1693 in music
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The year 1693 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- Georg Philipp Telemann is sent to school in Zellerfeld, in the hope that it will put him off a musical career.
- John Eccles becomes resident composer at Drury Lane theatre.
Published popular music
Classical music
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber â Vesperæ longiores ac breviores una cum litaniis Lauretanis
- Antonio Caldara â 12 Trio Sonatas, Op.1
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Antiennes O de l'Avent, H.36-43
- Prélude pour Magnificat, H.533
- Noël sur les instruments, H.534
- Philipp Heinrich Erlebach â 6 Ouvertures
- Johann Jakob Froberger â Diverse curiose partite
- Johann Philipp Krieger â 12 Sonatas, Op. 2
- Carlo Antonio Marino â 12 Sonatas, Op. 3
- Johann Pachelbel
- Erster Theil etlicher Choräle
- Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot', P.50a
- Henry Purcell
- O Give Thanks unto the Lord, Z.33
- Celebrate this Festival, Z.321 (Ode for Queen Mary's birthday)
- Alessandro Scarlatti â Giuditta, R.500.9
- Giuseppe Torelli â Sinfonia in D major, G.4
Opera
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier â Médée
- Henri Desmarets â Didon
Births
- January 28 â Gregor Werner, composer (died 1766)
- August 8 â Laurent Belissen, composer (died 1762)
- October 28 â Å imon Brixi, composer (died 1735)
- date unknown â Lodovico Filippo Laurenti, composer (died 1757)
Deaths
- August 28 â Johann Christoph Bach, court musician (b. 1645)
- September â Pavel Josef Vejvanovský, composer (b. c.1633)
- date unknown â Johann Caspar Kerll, composer (born 1627)