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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.

Classical music

  • Johann Sebastian Bach – Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen, BWV 770
  • Sébastien de Brossard – Retribue servo tuo, SdB.004
  • Antonio Caldara – Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo
  • Marc-Antoine Charpentier
  • Missa Assumpta est Maria, H.11
  • In nativitatem Domini canticum, H.421
  • Daniel Danielis – Cœleste Convivium del Signor (Coll. Brossard)
  • Michel Richard Delalande – Regina Coeli, S.53
  • Sebastian Knüpfer – Ecce quam bonum et quam iucundum (Psalm 133), for 5 solo voices, 5-part choir, 2 violins, 3 violas, bassoon, and basso continuo<!--Date of composition is not confirmed by the New Grove.-->
  • Johann Krieger – Anmuthige Clavier-Übung (Nuremberg), a collection of 25 pieces for organ, including ricercars, fugues, preludes, etc.
  • August Kühnel – 14 Sonate ò Partite ad una o due viole da gamba, con il basso continuo (Kassel)
  • Isabella Leonarda – Salmi concertati a 4 voci con strumenti, Op. 19 (Bologna)
  • Christian Liebe – O Heiland aller Welt ich muß dir sehnlich klagen
  • Georg Muffat – Florilegium Secundum (Passau)
  • Daniel Purcell – 6 Sonatas or Solos
  • Johann Abraham Schmierer – Zodiaci musici
  • Giuseppe Torelli – Concerti musicali a quattro op.6

Opera

  • Richard Leveridge – The Island Princess
  • Luigi Manza – Tito Manlio; Partenope
  • Alessandro Scarlatti
  • La donna ancora è fedele
  • Il prigioniero fortunato, R.346.36

Births

  • January 3 – Metastasio, born Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi, poet and opera librettist (died 1782)
  • July 24 – František Jiránek, composer (died 1778)
  • September 8 – 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 – Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer (died 1775)

Deaths

  • date unknown – Thomas Connellan, composer and harpist (born c.1640)
  • probable – Nicola Matteis, violinist and composer (born c.1670)

References