1697 in music
The year 1697 in music involved some significant events. Events Antonio Stradivari makes the Castelbarco cello. Giuseppe Torelli arrives at the court of Ansbach. Daniel Purcell and Jeremiah Clarke collaborate on the music for Elkanah Settle's play, World in the Moon. The Opéra du Quai au Foin in Brussels closes for the last time. Publications Guilio Cesare Arresti – 18 Sonate da organo di varii autori (includes work by Pietro Ziani, Giovanni Bassani, Giovanni Colonna, Bernardo Pasquini, and others, as well as Arresti himself) Philipp Heinrich Erlebach – Harmonische Freude musicalischer Freunde Aurelio Paolini – Suonate da camera a 3, Op. 1 (Venice: Giuseppe Sala) Henry Purcell – Ten Sonata’s in Four Parts (trio sonatas), published posthumously in London (Nos. 1–4 composed c1678–79, Nos. 7–9 possibly in 1681–82, No. 10 possibly 1683–84) Giovanni Maria Ruggieri – 10 Suonate da Chiesa, Op.4 Daniel Speer – Grund-richtiger Unterricht der Musicalischen Kunst Classical music Jeremiah Clarke – The Duke of Glocester's March François Couperin – Laudate pueri Henri Dumont – Motets de Mr. Dumont a 4 parties Johann Krieger Sechs musicalische Partien Uns ist ein Kind geboren Carl Rosier – Sonata in C major, Kuckuckssonate Johann Christoph Rothe – St Matthew Passion Opera