Overview of the events of 1687 in music
Overview of the events of 1687 in music
The year 1687 in music involved some significant events.
Publications [ edit ]
Classical music [ edit ]
John Blow – Ode for New Year's Day
Dieterich Buxtehude
Bedenke Mensch das Ende , BuxWV 9
Der Herr ist mit mir , BuxWV 15
Domine salvum fac regem , BuxWV 18
Eins bitte ich vom Herrn , BuxWV 24
Herren vår Gud , BuxWV 40
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Regina coeli , H.30
Sub tuum praesidium , H.352
Michel Richard Delalande – Super flumina Babylonis , S.13
Giovanni Antonio Gianettini – L'uomo in bivio
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre – Pièces de clavecin, Livre 1
Nicolas Lebègue – Pieces de Clavessin, Livre 2
Isabella Leonarda
Mottetti a 1, 2 e 3 voci con violini, e senza , Op.13
Motetti a voce sola , Op.14
Bernardo Pasquini – I fatti di Mosè nel deserto
Henry Purcell
Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drum , Z.335
Oh Solitude , Z.406
Suite in G major , Z.662
A Song Tune , ZT.695
Johann Adam Reincken – Hortus Musicus
Gregorio Strozzi – Capricci da sonare cembali et organi
Giovanni Battista degli Antoni
Ricercate , Op. 1, one of the earliest examples of music for solo cello
Versetti per tutti li tuoni, tanto naturali , Op. 2, one of the largest Italian publications of liturgical organ versets of the era
February 1 – Johann Adam Birkenstock , violinist and composer (died 1733)
June 7 – Gaetano Berenstadt , castrato singer (died 1734)
July 16 – Paolo Antonio Rolli , librettist (died 1765)
c. August 26 – Henry Carey , poet, dramatist, songwriter and theatrical composer (suicide 1743)
October 12 – Sylvius Leopold Weiss , lutenist and composer (died 1750)
November 23 – Jean Baptiste Senaillé , violinist and composer (died 1730)
December 5 – Francesco Geminiani , composer (died 1762)
December 26 – Johann Georg Pisendel , composer (died 1755)
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