See also: 1695 in music, other events of 1696, 1697 in music and the list of 'years in music'. The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ... See also: 1696 in music, other events of 1697, 1698 in music and the list of years in music. // Events Antonio Stradivari makes the Castelbarco cello. ... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

Events

Published popular music

Classical music

• Henrico Albicastro - Il giardino armonico sacro-profano
• John Blow - Ode on the Death of Purcell
• Dietrich Buxtehude - Frische Klavierfrüchte

John Blow (1649 - October 1, 1708) was an English composer and organist. ... Henry Purcell (September 10 (?), 1659 (?)–November 21, 1695), a Baroque composer, is generally considered to be one of Englands greatest composers — indeed, he has often been called Englands finest native composer. ... Diderik Hansen Buxtehude (ca. ...

Opera

• Giovanni Bononcini - Il Trionfo di Camilla

Giovanni Bononcini (1670 - June 19, 1747), was an Italian Baroque composer and cellist, one of a family of musicians. ...

Births

• August 12 - Maurice Greene, composer
• date unknown - Anna Maria of the Pietà, string player

August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Maurice Greene (August 12, 1696 - December 1, 1755) was an English composer and organist. ...

Deaths

• April 21 - Jacques Gallot, composer