1698 in music

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See also: 1697 in music, other events of 1698, 1699 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

• Henry Purcell's widow publishes the first volume of Orpheus Britannicus.
• Antonio Stradivari makes the "Cabriac" violin.

[edit] Published popular music

[edit] Classical music

• Giuseppe Torelli - Concerti musicali a quattro op.6

[edit] Opera

• Richard Leveridge - The Island Princess
• Luigi Manza - Tito Manlio; Partenope

[edit] Births

• January 13 - Metastasio, poet and lyricist (died 1782)
• date unknown - Antonio Bioni, composer (died 1739)
• probable - Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer (died 1775)

[edit] Deaths

• date unknown - Thomas Connellan, composer and harpist (born c.1640)