1699 In Music
The year 1699 in music involved some significant events. Events *February – Richard Leveridge, Daniel Purcell and Jeremiah Clarke collaborate on the music for an adaptation of Fletcher's ''The Island Princess''. *John Blow is appointed to the newly created post of Composer to the Chapels Royal#United Kingdom, Chapel Royal in England. *Antonio Caldara appointed maestro di cappella da chiesa e del teatro to Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, Ferdinando Carlo, the last House of Gonzaga, Gonzaga Duke of Mantua. *Quirinus Blankenburg is appointed organist at the Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague (however, he only started working there in 1702 after the new organ was completed). 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 Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber – ''Sonata violi ...
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