1696 in music

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The year 1696 in music involved some significant events.

Events

Giacomo Antonio Perti becomes maestro di cappella to S Petronio, Bologna, where he remains for the rest of his life.
Francesco Antonio Pistocchi becomes maestro di cappella to the Duke of Ansbach.

Henrico Albicastro – Il giardino armonico sacro-profano
John Blow – Ode on the Death of Purcell
Dieterich Buxtehude – VII suonate, op. 2
Johann Kuhnau – Frische Klavierfrüchte
Franz Xaver Murschhauser – Octi-tonium novum organicum, octo tonis ecclesiasticis, ad Psalmos, & magnificat
Johann Paul von Westhoff – Six partitas for solo violin

February 10 – Johann Melchior Molter, violinist and composer (died 1765)
February 17 – Ernst Gottlieb Baron, lutenist and composer (died 1760)
May 23 – Johann Caspar Vogler, organist and composer (died 1763)
August 12 – Maurice Greene, composer (died 1725)
November 11 - Andrea Zani, violinist and composer (died 1757)
December 25 - Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar, amateur composer (died 1715)
date unknown - Pierre Février, organist, harpsichordist and composer (died 1760)