See also: 1684 in music, other events of 1685, 1686 in music and the list of 'years in music'. See also: 1683 in music, other events of 1684, 1685 in music and the list of years in music. // Events Antonio Stradivari makes the Bucher, Cipriani Potter and Cobbett ex Holloway violins Published popular music Classical music Giovanni Battista Granata - Alessandro Scarlatti - Agar et Ismaele esiliati (oratorio) Opera John Blow... Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

Events

• The father of Georg Philipp Telemann dies, leaving his widow to bring up the children.
• Antonio Stradivari makes the ex Arma Senkrah violin.
• John Blow is recorded among the private musicians of King James II of England.
• 17-year-old François Couperin becomes organist at St Gervais in Paris.
• Giovanni Legrenzi becomes maestro di cappella at St Mark's Cathedral, Venice.

Georg Philipp Telemann (March 14, 1681–June 25, 1767) was a German Baroque music composer, born in Magdeburg. ... Antonio Stradivari (1644 - December 18, 1737) was an Italian luthier (maker of violins and other stringed instruments), the most prominent member of that profession. ... Violin The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart. ... John Blow (1649 - October 1, 1708) was an English composer and organist. ... James II of England and VII of Scotland ( 14 October 1633–16 September 1701 ) became King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland from 6 February 1685. ... François Couperin (born Paris November 10, 1668 – September 12, 1733 in Paris) was an esteemed French composer in the Baroque style. ... Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690) was an Italian Baroque composer and organist. ...

Published popular music

Classical music

Opera

• John Blow - Venus and Adonis
• Jean-Baptiste Lully - Roland

John Blow (1649 - October 1, 1708) was an English composer and organist. ... Jean-Baptiste Lully, originally Giovanni Battista Lulli (November 28, 1632–March 22, 1687), was an Italian-born French composer, who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. ...

Births

• February 23 - George Frideric Handel, composer
• March 21 - Johann Sebastian Bach, composer
• June 30 - John Gay, poet, author of The Beggar's Opera
• October 26 - Domenico Scarlatti, composer
• December 12 - Lodovico Giustini, early composer for piano
• date unknown - Antonio Maria Bernacchi, castrato singer

February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... George Frideric Handel (German Georg Friedrich Händel), (February 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759) was a German Baroque music composer who lived much of his life in Great Britain, a leading composer of concerti grossi, operas and oratorios. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... The 1748 Haussmann portrait of the composer. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, and the last day of June. ... John Gay John Gay (30 June 1685 - 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist. ... The Beggars Opera is a ballad opera, a satiric play using some of the conventions of opera, but without the recitative. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... Domenico Scarlatti (October 26, 1685 – July 23, 1757) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Deaths