1680 in music
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The year 1680 in music involved some significant events.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Published popular music
[edit] Classical music
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Filius prodigus
[edit] Opera
- Pietro Simone Agostini - Il ratto delle Sabine
- Antonio Sartorio - La Flora
- Alessandro Scarlatti - L’Honestà negli amori
[edit] Births
- date unknown - François Campion, guitarist and composer
- November 18 (baptised) - Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer (died 1730)
[edit] Deaths
- May 31 - Joachim Neander, hymn-writer
- September 10 - Baldassare Ferri, castrato singer (born 1610)
- October 13 - François Roberday, organist and composer
- December 10 - Marco Uccellini, violinist and composer
- date unknown - Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, violinist (born 1623)
