1686 in music

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See also: 1685 in music, other events of 1686, 1687 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

• Alessandro Scarlatti establishes the "Italian overture" form of opera.

[edit] Published popular music

[edit] Classical music

• Henry Purcell - Ye Tuneful Muses
• Giuseppe Torelli - 10 Sonate a 3, with Basso Continuo, op. 1

[edit] Opera

• Jean-Baptiste Lully - Armide
• Alessandro Scarlatti - Olimpia vendicata

[edit] Births

• July 31 (or August 1) - Benedetto Marcello, composer (died 1739)
• August 19 - Nicola Porpora, composer (died 1768)

[edit] Deaths

• date unknown - John Playford, music publisher (born 1623)