) was an Italian sculptor.European works of art in the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum 1966 "Antonio Tarsia was a prominent Venetian sculptor who produced many works for Venetian churches." He was born in Venice. Tar ...

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