1687 in music explained
The year 1687 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- January 30 – Louis XIV's entrance into the city hall inspires André Raison to write his offertory, subtitled "Vive le Roi de Parisiens" ("Long live the King of Parisians").
- During a performance of his own Te Deum, Jean-Baptiste Lully injures his foot with the point of his cane; this results in death from gangrene a few weeks later.
- Jean-Nicolas Francine, Lully's son-in-law, becomes director of the Paris Opera.
Publications
Classical music
- John Blow – Ode for New Year's Day
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- 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
- 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
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- Motetti a voce sola, Op.14
- Bernardo Pasquini – I fatti di Mosè nel deserto
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- 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
Opera
Births
- 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)
- date unknown
Deaths
