1683 in music

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The following events in the field of music occurred in the year 1683.

Events

  • Henry Purcell becomes organ maker and keeper of the king's instruments at the Chapel Royal.
  • Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers publishes his Dissertation sur le chant grégorien
  • Thomas D’Urfey publishes New Collection of Songs and Poems
  • Michel Richard Delalande appointed Chapel Master for Versailles by King Louis XIV

Classical music

  • Giovanni Battista Bassani – 12 sinfonie, Op. 5
  • Heinrich Biber – Fidicinium sacro-profanum
  • Dietrich Buxtehude
    • Canite Jesu nostro, BuxWV 11
    • Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, BuxWV 33
    • Ich bin die Auferstehung und das Leben, BuxWV 44
    • Ich halte es dafür, BuxWV 48
  • Marc Antoine Charpentier
    • Pro omnibus festis B V M, H.333
    • Orphée descendant aux enfers, H.471
    • Ouverture pour l’église, H.524
  • Michel Richard Delalande
    • Les fontaines de Versailles, S.133, premiered April 5 in Versailles
    • Concert d'Esculape, S.134, premiered in May in Versailles
    • 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]
  • Isabella Leonarda – 12 Sonatas, Op.16
  • Johann Pachelbel – Musicalische Sterbens-Gedancken, which included:
    • Christus, der ist mein Leben, P.376
    • Alle Menschen müssen sterben, P.377a
    • Hertzlich tut mich verlangen, P.378
    • Was Gott thut, das ist wolgethan, P.379
    • Freu dich sehr o meine Seele
    • Various Suites for keyboard
  • David Petersen – Speelstukken
  • Henry Purcell
    • Fly, bold rebellion, Z.324
    • From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war, Z.325
    • Sonnata's of III. Parts (set of 12 trio sonatas, for two violins, bass, and basso continuo), published in London, Z.790-801
  • Daniel Speer – Türkischer Vagant

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

Births

  • January – Anthony Young, organist and composer (died 1747)
  • January 14 – Gottfried Silbermann, German constructor of keyboard instruments (died 1753)
  • April 17 – Johann David Heinichen, composer (died 1729)
  • September 25 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer (died 1764)
  • date unknown
    • Christoph Graupner, composer (died 1760)
    • Johann David Heinichen, composer and music theorist (died 1729)
    • Pierre-Charles Roy, librettist (died 1764)

Deaths

  • September 6 – Johann Melchior Gletle, organist and composer (born 1626)
  • December 15 – Izaak Walton, librettist (born c. 1594)
  • date unknown
    • Solomon Eccles, composer (born 1618)
    • John Hingston, organist, violist and composer
    • Nathaniel Ingelo, writer and musician (born c.1621)
    • Johann Sebastiani, composer (born 1622)
    • Jacob Stainer, luthier (born c.1617)
    • Alessandro Poglietti, organist and composer

References

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