1694 in music
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The year 1694 in music involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- Musician Johannes Kelpius and his group of "mystics" arrive at the Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bringing instruments that became an integral part of their church life.
[edit] Published popular music
[edit] Classical music
- Tomaso Albinoni - 12 Sonata a tre (Op. 1)
- Arcangelo Corelli - Op. 4, 12 trio sonatas
- Henry Purcell - Music for the funeral of Queen Mary II of England
[edit] Opera
- Tomaso Albinoni - Zenobia, Regina de' Palmireni
- John Eccles - Macbeth
- Francesco Gasparini - Il Roderico
- Johann Philipp Krieger - Hercules unter denen Amazonen
- Alessandro Scarlatti - Pirro e Demetrio, premièred in Naples
[edit] Births
- July 4 - Louis-Claude Daquin, composer (died 1772)
- August 5 - Leonardo Leo, composer (died 1744)
- September 5 - František Václav Míča, conductor and composer (died 1744)
- date unknown - Pierre-Claude Foucquet, organist and harpsichordist (died 1772)
[edit] Deaths
- March 11 - Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy, organist and harpsichordist (born 1633)
- May - Johann Michael Bach, composer, brother of Johann Christoph Bach (born 1648)
- May 1 - Maria Elisabetha Lämmerhirt, wife of Johann Ambrosius Bach and mother of Johann Sebastian Bach (born 1644)
- October 12 - Delphin Strungk, organist and composer (born 1600/1601)
- December 20 - Erasmus Finx, hymn-writer (born 1627)
