1700 in music
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The year 1700 in music involved some significant events.
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[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 - XII Suonati a violino e violone o cimbalo (Op. 5), published in Rome
- Godfrey Keller - The Royal Trumpett-Suite
- Antonio Caldara Maddalena ai piedi di Christo
- Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni sinfonie e concerti op. 2
[edit] Opera
The following operas were composed:
- Carlo Agostino Badia - La costanza d'Ulisse
- Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas
- Alessandro Scarlatti - Eracles
[edit] Publications
- Jacques Boyvin - Traité abrégé de l'accompagnement
[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)
- June 6 - Wespazjan Kochowski, historian, poet and musician (born 1633)
