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Overview of the events of 1700 in music
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The year
1700 in music
involved some significant events.
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Events
Published popular music
Classical music
Opera
Publications
Births
Deaths
References
Events
John Eccles
is appointed
Master of the King's Musick
.
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.
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Classical music
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
–
Sinfonie e concerti op. 2
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in D minor
, BWV 549a
Christ, der du bist der helle Tag
, BWV 766
John Blow
–
Amphion Anglicus
Jacques Boyvin
–
Livre d'orgue II
Sébastien de Brossard
–
O miraculum!
, SdB.006
Antonio Caldara
La frode della castità
Il trionfo dell'innocenza
Choice Collection of Ayres for the Harpsichord or Spinnet
by
John Blow
,
Jeremiah Clarke
, Francis Piggott,
John Barrett
and William Croft
Jeremiah Clarke
–
Prince of Denmark's March
(approximate date)
Arcangelo Corelli
–
XII Suonati a violino e violone o cimbalo
(Op. 5), published in
Rome
John Eccles
–
The Mad Lover
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
–
Musicalischer Parnassus
Godfrey Keller
The Royal Trumpett-Suite
8 Trio Sonatas
Johann Kuhnau
–
Musicalische Vorstellung einiger biblischer Historien
(
Biblical sonatas
), published in
Leipzig
Johann Sigismund Kusser
6 Overture Suites 'Apollon Enjoué'
6 Overture Suites 'Festin des Muses'
Isabella Leonarda
–
Motetti a voce sola con istromenti
, Op.20
Alessandro Scarlatti
–
Il rosignolo se scioglie il volo
, H.318
Opera
Carlo Agostino Badia
–
La costanza d'Ulisse
André Campra
–
Hésione
John Eccles
–
The Judgment of Paris
Alessandro Scarlatti
–
Eracles
Publications
Jacques Boyvin
–
Traité abrégé de l'accompagnement
Johann Kuhnau
–
Der musicalische Quack-Salber
Friedrich Erhardt Niedt
–
Musicalische Handleitung
Births
January 14
–
Picander
, librettist for
Johann Sebastian Bach
(died
1764
)
March 13
–
Michel Blavet
, flautist (died
1768
)
April 2
–
Francesca Cuzzoni
, opera singer (died
1770
)
probable
Sebastian Bodinus
, composer (d. 1759)
Jean-Baptiste Masse
, cellist and composer (died c.
1757
)
Deaths
January 16
–
Antonio Draghi
, opera composer (born c.1634)
February 8
–
Filippo Acciaiuoli
, opera composer, librettist and manager (born 1637)
June 6
–
Wespazjan Kochowski
, historian, poet and writer (born 1633)
probable
August Kühnel
, viola da gamba player and composer (b. 1645)
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe
, violist and composer (born c.1640)
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