1725 in music

See also: 1724 in music, other events of 1725, 1726 in music, list of years in music.

Events

• Giovanni Battista Pergolesi goes to Naples to study under Gaetano Greco. Domenico Scarlatti is also in Naples at this time.

Classical music

• Trio Sonata in D minor – George Frideric Handel
• Sonatas for Flute and Strings: no 1 in D major – Alessandro Scarlatti
• Twelve Concerti, Op 8 (including The Four Seasons) – Antonio Vivaldi

Opera

• Pimpinone – Georg Philipp Telemann
• Rodelinda – George Frideric Handel

Musical theater

Births

• probable – Joaquim Joze Antunes, harpsichord maker

Deaths

• October 24 – Alessandro Scarlatti, opera composer, father of Domenico
• probable – Christian Ritter, composer