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Events
- Antonio StradivariAntonio StradivariAntonio Stradivari was an Italian luthier and a crafter of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas, and harps. Stradivari is generally considered the most significant artisan in this field. The Latinized form of his surname, Stradivarius, as well as the colloquial, "Strad", is...
makes the "Castelbarco" cello. - Giuseppe TorelliGiuseppe TorelliGiuseppe Torelli was an Italian violist, violinist, teacher, and composer.Torelli is most remembered for his contributions to the development of the instrumental concerto Giuseppe Torelli (April 22, 1658 – February 8, 1709) was an Italian violist, violinist, teacher, and composer.Torelli is most...
arrives at the court of AnspachAnspachAnspach may refer to:In places:* Neu-Anspach, Hesse, Germany* The former name of Ansbach, Bavaria, GermanyIn people:* Henri Anspach , Belgian épée and foil fencer* Paul Anspach , Belgian épée and foil fencer...
. - Daniel PurcellDaniel PurcellDaniel Purcell was an English composer, the younger brother of Henry Purcell.As a teenager, Daniel Purcell joined the choir of the Chapel Royal, and in his mid-twenties he became organist of Magdalen College, Oxford. He began to compose while at Oxford, but in 1695 he moved to London to compose...
and Jeremiah ClarkeJeremiah ClarkeJeremiah Clarke was an English baroque composer and organist.Thought to have been born in London around 1674, Clarke was a pupil of John Blow at St Paul's Cathedral. He later became organist at the Chapel Royal...
collaborate on the music for Elkanah SettleElkanah SettleElkanah Settle was an English poet and playwright.He was born at Dunstable, and entered Trinity College, Oxford, in 1666, but left without taking a degree. His first tragedy, Cambyses, King of Persia, was produced at Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1667...
's play, World in the Moon. - The Opéra du Quai au FoinOpéra du Quai au FoinThe Opéra du Quai au Foin was the first public theatre in Brussels. Opened on 24 January 1682, it was abandoned in 1699 and turned into a warehouse.-History:...
in Brussels closes for the last time.
Classical music
- Johann KriegerJohann KriegerJohann Philipp Krieger was a German Baroque composer and organist. He was the elder brother of Johann Krieger.-Early years:...
- Sechs musicalische Partien - Henry PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
– 10 Trio Sonatas, published posthumously - Johann Christoph RotheJohann Christoph RotheJohann Christoph Rothe was a German baroque composer.According to Ernst Ludwig Gerber, the court organist at Sondershausen in the time of Rothe's sons and grandsons, Rothe was born in Rosswein, Meissen, where his father was kapellmeister in Roßwein and who gave him his early training...
- St Matthew Passion
Opera
- Hendrik Anders – Min- en wijn-strijd
- Antonio CaldaraAntonio CaldaraAntonio Caldara was an Italian Baroque composer.Caldara was born in Venice , the son of a violinist. He became a chorister at St Mark's in Venice, where he learned several instruments, probably under the instruction of Giovanni Legrenzi...
– La promessa sebata al primo - André CampraAndré CampraAndré Campra was a French composer and conductor.Campra was one of the leading French opera composers in the period between Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau. He wrote several tragédies en musique, but his chief claim to fame is as the creator of a new genre, opéra-ballet...
– L'Europe galante (opera-ballet) - Sebastiano Cherici – Ildegonda
- Henri DesmaretsHenri DesmaretsHenri Desmarets was a French composer of the Baroque period primarily known for his stage works, although he also composed sacred music as well as secular cantatas, songs and instrumental works....
– Venus et Adonis - Louis de Lacoste – Aricie
- Alessandro ScarlattiAlessandro ScarlattiAlessandro 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...
– La Caduta del Decemviri
Theoretical writings
- Johan Georg Ahlens musikalisches Sommer-Gespräche by Johann Georg AhleJohann Georg AhleJohann Georg Ahle was a German composer, organist, theorist, and Protestant church musician.-Biography:Ahle was born at Mühlhausen. His father was Johann Rudolph Ahle, who supplied him with early musical training. At the age of 23 he succeeded his late father at the post of organist at St. Balsius...
, on cadences, rhetorical figures, and modes. Second part of Ahle's Musikalische Gespräche series of treatises in form of dialogues.
Births
- January 30 – Johann Joachim QuantzJohann Joachim QuantzJohann Joachim Quantz was a German flutist, flute maker and composer.-Biography:Quantz was born in Oberscheden, near Göttingen, Germany, and died in Potsdam....
, flautist and composer (died 1773) - April 16 - Johann Gottlieb GörnerJohann Gottlieb GörnerJohann Gottlieb Görner was a German composer and organist. His brother was the composer Johann Valentin Görner and his son the organist Karl Friedrich Görner...
, organist and composer (died 1778) - April 26 - Adam FalckenhagenAdam FalckenhagenAdam Falckenhagen was a German lutenist and composer of the Baroque period.He was born in Groß-Dölzig, near Leipzig in Saxony, but spent the later part of his life in Bayreuth. He wrote tuneful music which is still played today on lute and guitar...
, lutenist and composer (died 1754) - May 10 – Jean-Marie LeclairJean-Marie LeclairJean-Marie Leclair l'aîné, also known as Jean-Marie Leclair the Elder, was a Baroque violinist and composer. He is considered to have founded the French violin school...
, violinist and composer (died 1764) - June 11 - Francesco Antonio VallottiFrancesco Antonio VallottiFrancesco Antonio Vallotti was an Italian composer, music theorist, and organist.- Life :He was born in Vercelli. He studied with G. A. Bissone at the church of St. Eusebius, and joined the Franciscan order in 1716. He was ordained as a priest in 1720. In 1722 he became an organist at St...
, organist, music theorist and composer (died 1780) - November 9 - Claudio CascioliniClaudio CascioliniClaudio Casciolini was an Italian composer. His compositions include a three-part Missa pro defunctis, eight-part Zacchee festinans descende and a Missa brevissima. From April 1726 until his death he sang bass at the church of San Lorenzo in Damaso where he may also have been maestro di...
, composer (died 1760) - December 5 - Giuseppe de MajoGiuseppe de MajoGiuseppe de Majo was an Italian composer and organist. He was the father of the composer Gian Francesco de Majo. His compositional output consists of 10 operas, an oratorio, a concerto for 2 violins, and a considerable amount of sacred music.-Life and career:Born in Naples, Majo spent most of his...
, organist and composer (died 1771)
Deaths
- January 4 - Amalia CatharinaAmalia CatharinaAmalia Catharina , Countess of Erbach, was a German poet and composer. She was born in Arolsen to Count Philipp Theodor von Waldeck and the Countess of Nassau. In 1664 she married Count Georg Ludwig von Erbach. She published a number of Pietist poems and songs in Hildburghausen in 1692. They were...
, Countess of Erbach, poet and composer (born 1640) - January 6 – Carlo MannelliCarlo MannelliCarlo Mannelli was an Italian violinist, castrato and composer.-Life:Mannelli spent major part of his life in Rome where he also worked during the opera performances and religious events. As a violinist nicknamed Carlo del Violino, he played the first violin in the most famous Roman musical...
, violinist, castrato and composer (born 1640) - March 23 - William ChildWilliam ChildWilliam Child was an English composer and organist.Born in Bristol, William Child was a chorister in the cathedral under the direction of Elway Bevin. In 1630 he began his lifetime association with St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, becoming first a lay-clerk and, from 1632, Master of the...
, organist and composer (born 1606) - March 29 – Nicolaus BruhnsNicolaus BruhnsNicolaus Bruhns was a German organist, violinist, and composer. He was one of the most prominent organists and composers of his generation.-Life:...
, organist and composer (born 1665) - May 29 – Giovanni Francesco GrossiGiovanni Francesco GrossiGiovanni Francesco Grossi , one of the greatest Italian singers of the age of bel canto, better known as Siface, was born at Pescia in Tuscany....
, singer (born 1653)