1687 in music

none August 2026 1687 music The year 1687 in music involved some significant events. Events January 30 – Louis XIV's entrance into the city hall inspires André Raison to write his offertory, subtitled "Vive le Roi de Parisiens" ("Long live the King of Parisians"). During a performance of his own Te Deum, Jean-Baptiste Lully injures his foot with the point of his cane; this results in death from gangrene a few weeks later. Jean-Nicolas Francine, Lully's son-in-law, becomes director of the Paris Opera. Publications Angelo Berardi – Documenti armonici Le Sieur Danoville – L'Art de toucher le dessus et le basse de violle Jean Rosseau – Traité de la viole Classical music John Blow – Ode for New Year's Day Dieterich Buxtehude Bedenke Mensch das Ende, BuxWV 9 Der Herr ist mit mir, BuxWV 15 Domine salvum fac regem, BuxWV 18 Eins bitte ich vom Herrn, BuxWV 24 Herren vår Gud, BuxWV 40 Marc-Antoine Charpentier Regina coeli, H.30 Sub tuum praesidium, H.352 Michel Richard Delalande – Super flumina Babylonis, S.13 Giovanni Antonio Gianettini – L'uomo in bivio Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre – Pièces de clavecin, Livre 1 Nicolas Lebègue – Pieces de Clavessin, Livre 2 Isabella Leonarda Mottetti a 1, 2 e 3 voci con violini, e senza, Op.13 Motetti a voce sola, Op.14 Bernardo Pasquini – I fatti di Mosè nel deserto Henry Purcell Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drum, Z.335 Oh Solitude, Z.406 Suite in G major, Z.662 A Song Tune, ZT.695 Johann Adam Reincken – Hortus Musicus Gregorio Strozzi – Capricci da sonare cembali et organi Giovanni Battista degli Antoni Ricercate, Op. 1, one of the earliest examples of music for solo cello Versetti per tutti li tuoni, tanto naturali, Op. 2, one of the largest Italian publications of liturgical organ versets of the era Opera Antonio Draghi – La vendetta dell'onestà Giuseppe Fabrini – Lodovico Jean-Baptiste Lully, Pascal Collasse – Achille et Polyxène Carlo Pallavicino – La Gerusalemme Liberata André Danican Philidor – Le Canal de Versailles Bernardo Sabadini – Didio Giuliano Agostino Steffani – Alarico Births February 1 – Johann Adam Birkenstock, violinist and composer (died 1733) June 7 – Gaetano Berenstadt, castrato singer (died 1734) July 16 – Paolo Antonio Rolli, librettist (died 1765) c. August 26 – Henry Carey, poet, dramatist, songwriter and theatrical composer (suicide 1743) October 12 – Sylvius Leopold Weiss, lutenist and composer (died 1750) November 23 – Jean Baptiste Senaillé, violinist and composer (died 1730) December 5 – Francesco Geminiani, composer (died 1762) December 26 – Johann Georg Pisendel, composer (died 1755) date unknown Willem de Fesch, musician and composer (died 1761) William Hine, composer (died 1730) Charles King, musician and composer (died 1748) François-Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif, librettist (died 1770) Deaths March 22 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer (born 1632)Jean-Baptiste Lully French Composer & Baroque Music Pioneer Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Baptiste-Lully 2026-08-05 www.britannica.com en March 28 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (born 1596) April 25 – Johannes Caioni, priest, musician and organ repairer August 24 – Michael Wise, composer (born c. 1647) December 5 – Ercole Bernabei, composer (born 1622) date unknown John Gamble, court musician and composer Giovanni Battista Granata, guitarist and composer (born c.1621) Gregorio Strozzi, composer (born 1615) Michael Wise, organist and composer (born 1648) Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (1624–1687) References Category:17th century in music Category:Music by year