See also: 1667 in music, other events of 1668, 1669 in music, list of years in music. 1668 (MDCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... See also: 1668 in music, other events of 1669, 1670 in music, list of years in music. ... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

Events

• Dietrich Buxtehude becomes organist at the Marienkirche in Lübeck.
• Joseph Haines joins the troupe of performers at Hatton Garden, London.
• Antonio Draghi is appointed to the court of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, at Vienna.

Diderik Hansen Buxtehude (ca. ... There are several churches by this name, including: St. ... The title of this article contains the character ü. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Luebeck. ... Joseph Haines or Jo Haines (d. ... A scene in Hatton Garden A ring shop in Hatton Garden Hatton Garden is a street and area near Holborn in London. ... Antonio Draghi (1634 or 1635 - January 16, 1700), was a Baroque composer. ... Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I Habsburg (June 9, 1640 – May 5, 1705), Holy Roman emperor, was the second son of the emperor Ferdinand III and his first wife Maria Anna of Spain. ...

Classical music

Opera

• Antonio Draghi - Achille riconsciuto
• Jacopo Melani - Il Girello

The Teatro alla Scala in Milan. ... Antonio Draghi (1634 or 1635 - January 16, 1700), was a Baroque composer. ...

Births

• November 10 - François Couperin, organist and composer (died 1733)
• date unknown - John Eccles, composer (died 1735)

November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... François Couperin (born Paris November 10, 1668 – September 12, 1733 in Paris) was an esteemed French composer in the Baroque style. ... Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ... This article is about the English composer named John Eccles, for the Australian Nobel Prize winner, see John Eccles. ...

Deaths

• April 7 - Sir William Davenant, author of The Siege of Rhodes, considered the first opera in English (born 1606)
• October 23 - Giovanni Rovetta, composer