1702 in music - Definition

See also: 1701 in music, other events of 1702, 1703 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• Johann Sebastian Bach leaves Lüneburg.
• Georg Philipp Telemann becomes director of Leipzig opera.
• George Frideric Handel becomes organist at Halle.
• Alessandro Scarlatti leaves Naples and seeks the patronage of Prince Ferdinando de' Medici.

Published popular music

Classical music

• Sonate a violino solo col basso continuo - Giovanni Henrico Albicastro

Opera

• Tancrède - André Campra

Births

• January 6 - Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer
• February 10 - Jean-Pierre Guignon, composer
• February 27 - Johann Valentin Gorner, composer
• March 25 - Christian Gottlieb Ziegler, composer
• March 27 - Johann Ernst Eberlin
• July 6 - Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer
• July 17 - Johann Schneider, composer
• September 6 - Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer

Deaths

• May 5 - Jacob Hintze, composer
• September 17 - Olof Rudbeck, composer
• November 4 - Thomas Eisenhut, composer