1700 in music

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See also: 1699 in music, other events of 1700, 1701 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

• William Croft returns to the Chapel Royal, where he had been educated, as a "gentleman organist".
• William Corbett becomes director of the New Theatre at Lincoln's Inn Fields.
• Johann Sebastian Bach becomes a chorister at St. Michael's Church, Lüneburg.
• Tomaso Albinoni is employed as a violinist by Fernando Carlo, Duke of Mantua.
• An inventory of musical instruments kept by Prince Ferdinando de Medici provides the first evidence for the existence of the pianoforte.

[edit] Published popular music

[edit] Classical music

• John Blow - Ode for New Year's Day
• Choice Collection of Ayres for the Harpsichord or Spinnet by John Blow, Jeremiah Clarke, Francis Piggott, John Barrett and William Croft
• Arcangelo Corelli - 12 Sonatas for Violin and continuo
• Godfrey Keller - The Royal Trumpett-Suite
• Antonio Caldara Maddalena ai piedi di Christo
• Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni sinfonie e concerti op. 2

[edit] Opera

• Carlo Agostino Badia - La costanza d'Ulisse
• Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas
• Alessandro Scarlatti - Eracles

[edit] Births

• January 14 - Picander, librettist for Johann Sebastian Bach (died 1764)
• March 13 - Michel Blavet, flautist (died 1768)
• unknown date - Francesca Cuzzoni, opera singer (died 1770)
• probable - Jean-Baptiste Masse, cellist and composer (died c.1757)

[edit] Deaths

• January 16 - Antonio Draghi, opera composer (born c.1634)