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