- 1680 in music
The year 1680 in music involved some significant events.
Events
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Arcangelo Corelli begins his friendship withCristiano Farinelli .
*Antonio Stradivari sets up his own business in Cremona.
*John Blow is forced out of his job as organist atWestminster Abbey , to make room forHenry Purcell .
*Georg Muffat goes to Italy to study organ withBernardo Pasquini .Published popular music
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Classical music
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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 (died1730 )Deaths
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May 31 -Joachim Neander , hymn-writer
*September 10 -Baldassare Ferri , "castrato" singer (born1610 )
*October 13 -François Roberday , organist and composer
*December 10 -Marco Uccellini , violinist and composer
*"date unknown" -Johann Heinrich Schmelzer , violinist (born1623 )
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