1693 in music
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Events
- Georg Philipp TelemannGeorg Philipp TelemannGeorg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually...
is sent to school in Zellerfeld, in the hope that it will put him off a musical career. - John Eccles becomes resident composer at Drury LaneDrury LaneDrury Lane is a street on the eastern boundary of the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn. The northern part is in the borough of Camden and the southern part in the City of Westminster....
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Opera
- Marc-Antoine CharpentierMarc-Antoine CharpentierMarc-Antoine Charpentier, , was a French composer of the Baroque era.Exceptionally prolific and versatile, he produced compositions of the highest quality in several genres...
– Médée - Henri DesmaretsHenri DesmaretsHenri Desmarets was a French composer of the Baroque period primarily known for his stage works, although he also composed sacred music as well as secular cantatas, songs and instrumental works....
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Births
- January 28 - Gregor WernerGregor Werner-Career:Werner was born in Ybbs an der Donau. He served from 1715 to either 1716 or 1721 as the organist at Melk Abbey. During the 1720s he was in Vienna, where he may have studied with Johann Fux and was married on 27 January 1727....
, composer (died 1766) - August 8 – Laurent BelissenLaurent BelissenLaurent Belissen was a French Baroque composer. He was born in Aix-en-Provence and may have been among the last students of Guillaume Poitevin, then maître de musique at the choir school of the Aix Cathedral.By 1722 Belissen settled in Marseille, where he succeeded Antoine Blanchard as maître de...
, composer (died 1762) - October 28 - Šimon BrixiŠimon BrixiŠimon Brixi was a Czech composer. He was the father of František Brixi.-Life:He was born in Vlkava u Nymburka. In 1720 he began to study law in Prague. He did not complete his studies, devoting himsef rather to music. His artistic activity was linked with the musical life in Prague...
, composer (died 1735) - date unknown
- Charles Brent, Handelian counter-tenor (died 1770)
- Lodovico Filippo Laurenti, composer (died 1757)
Deaths
- August 28 – Johann Christoph BachJohann Christoph Bach (1645–93)Johann Christoph Bach was a German musician of the Baroque period.A court and town musician in Arnstadt, he was the third son of Christoph Bach and the twin brother of Johann Ambrosius Bach. He was also the uncle of Johann Sebastian Bach...
, court musician (b. 16451645 in music- Events :*Juan Hidalgo de Polanco becomes leader of the chamber musicians at Spain's royal court.- Publications :*Giovanni Battista Abatessa – Intessatura di varii fiori..., a collection of guitar music, published in Naples- Births :...
) - September - Pavel Josef VejvanovskýPavel Josef VejvanovskýPavel Josef Vejvanovský Czech composer and trumpeter. Contemporary and associate of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.Some notable works by Pavel Josef Vejvanovský:...
, composer (b. c.1633) - date unknown – Johann Kaspar KerllJohann Kaspar KerllJohann Kaspar Kerll was a German baroque composer and organist.Son of an organist, he showed outstanding musical abilities at an early age, and was taught by Giovanni Valentini, court Kapellmeister at Vienna. Kerll became one of the most acclaimed composers of his time, known both as a gifted...
, composer (born 16271627 in music- Publications :* Pietro Millioni and Lodovico Monte – Vero e facil modo d'imparare a sonare..., a collection of songs with alfabeto notation, for the guitar, published in Venice...
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