1698 in music
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The year 1698 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- Henry Purcell's widow publishes the first volume of Orpheus Britannicus.
- Antonio Stradivari makes the "Cabriac" violin.
Published popular music
Classical music
- Johann Sebastian Bach â Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen, BWV 770
- Sébastien de Brossard â Retribue servo tuo, SdB.004
- Antonio Caldara â Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Missa Assumpta est Maria, H.11
- In nativitatem Domini canticum, H.421
- Daniel Danielis â CÅleste Convivium del Signor (Coll. Brossard)
- Michel Richard Delalande â Regina Coeli, S.53
- Sebastian Knüpfer â Ecce quam bonum et quam iucundum (Psalm 133), for 5 solo voices, 5-part choir, 2 violins, 3 violas, bassoon, and basso continuo[citation needed]
- Johann Krieger â Anmuthige Clavier-Ãbung (Nuremberg), a collection of 25 pieces for organ, including ricercars, fugues, preludes, etc.
- August Kühnel â 14 Sonate ò Partite ad una o due viole da gamba, con il basso continuo (Kassel)
- Isabella Leonarda â Salmi concertati a 4 voci con strumenti, Op. 19 (Bologna)
- Christian Liebe â O Heiland aller Welt ich muà dir sehnlich klagen
- Georg Muffat â Florilegium Secundum (Passau)[1]
- Daniel Purcell â 6 Sonatas or Solos
- Johann Abraham Schmierer â Zodiaci musici
- Giuseppe Torelli â Concerti musicali a quattro op.6
Opera
- Richard Leveridge â The Island Princess
- Luigi Manza â Tito Manlio; Partenope
- Alessandro Scarlatti
- La donna ancora è fedele
- Il prigioniero fortunato, R.346.36
Births
- January 3 â Metastasio, born Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi, poet and opera librettist (died 1782)
- July 24 â FrantiÅ¡ek Jiránek, composer (died 1778)
- September 8 â François Francoeur, violinist and composer (died 1787)
- date unknown
- Pietro Auletta, composer (died 1771)
- Antonio Bioni, composer (died 1739)
- Riccardo Broschi, composer (died 1756)
- Célestin Harst, priest, organist and composer (died 1778)
- probable â Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer (died 1775)
Deaths
- date unknown â Thomas Connellan, composer and harpist (born c.1640)
- probable â Nicola Matteis, violinist and composer (born c.1670)