1722 in music

The year 1722 in music involved some significant events.

Events

*Tomaso Albinoni becomes opera director to the Elector of Bavaria.
*André Campra becomes vice-maitre-de-chapelle of the Chapelle Royale at Versailles.
*In a staged quarrel, Francesco Maria Veracini comes into conflict with Johann David Heinichen and the singer Senesino, ending with his leaping from a third storey window. He will walk with a limp for the rest of his life.
*Johann Friedrich Fasch is appointed Kapellmeister at Zerbst, where he will remain for the rest of his life.

Classical music

*Tomaso Albinoni - "Concertos à cinque, Op. 9: no 2 for Oboe in D minor"
*Johann Sebastian Bach
**"Das wohltemperierte Klavier", vol 1
**"English" Suites"
*Giovanni Bononcini - "Divertimenti da camera"
*François Couperin - "Pièces de clavecin", Book 3
*Jan Dismas Zelenka - "Trio Sonatas (6) for 2 Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo"

Opera

*Carlo Arrigoni - "La vedova"
*Baldassare Galuppi - "La fede nell'incostanza ossia gli amici rivali"
*Nicola Porpora - "Gli Orti Esperidi" (libretto by Metastasio)
*Leonardo Vinci - "Le Zite 'n Calera"

Births

*June 20 - Georg Benda, composer
*October 2 - Leopold Widhalm, luthier
*"probable" - Francis Hutcheson (songwriter), songwriter (died 1773)

Deaths

*June 5 - Johann Kuhnau, composer (born 1660)
*November 22 - Johann Adam Reincken, organist (born 1623)