1687 in music

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See also: 1686 in music, other events of 1687, 1688 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

• During a performance of his own Te Deum, Lully injures his foot with the point of his cane; this results in death from gangrene a few weeks later.
• Jean-Nicolas Francine, Lully's son-in-law, becomes director of the Paris Opera.

[edit] Published popular music

[edit] Classical music

• John Blow - Ode for New Year's Day

[edit] Opera

• Giuseppe Fabrini - Lodovico

[edit] Births

• December 5 - Francesco Geminiani, composer (died 1762)
• December 26 - Johann Georg Pisendel, composer (died 1755)
• date unknown - Sylvius Leopold Weiss, lutenist and composer (died 1750)

[edit] Deaths

• March 22 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer (born 1632)
• date unknown - Giovanni Battista Granata, guitarist and composer (born c.1621)
• date unknown - Michael Wise, organist and composer (born 1648)