1702 in music
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Events
- Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
leaves LüneburgLüneburgLüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...
. - Georg Philipp TelemannGeorg Philipp TelemannGeorg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually...
becomes director of LeipzigLeipzigLeipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
opera, and founds Leipzig Collegium MusicumCollegium MusicumThe Collegium Musicum was one of several types of musical societies that arose in German and German-Swiss cities and towns during the Reformation and thrived into the mid-18th century...
. - 17-year-old George Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
succeeds his teacher Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow as organist at Halle. - Alessandro ScarlattiAlessandro ScarlattiAlessandro Scarlatti was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti.-Life:Scarlatti was born in...
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and seeks the patronage of Prince Ferdinando de' Medici.
Classical music
- Giovanni Henrico AlbicastroGiovanni Henrico AlbicastroGiovanni Henrico Albicastro was the pseudonym of Johann Heinrich von Weissenburg , a talented amateur musician who published his compositions pseudonymously. Albicastro came from the village of Bieswangen, near Pappenheim in central Bavaria, not far from the village of Weissenburg...
– Sonate a violino solo col basso continuo - Friedrich Nicolaus BraunsFriedrich Nicolaus BraunsFriedrich Nicolaus Brauns or Bruhns was a German composer and music director in Hamburg.Brauns was born in Lollfuß, Schleswig. In 1682 he succeeded Nicolaus Adam Strungk in charge of the Hamburger Ratsmusik, later also taking on the charge of St. Mary's Cathedral. He died in Hamburg...
- St John Passion (formerly attributed to Reinhard KeiserReinhard KeiserReinhard Keiser was a popular German opera composer based in Hamburg. He wrote over a hundred operas, and in 1745 Johann Adolph Scheibe considered him an equal to Johann Kuhnau, George Frideric Handel and Georg Philipp Telemann , but his work was largely forgotten for many...
) - Marc-Antoine CharpentierMarc-Antoine CharpentierMarc-Antoine Charpentier, , was a French composer of the Baroque era.Exceptionally prolific and versatile, he produced compositions of the highest quality in several genres...
– Judicium Salomonis, performed for the opening of the French parliament - Johann Caspar Ferdinand FischerJohann Caspar Ferdinand FischerJohann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer was a German Baroque composer...
– Ariadne musicaAriadne musicaAriadne musica is a collection of organ music by Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, first published in 1702. The main part of the collection is a cycle of 20 preludes and fugues in different keys, so Ariadne musica is considered an important precursor to Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier,... - Francesco ScarlattiFrancesco ScarlattiFrancesco Scarlatti was an Italian Baroque composer and musician and brother of the better known Alessandro Scarlatti....
– Psalm 110 (Dixit dominus) - Francisco VallsFrancisco VallsFrancisco Valls was a Spanish composer, theorist and maestro de capilla. Among his most known works are the mass Missa Scala Aretina and tract Mapa Armónico Práctico.-Life:...
– Missa Scala Aretina
Opera
- François BouvardFrançois BouvardFrançois Bouvard was a French composer of the Baroque era. Originally from Lyon, Bouvard began his career as a singer at the Paris Opéra at the age of sixteen. When the quality of his voice deteriorated, he went to study in Rome and devoted himself to playing the violin and composition...
– Médus - André CampraAndré CampraAndré Campra was a French composer and conductor.Campra was one of the leading French opera composers in the period between Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau. He wrote several tragédies en musique, but his chief claim to fame is as the creator of a new genre, opéra-ballet...
– Tancrède - Pietro Torri – Torneo
Births
- January 6 – Jose de NebraJosé de NebraJosé Melchor Baltasar Gaspar Nebra Blasco was a Spanish composer.José de Nebra was born in Calatayud and was taught by his father, José Antonio Nebra Mezquita , organist and master of choirboys at the Cathedral of Cuenca 1711-1729...
, composer (died 1768) - February 7 – Carl August ThieloCarl August ThieloCarl August Thielo was a Danish composer.-External links:...
, composer (died 1763) - February 10 – Jean-Pierre Guignon, composer
- February 27 – Johann Valentin GörnerJohann Valentin GörnerJohann Valentin Görner was a German composer. His brother was the organist Johann Gottlieb Görner.-External links:...
, composer (died 1762) - March 27 – Johann Ernst EberlinJohann Ernst EberlinJohann Ernst Eberlin was a German composer and organist whose works bridge the baroque and classical eras. He was a prolific composer, chiefly of church organ and choral music...
, composer (died 1762) - July 22 – Allessandro BesozziAllessandro BesozziAlessandro Besozzi was an Italian composer and virtuoso oboist.He lived at the court of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia in Turin and played concerts in various European cities with his brothers Antonio and Girolamo. He wrote many concertos, but only one of them was published in his lifetime...
, oboist and composer (died 1775) - date unknown – Antoine GilisAntoine GilisAntoine François Gilis was an 18th-century French musician and composer who composed mainly for the piano and violin. He believed that "above all, the student who starts out learning the piano, should have fun.". To accomplish this, his study pieces are very melodic and increase slowly in...
, composer (died 1781)
Deaths
- May 5 – Jacob Hintze, composer
- July 6 – Nicolas LebègueNicolas LebègueNicolas Lebègue was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was born in Laon and in 1650s settled in Paris, quickly establishing himself as one of the best organists of the country. He lived and worked in Paris until his death, but frequently made trips to other cities to...
, French harpsichordist, composer and organist (born 1632) - July 16 – Étienne LouliéÉtienne LouliéÉtienne Loulié , was a musician, pedagogue and musical theorist.-Life:Born into a family of Parisian sword-finishers, Loulié learned both musical practice...
, musician, pedagogue and musical theorist (born 1654) - September 17 – Olaus RudbeckOlaus RudbeckOlaus Rudbeck was a Swedish scientist and writer, professor of medicine at Uppsala University and for several periods rector magnificus of the same university...
, composer (born 1630) - November 4 – Thomas Eisenhut, composer