1697, from day to day
1697. With other artists, Samuel Pepys, Giuseppe Torelli and Johann Pachelbel influenced their time (baroque era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Johann Joachim Quantz, while others would disappear.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1697 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 30 of these moments for 1697.
The year 1697 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
01
Birth of Johann Pfeiffer That year: 1697, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1761)
06
Death of Carlo Mannelli That year: 1697, Classical music, Italian violinist, castrato and composer (1640-1697) (born in 1640)
30
Birth of Johann Joachim Quantz That year: 1697, Classical music, German flutist, flute maker and composer (1697-1773) (dead in 1773)
March
23
Death of William Child That year: 1697, Classical music, English composer and organist (born in 1606)
29
Death of Nicolaus Bruhns That year: 1697, Classical music, Danish-German organist and composer (born in 1665)
30
Birth of Faustina Bordoni That year: 1697, Classical music, opera singer (1697-1781) (dead in 1781)
April
08
Birth of Pierre Prowo That year: 1697, Classical music, German composer (1697-1757) (dead in 1757)
26
Birth of Adam Falckenhagen That year: 1697, Classical music, German composer and lutenist (dead in 1754)
May
10
Birth of Jean-Marie Leclair That year: 1697, Classical music, French Baroque violinist and composer (dead in 1764)
18
Death of Guillaume Dumanoir That year: 1697, Classical music, French composer (1615-1697) (born in 1615)
29
Death of Giovanni Francesco Grossi That year: 1697, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1653–1697) (born in 1653)
June
11
Birth of Francesco Antonio Vallotti That year: 1697, Classical music, Italian composer, organist and music theorist (dead in 1780)
25
Birth of Johann Christian Hertel That year: 1697, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1754)
July
09
Birth of Giovanni Benedetto Platti That year: 1697, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1763)
September
18
Birth of Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel That year: 1697, Classical music, German organist and composer (1697-1775) (dead in 1775)
October
12
Death of John Ravenscroft That year: 1697, Classical music, English Baroque composer (born in 1665)
28
Death of Johann Friedrich Meister That year: 1697, Classical music, German composer (born in 1655)
November
09
Birth of Claudio Casciolini That year: 1697, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1760)
14
Death of Giuseppe Tricarico That year: 1697, Classical music, Italian composer (1623-1697) (born in 1623)
December
05
Birth of Giuseppe de Majo That year: 1697, Classical music, Italian composer and organist (dead in 1771)
This was also in 1697
Birth of Francesco Maria Cattaneo That year: 1697, Classical music, composer (dead in 1758) . Birth of Josse Boutmy That year: 1697, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 1779) . Death of Jacek Różycki That year: 1697, Classical music, Polish composer . Death of Jean-Jacques Souhaitty That year: 1697, Classical music, music theorist, musician (born in 1632) . Birth of Eustachio Bambini That year: 1697, Classical music, composer, impresario, bandleader (dead in 1770) . Birth of Luigi Antinori That year: 1697, Classical music, Italian operatic tenor (dead in 1734) . Birth of Ignác Hubatka That year: 1697, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (dead in 1745) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Tomaso Albinoni (age 26)
- Il Tigrane, re d’Armenia (Opera)
- Primislao, primo re di Boemia (Opera)