1698 in music

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See also: 1697 in music, other events of 1698, 1699 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents 1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Classical music 4 Opera 5 Births 6 Deaths

Events

• Henry Purcell's widow publishes the first volume of Orpheus Britannicus.
• Antonio Stradivari makes the "Cabriac" violin.

Published popular music

Classical music

• Giuseppe Torelli - Concerti musicali a quattro op.6

Opera

Births

• January 13 - Pietro Metastasio, poet and lyricist
• probable - Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer

Deaths

• date unknown - Thomas Connellan, composer and harpist