1683 in music

The year 1683 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• Henry Purcell becomes organ maker and keeper of the king’s instruments at the Chapel Royal.

Classical music

• Giovanni Battista Bassani – 12 sinfonie, op. 5
• Michel Richard Delalande – De profundis, a grand motet, first performed in September, in the Saint Denis Basilica (burial site of French monarchs), for the repose of the soul of Queen Marie-Therèse^[1]
• Henry Purcell – Sonnata’s of III. Parts (set of 12 trio sonatas, for two violins, bass, and basso continuo), published in London
• Daniel Speer – Türkischer Vagant

Opera

• John Blow – Venus and Adonis
• Domenico Gabrielli – Il Gige in Lidia
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor – Der thöreichte Schaffer
• Jean-Baptiste Lully – Phaëton
• Alessandro Scarlatti – Pompeo

Births

• January – Anthony Young, organist and composer (died 1747)
• January 14 – Gottfried Silbermann, German constructor of keyboard instruments (died 1753)
• April 17 – Johann David Heinichen, composer (died 1729)
• September 25 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer (died 1764)
• date unknown
  • Christoph Graupner, composer (died 1760)
  • Johann David Heinichen, composer and music theorist (died 1729)

Deaths

• September 6 – Johann Melchior Gletle, organist and composer (born 1626)
• date unknown
  • Solomon Eccles, composer (born 1618)
  • John Hingston, organist, violist and composer
  • Nathaniel Ingelo, writer and musician (born c.1621)
  • Johann Sebastiani, composer (born 1622)
  • Jacob Stainer, luthier (born c.1617)
  • Alessandro Poglietti, organist and composer

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