Events in Music
Event of Interest
Feb 7 Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace"
William III
- Jul 13 Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro" (the Golden Apple or Tomato) premieres in Vienna
Birthdays in Music
- Jan 8 Jean Gilles, French composer, born in Tarascon (d. 1705)
- Mar 19 Francesco Gasparini, Italian baroque composer (Ambleto; Missa Canonica), born in Camaiore, Lucca (now Italy) (d. 1727)
- Jun 21 Cajetan Kolberer, composer, born in Salzburg, Austria (d. 1732)
- Nov 10 François Couperin, French composer and organist (Les Concerts Royaux), born in Paris, France (d. 1733)
- Nov 27 Pantaleon Hebenstreit, German musician, composer, and instrument inventor, born in Eisleben (d. 1750)
- Dec 3 Casimir Schweizelsperg, German composer, born in Rosenheim, Upper Bavaria