Music year 1695
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Overview of the music years
Further events
Music year 1695 | |
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Henry Purcell dies on November 21st at the age of only 36 |
Events
- March 2 : His father's death Johann Ambrosius Bach makes Johann Sebastian Bach at the age of nine years for orphans . His stepmother wants to continue her deceased husband's office with the help of the city piper journeyman and apprentice, but does not receive the approval of the city of Eisenach . Therefore she can no longer look after Johann Sebastian and his siblings herself. Johann Sebastian therefore moves with his brother Johann Jacob to their older brother Johann Christoph in Ohrdruf . The thirteen-year-old older brother, organist at St. Michaelis in Ohrdruf, takes over Johann Sebastian's further education and musical training and especially teaches playing keyboard instruments .
- November 21 : The English composer Henry Purcell dies at the zenith of his work at the age of just 36. He is buried in Westminster Abbey next to the organ. On his tombstone it says: Here lyes Henry Purcell Esq., Who left this life and is gone to that blessed place where only his harmony can be exceeded. In the year of his death, his semi-operas Timon of Athens, The Indian Queen and The Tempest (possibly not or only partially by him) are premiered and he composes the Anthem Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary for the funeral service of Queen Maria II . of England , who was buried on March 5th .
- After working in Vienna , Eisenach , Erfurt , Stuttgart and Gotha , the composer and organist Johann Pachelbel settled in Nuremberg . As the successor to the late Georg Caspar Wecker, he becomes organist at the Sebalduskirche in his hometown.
- After some hesitation, the soprano Matteuccio , famous as the “Nightingale of Naples”, accepted an initial call from the music-loving Emperor Leopold I to the imperial court in Vienna . Although the singer received a fairytale salary, he only stayed until the summer of 1696.
- John Walsh and John Hare establish themselves as music publishers in London. Between 1695 and 1730 they will publish pieces of music in a hitherto unknown number of copies.
World premieres
Stage works
Opera
- February 5th : The world premiere of the opera Muzio Scevola by Giovanni Bononcini takes place in Tordinona in Rome .
- February: Two operas by Agostino Steffani are performed for the first time in Hanover:
- Baccanali (“divertimento”) in one act based on the libretto by Ortensio Mauro in the Picciolo Teatro Elettorale
- I trionfi del fato, “dramma” in three acts based on the libretto by Ortensio Mauro in Hanover Castle
- Tomaso Albinoni - Il prodigio dell'innocenza
- Three Henry Purcell semi-operas will be premiered:
- Timon of Athens
- Indian Queen ( Graduation Masque from younger brother or cousin Daniel Purcell )
- The Tempest (possibly not or only partially from Purcell)
Instrumental music
Orchestral music
- Johann Caspar (Ferdinand) Fischer - Le journal du printemps , 8 suites for strings and bc (oboes, flutes, bassoon ad lib.), Op. 1 (Augsburg 1695)
- Georg Muffat - Florilegium Primum. 7 suites for several instruments (Augsburg 1695)
Chamber music
- Johann Pachelbel - Musical delight , Vol. 2
- Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre –2 sonatas for violin, viola da gamba and basso continuo (c. 1695)
Other
- Johann Georg Ahle - Musical Spring Conversation
- Jeanne Dolmetsch - The Compleat Flute-Master
- Agostino Steffani - Quanta certezza habbia da suoi principii la musica (Amsterdam 1695)
Instrument making
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The four instruments of the "Axelrod Quartet" built by Antonio Stradivari (from left to right): Greffuhle , Axelrod , Ole Bull and Marylebone
- In Antonio Stradivari's workshop , the violin known today as Axelrod is produced, which today belongs to the Smithsonian Institution and is part of the so-called "Axelrod Quartet" in the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC . Around 1695, the cello Boni, Hegar , was probably also made.
Born
- January 6th : Giuseppe Sammartini , Italian oboist and composer († 1750 )
- September 3 : Pietro Locatelli , Italian violin virtuoso and composer († 1764 )
- September 20 : Johann Lorenz Bach , German composer († 1773 )
Born around 1695
- Anastasia Robinson , English opera singer and Handel interpreter († 1755 )
Died
Date of death secured
- February 20 : Johann Georg Künstel , German organist, conductor and composer (* around 1645 )
- March 2 : Johann Ambrosius Bach , German musician, father of Johann Sebastian Bach (* 1644 )
- April 20 : Georg Caspar Wecker , German composer (* 1632 )
- July 15 : Yeremia Tschelebi Kömürdjian , Armenian poet, printer, historian, educator, musician, miniaturist and translator (* 1637 )
- November 21 : Henry Purcell , English composer (* 1659 )
- November 28 : Giovanni Paolo Colonna , Italian organist, conductor and composer (* 1637 )
- December 20 : David Pohle , German composer (* 1624 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Fabrizio Fontana , Italian organist and composer (* around 1620 )
See also
Web links
Commons : Music 1695 - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ^ New edition in: Monuments of German Music , Vol. X (1902)