- 1700 in music
The year 1700 in music involved some significant events.
Events
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William Croft returns to the Chapel Royal, where he had been educated, as a "gentleman organist".
*William Corbett becomes director of the New Theatre at Lincoln's Inn Fields.
*Johann Sebastian Bach becomes a chorister at St. Michael's Church, Lüneburg.
*Tomaso Albinoni is employed as a violinist byFernando Carlo, Duke of Mantua .
*An inventory of musical instruments kept by Prince Ferdinando de Medici provides the first evidence for the existence of the pianoforte.Published popular music
Classical music
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John Blow - "Ode for New Year's Day"
*"Choice Collection of Ayres for the Harpsichord or Spinnet" byJohn Blow ,Jeremiah Clarke ,Francis Piggott ,John Barrett and William Croft
*Arcangelo Corelli - "XII Suonati a violino e violone o cimbalo" (Op. 5), published inRome
*Godfrey Keller - "The Royal Trumpett-Suite"
*Antonio Caldara "Maddalena ai piedi di Christo"
*Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni " sinfonie e concerti op. 2"Opera
The following
opera s were composed:
*Carlo Agostino Badia - "La costanza d'Ulisse"
*Henry Purcell - "Dido and Aeneas"
*Alessandro Scarlatti - "Eracles"Publications
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Jacques Boyvin - "Traité abrégé de l'accompagnement"Births
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January 14 -Picander , librettist forJohann Sebastian Bach (died1764 )
*March 13 -Michel Blavet , flautist (died1768 )
*"unknown date" -Francesca Cuzzoni , opera singer (died1770 )
*"probable" -Jean-Baptiste Masse , cellist and composer (died c.1757 )Deaths
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January 16 -Antonio Draghi , opera composer (born c.1634 )
*June 6 -Wespazjan Kochowski , historian, poet and musician (born1633 )
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