1699 in music

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

[edit] Events

• John Blow is appointed composer to the Chapel Royal.
• Antonio Caldara settles in Mantua.
• Domenico Scarlatti arrives at the court of exiled Polish queen, Maria Casimira, in Rome.

[edit] Published popular music

[edit] Classical music

• Trio Sonata, op. 2 - Antonio Caldara
• Premier livre d’orgue - Nicolas de Grigny
• Ode for St Cecilia's Day - Daniel Purcell

[edit] Opera

• Francesco Gasparini - Mirena e Floro
• Johann Mattheson - Die Plejades
• Antonio Quintavalle, Antonio Caldara & Antonio Pollarolo - L'oracolo in sogno

[edit] Births

• March 25 - Johann Adolph Hasse, composer (died 1783)
• November 13 - Jan Zach, violinist, organist and composer (died 1773)

[edit] Deaths

• date unknown - Giovanni Francesco Grossi, singer, murdered by a jealous husband
• date unknown - Jean Rousseau, viol player and composer (born 1644)