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 five concerti grossi and one ripieno concerto presented to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Capriccio in E major, BWV 993 Giovanni Bononcini – Cantate e Duetti Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco – 6 Concerti à più istrumenti, Op. 5 Christoph Graupner – Sonata in G minor, GWV 724 George Frideric Handel Crudel tiranno amor, HWV 97 Keyboard Sonatina in G minor, HWV 583 Pietro Locatelli – 12 Concerti grossi à 4 e à 5, Op. 1 (including concerto in F minor "Christmas Concerto") Jean-Philippe Rameau – Orphée, RCT 27 Valentin Rathgeber – Octava musica clavium octo musicarum, R 295 Georg Philipp Telemann Ich halte aber dafür, TWV 1:840 Ich hoffe darauf daß du so gnädig bist, TWV 1:847 Francesco Maria Veracini – 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 1 Silvius Leopold Weiss – Tombeau sur la mort de M. Comte de Logy arrivée, WSW 20 Opera Filippo Amadei, Giovanni Bononcini & George Frideric Handel – Muzio Scevola Giovanni Bononcini – Crispo George Frideric Handel – Floridante, HWV 14 Michel Richard de Lalande – Les élémens, S.153 (composed with André Cardinal Destouches) Giuseppe Maria Orlandini – Nerone Nicola Porpora Eumene Gli orti esperidi Alessandro Scarlatti – La Griselda Georg Philipp Telemann – Der Geduldige Socrates Antonio Vivaldi – La Silvia, RV 734 Theoretical Writings Alexander Malcolm – A Treatise of Musick Johann Mattheson – Das forschende Orchestre Franz Xaver Murschhauser – Academia Musico-Poetica Bipartita Thomas Walter – The Grounds and Rules of Musick Explained Births April 1 – Pieter Hellendaal, organist, violinist and composer (died 1799) April 7 – Matthias Vanden Gheyn, composer (died 1785) 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) 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) 18th century in music