1690 in music

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See also: 1689 in music, other events of 1690, 1691 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents 1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Classical music 4 Opera 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Invention of the clarinet.
• Georg Muffat becomes kapellmeister to the Bishop of Passau.

[edit] Published popular music

[edit] Classical music

• Henry Purcell - music for The Tempest

[edit] Opera

• Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Le Jugement de Paris
• Alessandro Scarlatti - La Rosaura

[edit] Births

• February 1 - Francesco Maria Veracini, violinist and composer (died 1768)
• date unknown - Johann Tobias Krebs, organist and composer (died 1762)
• probable - Senesino, castrato singer (died 1756)

[edit] Deaths

• May 27 - Giovanni Legrenzi, composer (born 1626)