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The year 1685 in music involved some significant events.
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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.
- The 17-year-old François Couperin becomes organist at St Gervais in Paris.
- Giovanni Legrenzi becomes maestro di cappella at St Mark's Cathedral, Venice.
Published popular music
Classical music
- Arcangelo Corelli - Op. 2, 12 trio sonatas
- Henry Purcell - My heart is inditing (anthem), first performed at the coronation of King James II1
Opera
- John Blow - Venus and Adonis
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- La Couronne de fleurs
- Les arts florissants
- Giuseppe Fabrini - La Genefieva
- Jean-Baptiste Lully - Roland
Births
- February 23 - George Frideric Handel, composer (died 1759)
- March 21 - Johann Sebastian Bach, composer (died 1750)
- June 26 - Antonio Maria Bernacchi, castrato singer (died 1756)
- June 30 - John Gay, poet, author of The Beggar's Opera (died 1732)
- October 26 - Domenico Scarlatti, composer (died 1757)
- December 12 - Lodovico Giustini, early composer for piano (died 1743)
Deaths
- date unknown - Ignazio Albertini, Italian musician and composer (born 1644)
References
- ^ Palisca, Claude V. [1968] (1991). Baroque Music, 3rd, Prentice Hall History of Music, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 308. ISBN 0-13-058496-7.
