1687 in music

The year 1687 in music involved some significant events.

Events

*January 30 - Louis XIV's entrance into the city hall inspires André Raison to write his offertory, subtitled "Vive le Roy de Parisiens" ("Long live the King of Parisians").
*During a performance of his own "Te Deum", Lully injures his foot with the point of his cane; this results in death from gangrene a few weeks later.
*Jean-Nicolas Francine, Lully's son-in-law, becomes director of the Paris Opera.

Published popular music

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Classical music

*John Blow - "Ode for New Year's Day"

Opera

*Antonio Draghi - "La vendetta dell'onestà"
*Giuseppe Fabrini - "Lodovico"
*Jean-Baptiste Lully, Pascal Collasse - "Achille et Polyxène"
*Bernardo Sabadini - "Didio Giuliano"

Births

*December 5 - Francesco Geminiani, composer (died 1762)
*December 26 - Johann Georg Pisendel, composer (died 1755)
*"date unknown" - Sylvius Leopold Weiss, lutenist and composer (died 1750)

Deaths

*March 22 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer (born 1632)
*April 25 - Johannes Caioni, priest, musician and organ repairer
*"date unknown" - Giovanni Battista Granata, guitarist and composer (born c.1621)
*"date unknown" - Constantin Huygens, Dutch composer (born 1596)
*"date unknown" - Michael Wise, organist and composer (born 1648)