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The year 1721 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• 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 3 concerti grossi and 3 ripieno concerti
• Pietro Locatelli - Concerti grossi (12), Op. 1: no 8 in F minor "Christmas Concerto"

Opera

• Filippo Amadei, Giovanni Bononcini & George Frideric Handel - Muzio Scevola
• Nicola Porpora - Eumene
• Alessandro Scarlatti - La Griselda
• Georg Philipp Telemann - Der Geduldige Socrates
• Antonio Vivaldi - La Silvia'

Births

• April 1 - Pieter Hellendaal, organist, violinist and composer (died 1799)
• December 9 - Peter Pelham, organist, harpsichordist and composer (d. 1805)
• date unknown
  • Barbara Campanini, dancer
  • Mathias van den Gheyn, composer (died 1785)

Deaths

• date unknown
  • Johann Christoph Bach, organist, elder brother of Johann Sebastian (born 1642)
  • Jacques Paisible, recorder virtuoso and composer (born c. 1656)