1686 in music
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The year 1686 in music involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- Alessandro Scarlatti establishes the "Italian overture" form of opera.
[edit] Published popular music
[edit] 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
[edit] Opera
- Francesco Ballaroti – Enea in Italia
- Jean-Baptiste Lully – Armide
- Alessandro Scarlatti – Olimpia vendicata
[edit] 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)
[edit] Deaths
- date unknown – John Playford, music publisher (born 1623)
- probable - Augustin Pfleger, composer (born 1635)
