1683 in music

Overview of the events of 1683 in music

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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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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.