1683 in music

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The year 1683 in music involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Classical music 4 Opera 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 References

[edit] Events

• Henry Purcell becomes organ maker and keeper of the king’s instruments at the Chapel Royal.

[edit] Published popular music

[edit] Classical music

• Michel Richard Delalande - De profundis, a grand motet, first performed in September, in the Saint Denis Basilica (burial site of French monarchs), for the repose of the soul of Queen Marie-Therèse^[1]
• Henry Purcell - first set of sonatas for two violins, bass, and basso continuo

[edit] Opera

• John Blow - Venus and Adonis
• Domenico Gabrielli - Il Gige in Lidia
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor - Der thöreichte Schaffer
• Jean-Baptiste Lully - Phaëton
• Alessandro Scarlatti - Pompeo

[edit] Births

• January 6 - François de La Croix, composer
• January 14 - Gottfried Silbermann, German constructor of keyboard instruments (died 1753)
• September 25 - Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer (died 1764)
• date unknown - Christoph Graupner, composer (died 1760)
• date unknown - Johann David Heinichen, composer and music theorist (died 1729)

[edit] Deaths

• July - Alessandro Poglietti, organist and composer
• date unknown
  • Solomon Eccles, composer
  • John Hingeston, organist, violist and composer

[edit] References

1. ^ Palisca, Claude V. [1968] (1991). Baroque Music, 3rd, Prentice Hall History of Music, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 284. ISBN 0-13-058496-7.