1694 in music
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The year 1694 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- October 23 â Marriage of Johann Christoph Bach (organist at Ohrdruf) to Dorothea von Hof. The guests include Johann Pachelbel, and his canon may have been composed for the occasion.[1]
- Musician Johannes Kelpius and his group of "mystics" arrive at the Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bringing instruments that became an integral part of their church life.
- The semi-opera The Rape of Europa by Jupiter, with music by John Eccles and text by Peter Anthony Motteux, is staged in London.
Classical music
- Tomaso Albinoni â 12 Sonata a tre (Op. 1)
- Dieterich Buxtehude â VII suonate, Op. 1 (date of publication unknown, but the print is listed in book fair catalogues of 1694)
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Messe de minuit pour Noël, H. 9
- Prélude pour le Domine salvum, H. 535
- Giovanni Paolo Colonna â Psalmi ad Vesperas, Op. 12
- Arcangelo Corelli â 12 trio sonatas, Op. 4
- Francisco Guerau â Poema Harmonico
- Henry Purcell
- Te Deum and Jubilate Deo, Z. 232
- Come, Ye Sons of Art Away, Z. 323
- I Lov'd Fair Celia, Z. 381
- Distressed Innocence, Z. 577
- The Virtuous Wife, Z. 611
- Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary for Mary II of England
- Alessandro Scarlatti â Correa nel seno amato, H. 146
- Antonio Veracini â 10 violin sonatas, Op. 2
- Johann Paul von Westhoff â Sonate a Violino solo con basso continuo
Opera
- Tomaso Albinoni â Zenobia, Regina de' Palmireni
- Giovanni Bononcini â Xerse
- Henri Desmarets â Circé
- John Eccles â Macbeth
- Francesco Gasparini â Il Roderico
- Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre â Céphale et Procris
- Johann Philipp Krieger â Hercules unter denen Amazonen
- Alessandro Scarlatti â Pirro e Demetrio, premièred in Naples
Births
- July 4 â Louis-Claude Daquin, composer (died 1772)
- August 5 â Leonardo Leo, composer (died 1744)
- September 5 â FrantiÅ¡ek Václav MÃÄa, conductor and composer (died 1744)
- date unknown â Pierre-Claude Foucquet, organist and harpsichordist (died 1772)
Deaths
- March 11 â Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy, organist and harpsichordist (born 1633)
- May 1 â Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt, wife of Johann Ambrosius Bach and mother of Johann Sebastian Bach (born 1644)
- May 17 â Johann Michael Bach, composer, brother of Johann Christoph Bach (born 1648)[2]
- October 12 â Delphin Strungk, organist and composer (born 1600/1601)
- December 20 â Erasmus Finx, hymn-writer (born 1627)
- date unknown â René Ouvrard, writer and composer (born 1624)