Events

• Invention of the clarinet
  Clarinet
  The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
  
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• Georg Muffat
  Georg Muffat
  -Life:He was born in Megève, Savoy, , and of Scottish descent. He studied in Paris with Jean Baptiste Lully between 1663 and 1669, then became an organist in Molsheim and Sélestat. Later, he studied law in Ingolstadt, afterwards settling in Vienna...
  
   becomes kapellmeister to the Bishop of Passau.

Opera

• Giuseppe Boniventi –
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier
  Marc-Antoine Charpentier
  Marc-Antoine Charpentier, , was a French composer of the Baroque era.Exceptionally prolific and versatile, he produced compositions of the highest quality in several genres...
  
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• Alessandro Scarlatti
  Alessandro Scarlatti
  Alessandro Scarlatti was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti.-Life:Scarlatti was born in...
  
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Theoretical writings

• Kurze doch deutliche Anleitung zu der lieblich- und löblichen Singekunst by Johann Georg Ahle
  Johann Georg Ahle
  Johann Georg Ahle was a German composer, organist, theorist, and Protestant church musician.-Biography:Ahle was born at Mühlhausen. His father was Johann Rudolph Ahle, who supplied him with early musical training. At the age of 23 he succeeded his late father at the post of organist at St. Balsius...
  
  , an enlarged and revised version of Johann Rudolf Ahle's famous singing manual, Brevis et perspicua introductio. A second edition was published in 1704.

Births

• February 1 – Francesco Maria Veracini
  Francesco Maria Veracini
  thumb|150px|Francesco Maria Veracini.Francesco Maria Veracini was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his sets of violin sonatas.-Life:Francesco Maria Veracini led a turbulent life...
  
  , violinist and composer (died 1768)
• June 11 - Giovanni Antonio Giay
  Giovanni Antonio Giay
  Giovanni Antonio Giay was an Italian composer. His compositional output includes 15 operas, 5 symphonies, and a significant amount of sacred music.-Life and career:...
  
  , composer (died 1764)
• September 15 - Ignazio Prota
  Ignazio Prota
  Ignazio Prota was an Italian composer and music educator. He was the father of composer Tommaso Prota and the grandfather of composer Gabriele Prota....
  
  , composer and music teacher (died 1748)
• November - Charles Theodore Pachelbel
  Charles Theodore Pachelbel
  Charles Theodore Pachelbel was a German composer, organist and harpsichordist of the late Baroque era...
  
  , organist, harpsichordist and composer (died 1750)
• November 22 - François Colin de Blamont
  François Colin de Blamont
  François Colin de Blamont was a French composer of the Baroque era.Born at Versailles as François Colin, he served as a royal musician and was eventually ennobled in 1750, his surname becoming Colin de Blamont. He was the protegé of Michel-Richard de Lalande and succeeded the latter as Master of...
  
  , composer (died 1760)
• date unknown – Johann Tobias Krebs
  Johann Tobias Krebs
  Johann Tobias Krebs was a German organist and composer.Krebs was born near Weimar, and died in the same area. He is known as a student of Johann Gottfried Walther and Johann Sebastian Bach....
  
  , organist and composer (died 1762)
• probable:
  • Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello
    Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello
    Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist.His name is mentioned the first time in a document from 1715 in which the Elector of Bavaria appointed him violinist in his court orchestra in Munich...
    
    , composer and violinist (died 1758)
  • Senesino
    Senesino
    Senesino was a celebrated Italian contralto castrato, particularly remembered today for his long collaboration with the composer George Frideric Handel.-Early life and career:...
    
    , castrato singer (died 1756)

Deaths

• May 27 – Giovanni Legrenzi
  Giovanni Legrenzi
  Giovanni Legrenzi was an Italian composer of opera, vocal and instrumental music, and organist, of the Baroque era...
  
  , composer (born 1626)
• July 10 - Domenico Gabrielli
  Domenico Gabrielli
  Domenico Gabrielli was an Italian Baroque composer and virtuoso cello player. He was apparently not related to the Venetian Gabrielis....
  
  , cellist and composer (born c.1651)
• date unknown - Gustaf Düben
  Gustaf Düben
  Gustaf Düben was a Swedish organist and composer.Düben was born and died in Stockholm. In 1663, he succeeded his father, the German-born Andreas Düben as both hovkapellmästare, director of the Royal Swedish Court Orchestra, and organist of the German St Gertrud Church in Stockholm.Father of...
  
  , organist (born 1628)