- 1685 in music
The year 1685 in music involved some significant events.
Events
*The father of
Georg Philipp Telemann dies, leaving his widow to bring up the children.
*Antonio Stradivari makes theex Arma Senkrah violin .
*John Blow is recorded among the private musicians of KingJames II of England .
*The 17-year-oldFrançois Couperin becomes organist at St Gervais in Paris.
*Giovanni Legrenzi becomes "maestro di cappella" at St Mark's Cathedral, Venice.Published popular music
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Classical music
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Arcangelo Corelli - Op. 2, 12 trio sonatas
*Henry Purcell - "My heart is inditing" (anthem), first performed at the coronation of King James II [cite book |last=Palisca |first= Claude V. |title=Baroque Music |origyear=1968 |edition=3rd |series=Prentice Hall History of Music |year=1991 |publisher=Prentice Hall |location=Englewood Cliffs |isbn=0-13-058496-7 |pages=308 ]Opera
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John Blow - "Venus and Adonis"
*Marc-Antoine Charpentier
**"La Couronne de fleurs"
**"Les arts florissants"
*Giuseppe Fabrini - "La Genefieva"
*Jean-Baptiste Lully - "Roland"Births
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February 23 -George Frideric Handel , composer (died1759 )
*March 21 -Johann Sebastian Bach , composer (died1750 )
*June 26 -Antonio Maria Bernacchi , "castrato" singer (died1756 )
*June 30 -John Gay , poet, author of "The Beggar's Opera " (died1732 )
*October 26 -Domenico Scarlatti , composer (died1757 )
*December 12 -Lodovico Giustini , early composer for piano (died1743 )Deaths
*"date unknown" -
Ignazio Albertini , Italian musician and composer (born 1644)References
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