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The year 1718 in music involved some significant events.
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Events
- Antonio Vivaldi tours Italy.
- Handel succeeds Johann Christoph Pepusch as Kapellmeister to the Duke of Chandos.
- Johann Joachim Quantz settles in Dresden.
Classical music
- William Babell - The Harpsichord Master Improved
- George Frideric Handel - Esther (oratorio)
- Francesco Manfredini - Concerti grossi, Op. 3: no 12 in C major "Christmas Concerto"
Opera
- Thomas Bertin de la Doué - Le Jugement de Paris
- Antonio Maria Bononcini - Astianatte and Griselda
- George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea
- Nicola Porpora - Berenice regina d'Egitto
- Alessandro Scarlatti
- Il trionfo dell'onore
- Telemaco
- Antonio Vivaldi - Scanderbeg
Births
- exact date unknown - Carl Heinrich Biber, composer and son of Heinrich Franz Biber
Deaths
- November 26 - Bernardo Sabadini, opera composer
