The year 1683 in music involved some significant events.
Events
Henry Purcell becomes organ maker and keeper of the king's instruments at the Chapel Royal. Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers publishes his Dissertation sur le chant grégorien Thomas D’Urfey publishes New Collection of Songs and Poems Michel Richard Delalande appointed Chapel Master for Versailles by King Louis XIV
Classical music
Giovanni Battista Bassani – 12 sinfonie, Op. 5
Heinrich Biber – Fidicinium sacro-profanum
Dietrich Buxtehude
Canite Jesu nostro, BuxWV 11
Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, BuxWV 33
Ich bin die Auferstehung und das Leben, BuxWV 44
Ich halte es dafür, BuxWV 48
Marc Antoine Charpentier
Pro omnibus festis B V M, H.333
Orphée descendant aux enfers, H.471
Ouverture pour l’église, H.524
Michel Richard Delalande
Les fontaines de Versailles, S.133, premiered April 5 in Versailles
Concert d'Esculape, S.134, premiered in May in Versailles
De profundis, a grand motet, first performed in September, in the Saint Denis Basilica (burial site of French monarchs), for the repose of the soul of Queen Marie-Therèse Isabella Leonarda – 12 Sonatas, Op.16 Johann Pachelbel – Musicalische Sterbens-Gedancken, which included: Christus, der ist mein Leben, P.376 Alle Menschen müssen sterben, P.377a Hertzlich tut mich verlangen, P.378 Was Gott thut, das ist wolgethan, P.379 Freu dich sehr o meine Seele Various Suites for keyboard David Petersen – Speelstukken Henry Purcell Fly, bold rebellion, Z.324 From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war, Z.325 Sonnata's of III. Parts (set of 12 trio sonatas, for two violins, bass, and basso continuo), published in London, Z.790-801 Daniel Speer – Türkischer Vagant
Opera
John Blow – Venus and Adonis
Domenico Gabrielli – Il Gige in Lidia
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor – Der thöreichte Schaffer
Jean-Baptiste Lully – Phaëton
Alessandro Scarlatti – Pompeo
Births
January – Anthony Young, organist and composer (died 1747) January 14 – Gottfried Silbermann, German constructor of keyboard instruments (died 1753) April 17 – Johann David Heinichen, composer (died 1729) September 25 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer (died 1764) date unknown Christoph Graupner, composer (died 1760) Johann David Heinichen, composer and music theorist (died 1729) Pierre-Charles Roy, librettist (died 1764)
Deaths
September 6 – Johann Melchior Gletle, organist and composer (born 1626) December 15 – Izaak Walton, librettist (born c. 1594) date unknown Solomon Eccles, composer (born 1618) John Hingston, organist, violist and composer Nathaniel Ingelo, writer and musician (born c.1621) Johann Sebastiani, composer (born 1622) Jacob Stainer, luthier (born c.1617) Alessandro Poglietti, organist and composer