1699 in music
Overview of the events of 1699 in music
The year 1699 in music involved some significant events.
Events
Classical music
Carlo Agostino Badia
Imeneo trionfante , serenata for the wedding of Joseph I and Wilhelmine Amalie of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
Tributi armonici , 12 chamber cantatas (published circa 1699)
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber – Sonata violino solo representativa
Giovanni Battista Brevi – La devotione canora: motetti, libro II , motets for voice and basso continuo
Antonio Caldara
Suonate da camera , op. 2; twelve trio sonatas
Cantate da camera a voce sola , op. 3; twelve cantatas
André Campra
Carnaval de Venise
Missa 'Ad majorem Dei gloriam'
Motets, Livre 2
Michel Richard Delalande – Confitebor tibi Domine in consilio , S.56
Rocco Greco – 31 sinfonie, 10 passacaglie, 11 brani strumentali
Nicolas de Grigny – Premier livre d'orgue , an organ Mass and hymn settings, comprising 42 pieces; second edition published in 1711
George Frideric Handel – Trio Sonata in G minor , HWV 387
Johann Pachelbel – Hexachordum Apollinis , six arias with variations for keyboard
Daniel Purcell – Ode for St Cecilia's Day , the second of the three such pieces by the composer
Alessandro Scarlatti – Clori mia, Clori bella , H.129
Publications
The first issue of Mercurius Musicus: or, the Monthly Collection of New Teaching Songs , one of the earliest planned periodicals of music scores, was published in London
Opera
Theoretical writings
Johan Georg Ahlens musikalisches Herbst-Gespräche by Johann Georg Ahle , on consonance and dissonance. Third part of Ahle's Musikalische Gespräche series of treatises in form of dialogues.
Primi elementi di musica per li principianti by Giovanni Battista Brevi
Births
Deaths
References
^ Kenny, Shirley Strum (1984). British Theatre and the Other Arts, 1660-1800 . Associated University Presses. p. 109. ISBN 9780918016652 .
^ Macy, L. (ed.). "Blow, John" . Grove Music Online . Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2006-12-13 .
^ a b Randel, Don Michael (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music . Harvard University Press. p. 129 . ISBN 9780674372993 .
^ Scarlatti, Alessandro (1979). Massimo Puppieno (in Italian). Harvard University Press. p. 11. ISBN 9780674640313 .
^ Green, Robert A. (2001). "Rousseau, Jean (1644 - 1699), viol player, theorist, composer" . Oxford index . doi :10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23966 . Retrieved 16 April 2018 .