1725 in music

• Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
  Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
  Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was an Italian composer, violinist and organist.-Biography:Born at Jesi, Pergolesi studied music there under a local musician, Francesco Santini, before going to Naples in 1725, where he studied under Gaetano Greco and Francesco Feo among others...
  
   goes to Naples
  Naples
  Naples in Italy, is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture, architecture, music and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old...
  
   to study under Gaetano Greco. Domenico Scarlatti
  Domenico Scarlatti
  Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. He is classified as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style...
  
   is also in Naples at this time.
• Nineteen-year-old Giovanni Battista Martini
  Giovanni Battista Martini
  Giovanni Battista Martini, also known as Padre Martini was an Italian musician.-Biography:Martini was born at Bologna....
  
   is appointed chapel-master of the Franciscan church at Bologna'

• George Frideric Handel
  George Frideric Handel
  George Frideric Handel was a German-English Baroque composer, who is famous for his operas, oratorios, and concerti grossi. His life and music may justly be described as "cosmopolitan": he was born in Germany, trained in Italy, and spent most of his life in England...
  
   - Trio Sonata in D minor
• Alessandro Scarlatti
  Alessandro Scarlatti
  Alessandro 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...
  
   - Sonatas for Flute and Strings: no 1 in D major
• Antonio Vivaldi
  Antonio Vivaldi
  Antonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed il Prete Rosso , was a baroque composer and Venetian priest, as well as a famous virtuoso violinist, born and raised in the Republic of Venice...
  
   - Twelve Concerti, Op 8

• George Frideric Handel
  George Frideric Handel
  George Frideric Handel was a German-English Baroque composer, who is famous for his operas, oratorios, and concerti grossi. His life and music may justly be described as "cosmopolitan": he was born in Germany, trained in Italy, and spent most of his life in England...
  
   - Rodelinda
  Rodelinda
  Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. It was based on a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, in turn based on an earlier libretto by Antonio Salvi...
  
  
• Georg Philipp Telemann
  Georg Philipp Telemann
  Georg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque music composer and multi-instrumentalist, born in Magdeburg. Self-taught in music, he studied law at the University of Leipzig...
  
   - Pimpinone

• July 24 - John Newton
  John Newton
  John Henry Newton was an English Anglican clergyman and former slave-ship captain. He was the author of many hymns, including Amazing Grace.-Early life:...
  
  , clergyman and songwriter ("Amazing Grace") (died 1807)
• November 8 - Johann George Tromlitz
  Johann George Tromlitz
  Johann George Tromlitz was a flautist born at Reinsdorf, near Artern, Germany.-External links:*...
  
  , flautist (died 1805)
• probable - Joaquim Joze Antunes, harpsichord maker (died c.1790)

• February 7 - Johann Philipp Krieger, composer (born 1649)
• October 1 - Giovanni Battista Bassani
  Giovanni Battista Bassani
  Giovanni Battista Bassani , was an Italian composer, violinist, and organist.Battista was born in Padua. It is thought that he studied in Venice under Daniele Castrovillari and in Ferrara under Giovanni Legrenzi. Charles Burney and John Hawkins claimed he taught Arcangelo Corelli, but there is no...
  
  , composer, violinist and organist (born c.

Events

• Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
  Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
  Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was an Italian composer, violinist and organist.-Biography:Born at Jesi, Pergolesi studied music there under a local musician, Francesco Santini, before going to Naples in 1725, where he studied under Gaetano Greco and Francesco Feo among others...
  
   goes to Naples
  Naples
  Naples in Italy, is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture, architecture, music and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old...
  
   to study under Gaetano Greco. Domenico Scarlatti
  Domenico Scarlatti
  Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. He is classified as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style...
  
   is also in Naples at this time.
• Nineteen-year-old Giovanni Battista Martini
  Giovanni Battista Martini
  Giovanni Battista Martini, also known as Padre Martini was an Italian musician.-Biography:Martini was born at Bologna....
  
   is appointed chapel-master of the Franciscan church at Bologna'

Classical music

• George Frideric Handel
  George Frideric Handel
  George Frideric Handel was a German-English Baroque composer, who is famous for his operas, oratorios, and concerti grossi. His life and music may justly be described as "cosmopolitan": he was born in Germany, trained in Italy, and spent most of his life in England...
  
   - Trio Sonata in D minor
• Alessandro Scarlatti
  Alessandro Scarlatti
  Alessandro 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...
  
   - Sonatas for Flute and Strings: no 1 in D major
• Antonio Vivaldi
  Antonio Vivaldi
  Antonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed il Prete Rosso , was a baroque composer and Venetian priest, as well as a famous virtuoso violinist, born and raised in the Republic of Venice...
  
   - Twelve Concerti, Op 8

Opera

• George Frideric Handel
  George Frideric Handel
  George Frideric Handel was a German-English Baroque composer, who is famous for his operas, oratorios, and concerti grossi. His life and music may justly be described as "cosmopolitan": he was born in Germany, trained in Italy, and spent most of his life in England...
  
   - Rodelinda
  Rodelinda
  Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. It was based on a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, in turn based on an earlier libretto by Antonio Salvi...
  
  
• Georg Philipp Telemann
  Georg Philipp Telemann
  Georg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque music composer and multi-instrumentalist, born in Magdeburg. Self-taught in music, he studied law at the University of Leipzig...
  
   - Pimpinone

Births

• July 24 - John Newton
  John Newton
  John Henry Newton was an English Anglican clergyman and former slave-ship captain. He was the author of many hymns, including Amazing Grace.-Early life:...
  
  , clergyman and songwriter ("Amazing Grace") (died 1807)
• November 8 - Johann George Tromlitz
  Johann George Tromlitz
  Johann George Tromlitz was a flautist born at Reinsdorf, near Artern, Germany.-External links:*...
  
  , flautist (died 1805)
• probable - Joaquim Joze Antunes, harpsichord maker (died c.1790)

Deaths

• February 7 - Johann Philipp Krieger, composer (born 1649)
• October 1 - Giovanni Battista Bassani
  Giovanni Battista Bassani
  Giovanni Battista Bassani , was an Italian composer, violinist, and organist.Battista was born in Padua. It is thought that he studied in Venice under Daniele Castrovillari and in Ferrara under Giovanni Legrenzi. Charles Burney and John Hawkins claimed he taught Arcangelo Corelli, but there is no...
  
  , composer, violinist and organist (born c. 1650)
• October 24 - Alessandro Scarlatti
  Alessandro Scarlatti
  Alessandro 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...
  
  , opera
  Opera
  Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
  
   composer, father of Domenico (born 1660)
• date unknown - Robert de Visée
  Robert de Visée
  Robert de Visée was a lutenist, guitarist, theorbist and viol player at the court of Louis XIV, as well as a singer, and composer for lute, theorbo and guitar.-Biography:...
  
  , lutenist (born c. 1650)
• probable - Christian Ritter, composer