1680 in music

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The year 1680 in music involved some significant events.

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.
Johann Philipp Krieger becomes Kapellmeister of the court at Weissenfels.

March - Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, violinist (born 1623)
May 31 – Joachim Neander, hymn-writer (b. 1650)
September 10 – Baldassare Ferri, castrato singer (born 1610)
October 13
- Lelio Colista, composer and lutenist (b. 1629)
- François Roberday, organist and composer (b. 1624)
December 10 – Marco Uccellini, violinist and composer
December 30 - Antonio Sartorio, composer (born 1630)
date unknown
- Kancherla Gopanna, composer of Carnatic music (born c.1620)
- Maria Francesca Nascinbeni, composer (born c.1640)

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