1680 in music

1680 in music

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.

Published popular music

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Classical music

*Marc-Antoine Charpentier - "Filius prodigus"

Opera

*Pietro Simone Agostini - "Il ratto delle Sabine"
*Antonio Sartorio - "La Flora"
*Alessandro Scarlatti - "L’Honestà negli amori"

Births

*"date unknown" - François Campion, guitarist and composer
*November 18 (baptised) - Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer (died 1730)

Deaths

*May 31 - Joachim Neander, hymn-writer
*September 10 - Baldassare Ferri, "castrato" singer (born 1610)
*October 13 - François Roberday, organist and composer
*December 10 - Marco Uccellini, violinist and composer
*"date unknown" - Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, violinist (born 1623)


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