1726 in music
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The year 1726 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- October 26 - Women are allowed to be employed at the Kungliga Hovkapellet in Sweden.
- The Academy of Ancient Music (formerly the Academy of Vocal Music) is founded in London.
- George Frideric Handel becomes a British subject.
- Johann Sebastian Bach copies and performs 18 church cantatas written by his cousin, Johann Ludwig Bach.
Classical music
Opera
- Francisco Antonio de Almeida - La Giuditta
- Tomaso Albinoni – La Statira
- Pietro Auletta – La Carlotta
- Francesco Ciampi – Lucio Vero
- Giovanni Battista Martini – Azione teatrale
- Nicola Porpora – Imeneo in Atene
- Antonio Vivaldi – Cunegonda
Published popular music
- "Sally in Our Alley" w.m. Henry Carey. The music played today is an earlier traditional tune.
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 (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)
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