1688 in music

The year 1688 in music involved some significant events.

Events Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, hired Bartolomeo Cristofori as his keeper of musical instruments.

Published popular music Lilliburlero in popular circulation

Classical music John Blow – Ode for New Year's Day Marc-Antoine Charpentier Magnificat à 4 voix sans instruments, H.76 Dixit Dominus H.202 Gottfried Finger – 12 Sonatas for Diverse Instruments, Op.1 Johann Philipp Krieger – O Jesu, du mein Leben Henry Purcell – A Fool's Preferment, Z.571 André Raison – Johann Schenck – Tyd en Konst-Oeffeningen, Op.2 Daniel Speer Philomela angelica cantionum sacrarum Musikalisch-türkischer Eulenspiegel Giuseppe Torelli – 12 for Violin and Cello, Op. 4, published in Bologna Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani – Salmi, Mottetti e Litanie della B. V. a 1. 2. 3. voci Johann Jakob Walther –

Opera Marc-Antoine Charpentier – David et Jonathas Johann Philipp Förtsch – Die heilige Eugenia Jean-Louis Lully – Zephire et Flore Henry Purcell – Dido and Aeneas Z.626 Philidor André Danican l'aine – Le Mariage de la grosse Cathos

Births April 15 – Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer (died 1758) October 17 – Domenico Zipoli, composer (died 1726) date unknown Zacharias Hildebrandt, organ builder (died 1777) Lorenzo Sornis, violinist

Deaths January 8 – Francesco Foggia, composer (b. 1604) January 29 – Carlo Pallavicino, Italian composer (b. c. 1630) May 14 – Carlo Grossi, composer (born c. 1634) November 26 – Philippe Quinault, librettist for many operas of Jean-Baptiste Lully (born 1635) date unknown – Anne Chabanceau de La Barre (born c. 1628)

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