The year 1685 in music involved some significant events.

Events

*The father of Georg Philipp Telemann dies, leaving his widow to bring up the children. * Antonio Stradivari makes the ex

Arma Senkrah Arma Senkrah, (born Anna Loretta Harkness, 6 June 1864 – 3 September 1900) was an American violinist. Her short career ended in marriage and then suicide. Training Anna Harkness was born in Williamson, New York. At age nine, her mother took ...

violin. * John Blow is recorded among the private musicians of King James II of England. *The 17-year-old

François Couperin François Couperin (; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as ''Couperin le Grand'' ("Couperin the Great") to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented ...

becomes organist at St Gervais in Paris. * Giovanni Legrenzi becomes ''maestro di cappella'' at St Mark's Cathedral, Venice.

Published popular music

Classical music

* Giovanni Bononcini – ''12 Sinfonie'', Op. 3 *

Cristofaro Caresana Cristofaro or Cristoforo Caresana (ca. 1640–1709) was an Italian Baroque composer, organist and tenor. He was an early representative of the Neapolitan operatic school. Born in Venice, his precise birthday is not known. After studying under P ...

– ''Dixit Dominus'' * Arcangelo Corelli – Op. 2, 12 trio sonatas *

Le Sieur de Machy Machy, known as Le Sieur de Machy ( fl. 1655–1700) was a French viol player, composer, and teacher remembered principally for his ''Pièces de Violle en Musique et en Tablature'' (1685), a valuable source of information on the performance practic ...

– ''Pieces de Violle'' * Nicolas Gigault – ''Livre de musique pour l'orgue'' * Nicolas Lebègue – ''Livre d'orgue'' No.3 *

Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( , , ; born Giovanni Battista Lulli, ; – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, guitarist, violinist, and dancer who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he ...

**''Idylle sur la Paix'', LWV 68 **''Ballet du temple de la paix'', LWV 69 * Johann Christoph Pezel – ''Fünfstimmige blasende Music'' *

Henry Purcell Henry Purcell (, rare: September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer. Purcell's style of Baroque music was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Generally considered among the greatest E ...

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Alessandro Scarlatti Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 22 October 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer, known especially for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the most important representative of the Neapolitan school of opera. ...

– ''Il martirio di S. Teodosia''

Opera

* John Blow – ''Venus and Adonis'' * Marc-Antoine Charpentier **''La Couronne de fleurs'' **'' Les arts florissants'' * Giuseppe Fabrini – ''La Genefieva'' *

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Roland Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

Births

March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...

(N.S.) –

George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...

, composer (died 1759) *

March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V� ...

(NS) – Johann Sebastian Bach, composer (died 1750) *

June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. * 1280 – The Spanish Re ...

(NS?) – Antonio Maria Bernacchi, ''castrato'' singer (died 1756) * June 30 –

John Gay John Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for ''The Beggar's Opera'' (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peac ...

, poet, author of '' The Beggar's Opera'' (died 1732) * September 20 –

Giuseppe Matteo Alberti Giuseppe Matteo Alberti (or Giuseppi) (20 September 1685, in Bologna, Italy – 18 February 1751, in Bologna, Italy) was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist. Life In 1705, he became a member of the Accademia Filarmonica. From 1709, he ...

, composer and violinist (died 1751) * October 26 –

Domenico Scarlatti Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, also known as Domingo or Doménico Scarlatti (26 October 1685-23 July 1757), was an Italian composer. He is classified primarily as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the deve ...

, composer (died 1757) * December 12 – Lodovico Giustini, early composer for piano (died 1743)

Deaths

– Juan Hidalgo de Polanco, harpist and composer (born 1614) * July 4 or (5) – George Jeffreys, composer (born c.1610) * September 22 –

Ignazio Albertini Ignazio Albertini (''Albertino'') (c. 1644 – 22 September 1685) was an Italian Middle Baroque violinist and composer. Very little is known about Albertini's life. He may have been born in Milan, but first surfaces in Vienna, in a letter excha ...

, Italian musician and composer (born 1644) *''date unknown'' ** Jean-Baptiste Boësset, French composer (born 1614) **

Yatsuhashi Kengyo Yatsuhashi Kengyō ( 八橋検校; 1614–1685) was a Japanese musician and composer from Kyoto. The name kengyō is an honorary title given to highly skilled blind musicians. Yatsuhashi, who was born and died in Japan, was originally a p ...

, Japanese musician and composer (born 1614)

References

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