See also: 1729 in music, other events of 1730, 1731 in music, list of years in music.

Contents

1 Events 2 Classical music 3 Opera 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

• The Beggar's Opera by John Gay is so popular that a deck of playing cards based on the characters is printed.
• Antonio Vivaldi and his family arrive in Prague.

Classical music

• Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (cantata) - Johann Sebastian Bach

Opera

• Artaserse - Leonardo Vinci
• Ormisda - George Frideric Handel

Births

• February 23 - Christian Joseph Lidarti
• June 14 - Antonio Sacchini

Deaths

• May 27 - Leonardo Vinci
• June 19 - Jean-Baptiste Loeillet