1726 in music

none 1726 music The year 1726 in music involved some significant events. Events January 20 – J. S. Bach leads the first performance of his cantata de Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen (My sighs, my tears), BWV 13, for the second Sunday after Epiphany. https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000015?lang=en Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen BWV 13; BC A 34 Bach Digital 2026 18 January 2026 In the course of the year, he also copies and performs 18 church cantatas written by his cousin, Johann Ludwig Bach. February 1 – The Academy of Ancient Music (formerly the Academy of Vocal Music) is founded in London.Steffani, Agostino 25 869–870 May 5 – French dancer Marie de Camargo makes her debut at the Paris Opera Ballet in Les Caractères de la Danse.Camargo, Marie Anne de Cupis de Classical music William Babell – 6 Concertos in 7 Parts, Op. 3 Johann Ludwig Bach – Ja, mir hast du Arbeit gemacht, JLB 5 Johann Sebastian Bach Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, BWV 13 Es erhub sich ein Streit, BWV 19 Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen, BWV 32 Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35 Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39 Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, BWV 43 Ich geh' und suche mit Verlangen, BWV 49 Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht, BWV 52 Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden, BWV 88 Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 98 Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben, BWV 102 Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170 Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV 228 6 Partitas, BWV 825–830, Nos. 1 and 2 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier Trio Sonatas, Op. 12 6 Sonatas for 2 Bassoons, Op. 14 Antonio Caldara – Gioseffo che interpreta i sogni François Couperin L'Apothéose de Corelli Les Nations Henri Desmarets – Adorate eum omnes angeli ejus Andre Cardinal Destouches – Les Stratagèmes de l'amour (Ballet) Francesco Geminiani – 12 Concerti Grossi after Corelli's Violin Sonatas Benedetto Marcello – Estro poetico-armonico (expanded the 1724 version) Nicola Porpora – Imeneo in Atene (Serenade) Domenico Scarlatti - Fugue du chat Giovanni Battista Somis – 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 4 Antonio Vivaldi – La Sena festeggiante, RV 693 Jan Dismas Zelenka Missa Paschalis, ZWV 7 Missa Nativitatis Domini, ZWV 8 Nisi Dominus, ZWV 92 Opera Francisco Antonio de Almeida – La Giuditta Tomaso Albinoni – La Statira Pietro Auletta – La Carlotta Francesco Ciampi – Lucio Vero François Francoeur and François Rebel – Pirame et Thisbé George Frideric Handel Alessandro, HWV 21 Publio Cornelio Scipione, HWV 20 Johann Adolph Hasse – Astarto Giovanni Battista Martini – Azione teatrale Nicola Porpora – Meride e Selinunte Domenico Sarro – Valdemaro Georg Caspar Schürmann - Ludovicus Pius Georg Philipp Telemann – Orpheus oder Die wunderbare Beständigkeit der Liebe, Premiered Mar. 9 in Hamburg Leonardo Vinci Didone abbandonata L'Ernelinda Gismondo, re di Polonia Siroe, re di Persia Antonio Vivaldi Cunegonda Dorilla in Tempe, RV 709 La fede tradita e vendicata, RV 712 Published popular music "Sally in Our Alley (song)" w.m. Henry Carey. The music played today is an earlier traditional tune. Theoretical publications Jakob Adlung – Musica mechanica organoedi Jean-Philippe Rameau – Nouveau système de musique théorique Births March – Joseph Anton Steffan, harpsichordist and composer (died 1797) April 12 – Charles Burney, music historian (died 1814) August 26 – 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) Deaths January 2 – Domenico Zipoli, composer and Jesuit missionary (born 1688) May 13 – Francesco Antonio Pistocchi, singer, composer and librettist (born 1659) June 18 – Michel Richard Delalande, composer (born 1657) July 8 – Antonio Maria Bononcini, cellist and composer (born 1677) References Category:18th century in music Category:Music by year