1686 in music

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The year 1686 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• Alessandro Scarlatti establishes the "Italian overture" form of opera.

Classical music

• Johann Kaspar Kerll – Modulatio organica
• Henry Purcell – Ye Tuneful Muses
• Vasily Titov – Psaltïr' rifmovannaya (Псалтырь рифмованная or Псалтырь римфотворная), vocal polyphonic setting of the Russian psalter
• Giuseppe Torelli – 10 Sonate a 3, with Basso Continuo, op. 1

Opera

• Francesco Ballaroti – Enea in Italia
• Jean-Baptiste Lully – Armide
• Alessandro Scarlatti – Olimpia vendicata

Births

• July 31 (or August 1) – Benedetto Marcello, composer (died 1739)
• August 17 – Nicola Porpora, composer (died 1768)
• September - Charles Young, organist and composer (died 1758)
• October 31 - Senesino, castrato singer (died 1758)
• December 15 - Jean-Joseph Fiocco, composer (died 1746)
• December 25 - Giovanni Battista Somis, violinist and composer (died 1763)

Deaths

• date unknown – John Playford, music publisher (born 1623)
• probable - Augustin Pfleger, composer (born 1635)