1680 in music
The year 1680 in music involved some significant events. Events Arcangelo Corelli begins his friendship with Cristiano Farinelli. Antonio Stradivari sets up his own business in Cremona. John Blow is forced out of his job as organist at Westminster Abbey, to make room for Henry Purcell. Georg Muffat goes to Italy to study organ with Bernardo Pasquini. Johann Philipp Krieger becomes Kapellmeister of the court at Weissenfels. First record of the marimba in Guatemala. Publications Denis Gaultier – Livres de tablature des pièces de luth Ennemond Gaultier Livre de musique pour le luth contenant une métode Pièces de luth en musique avec des règles pour les toucher parfaitement sur le luth, et sur le clavessin Classical music Heinrich Biber – Mensa sonora Dieterich Buxtehude – Membra Jesu Nostri Marc-Antoine Charpentier Filius prodigus Leçon de ténèbres du Vendredi saint, H.105 Laudate pueri Dominum, H.203 Concert pour 4 parties de violes, H.545 Ennemond Gaultier – Suite in D minor Johann Caspar Horn – Geistliche Harmonien Charles Mouton – Pièces de luth sur différents modes Henry Purcell Beati omnes qui timent Dominum, Z.131 Fantasias and In Nomines, Z.732-747 Pavane and Chaconne in G minor, Z.752 (Pavane) and Z.730 (Chaconne) 12 Sonatas of Three Parts, Z.790-801 Sebastian Anton Scherer – 14 Sonatas, Op.3 Johann Heinrich Schmelzer – Lamento sopra la morte di Ferdinand III (Published in the Rost Codex) Giovanni Battista Vitali – Partite sopra diverse sonate Opera Pietro Simone Agostini – Il ratto delle Sabine Jean-Baptiste Lully – Proserpine Antonio Sartorio – La Flora Alessandro Scarlatti – L'honestà negli amoriBirths April 19 – Johann Friedrich Helbig, hymnist (died 1722) May 6 – Jean-Baptiste Stuck, cellist and composer (died 1755) September 29 – Christian Friedrich Hunold, librettist (died 1721) November 18 (baptised) – Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer (died 1730) December 11 – Emanuele d'Astorga, composer (died 1736)date unknown Louis de Caix d'Hervelois, composer (died 1759) François Campion, guitarist and composer Giovanni Antonio Guido, violinist and composer (died 1729) Deaths March 20 – Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, violinist (born 1623) April 1 – David Denicke, hymnist (b. 1603) May 31 – Joachim Neander, hymn-writer (b. 1650) September 10 – Baldassare Ferri, castrato singer (born 1610) October 13 Lelio Colista, composer and lutenist (b. 1629) François Roberday, organist and composer (b. 1624) November 27 – Athanasius Kircher, composer and polymath (born 1602) December 10 – Marco Uccellini, violinist and composer December 30 – Antonio Sartorio, composer (born 1630)date unknown'' Kancherla Gopanna, composer of Carnatic music (born c.1620) Maria Francesca Nascinbeni, composer (born c.1640) Francisco de Trillo y Figueroa, poet and lyricist (born 1618) 17th century in music Music by year