1680 in music

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See also: 1679 in music, other events of 1680, 1681 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

• Arcangelo Corelli begins his friendship with Cristiano Farinelli.
• Antonio Stradivari sets up his own business in Cremona.
• John Blow is forced out of his job as organist at Westminster Abbey, to make room for Henry Purcell.
• Georg Muffat goes to Italy to study organ with Bernardo Pasquini.

[edit] Published popular music

[edit] Classical music

[edit] Opera

• Antonio Sartorio - La Flora
• Alessandro Scarlatti - L’Honestà negli amori

[edit] Births

• date unknown - François Campion, guitarist and composer
• November 18 (baptised) - Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer (died 1730)

[edit] Deaths

• May 31 - Joachim Neander, hymn-writer
• September 10 - Baldassare Ferri, castrato singer (born 1610)
• October 13 - François Roberday, organist and composer
• December 10 - Marco Uccellini, violinist and composer
• date unknown - Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, violinist (born 1623)