Music year 1698
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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 Cristofori might build his first arpicembalo che fà il piano e il forte this year - a “ harpsichord that can play softly and loudly”. It is mentioned in an inventory from 1700 and is considered to be the first fortepiano . |
Events
- By decree of Pope Innocent XII. All theater and opera performances are banned in Rome . The ban was put in place in 1701 by Pope Clement XI. confirmed and not canceled again until 1710.
- In Vienna Johann Joseph Fux was appointed court composer by Emperor Leopold I , according to traditional tradition against the will of the influential Italian court musicians.
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier gets a permanent job as a music teacher for the children of the Sainte Chapelle with a stately apartment within the palace in Paris .
- Frances Purcell, the widow of Henry Purcell , publishes some of Purcell's works in print, including the first book in the famous Orpheus Britannicus collection (the second book was published in 1702).
- Giuseppe Torelli becomes conductor of the court orchestra of the Margrave of Ansbach .
The soprano castrato Matteo Sassano, called Matteuccio
- The soprano Matteo Sassano , known as the “Nightingale of Naples” , is called to Madrid by the Spanish Queen to sing for the sick and depressed King Charles II every evening . The singer stayed at the Spanish court until Charles's death in 1700.
World premieres
Stage works
Opera
- January 10 : The singing and dancing game in one act Irene by Reinhard Keizer on the libretto by Christian Heinrich Postel , reintroduced into Britain by Wilhelm the Great , is premiered.
- June 9th : The Singspiel in three acts with an epilogue The temple of Janus closed by the Great Augustus by Reinhard Keizer based on the libretto by Christian Heinrich Postel will be "To celebrate the long-desired peace festival" in the opera at Gänsemarkt in Hamburg performed for the first time. The opera was written on the occasion of the Peace of Rijswijk in 1697.
- November 15 : The Singspiel in one act of the most submissive obedience, which was presented on the most enjoyable taking days of the great Emperor Leopold in a dance and singing game by Reinhard Keizer on the libretto by Christian Heinrich Postel has world premiere.
- The opera in three acts Reinhard Keizer's Güldene Apfel, brought from Hyperboreen to Cymbria, based on the libretto by Christian Heinrich Postel, will be premiered.
- Two operas by Carlo Agostino Badia have premieres in Vienna :
- L'idea del felice governo
- Lo squittinio dell'eroe
- The opera Sardanapalus by Christian Ludwig Boxberg will be premiered at the Ansbacher Hof as a guest performance by the Leipzig Opera. It is Boxberg's only surviving opera and the oldest surviving German-language opera from Central Germany, and therefore in many ways a remarkable monument to early German opera history.
- The opera Attalanta ovvero la costanza in amor by Antonio Caldara based on the libretto by Nicolò Minato will be premiered in Braunschweig after a translation by Friedrich Christian Bressand under the title Atalanta or the lost lovers .
- In Naples two operas are Alessandro Scarlatti first performed:
- La donna ancora è fedele (based on the libretto by DF Contini)
- Il prigioniero fortunato (based on the libretto FM Paglia) with the young soprano Nicolino (actually Nicolò Grimaldi)
- The opera Le rivali concordi by Agostino Steffani based on the libretto by Ortensio Mauro , which had its world premiere in February 1692, is given under the title Die Vereinigte Mit-Buhler or Die Siegende Atalanta in the Theater am Gänsemarkt Hamburg.
Jesuit theater
- The school drama Honor divinus de respectu humano triumphans, seu S. Thomas cancellarius… by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (C. App. 27) based on the libretto by Wolfgang Rinswerger will be premiered in Salzburg .
Oratorio
- Probably in Venice the oratorio Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo by Antonio Caldara will be premiered.
Instrumental music
- Georg Muffat - Florilegium Secundum. 8 suites for several instruments ( Passau )
- Giuseppe Torelli - 12 Concerti musicali a quattro , op.6 ( Augsburg )
Vocal music
Spiritually
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - Missa Alleluia in C major (C. 1), for soloists, two choirs of 4 voices ( SATB ), 2 violins, 3 violas, 6 trumpets, kettledrum, 2 "cornetti" ( prongs ), 3 trombones , Theorbo, organ and violone (made 1690–1698)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow - Chorus seine coelitum (cantata)
Instrument making
- The inventory of musical instruments by Bartolomeo Cristofori from 1700 lists an arpicembalo che fà il piano e il forte - a harpsichord that can be played at different volumes - which is usually dated to 1698 and can be considered the first piano . It had a range of four octaves .
- Antonio Stradivari's two sons , Francesco (1671–1743) and Omobono (1679–1742), joined the family business around 1698. Before 1725, however, there are no traces of their involvement on Antonio Stradivari's instruments.
- Antonio Stradivari builds the violins L'Alouette (or The Lark ), Cabriac , La Rouse Boughton , Vera and Baron Knoop (around 1698) as well as the cellos St. Senoch Murray , Magg , Marquis de Cholmondeley and De Kermadec-Bläss .
Born
Date of birth saved
- January 3 : Pietro Metastasio , Italian poet and librettist († 1782 )
- January: Pietro Auletta , Italian composer and organist († 1777 )
- September 21 : François Francoeur , French violinist and composer († 1787 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Antonio Bioni , Italian singer and composer († 1739 )
- Riccardo Broschi , Italian composer († 1756 )
- Carl Johann Friedrich Haltmeier , German organist and composer († 1735 )
- Christian Viktor Herold , German bell caster, redsmith and piece caster († 1775 )
Died
Date of death secured
- April 4 : Heinrich Valentin Beck , German cantor and composer (* 1758 )
- October 28 : Francesco Ruggeri , Italian violin maker (* around 1630 )
- December 7th : Andrea Guarneri , Italian violin maker (* around 1626 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Giovanni Battista degli Antonii , Italian composer (* 1636 )
- Nicolò Minato , Italian poet, librettist and impresario (* around 1630 )
See also
Web links
Commons : Music 1698 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Commons : Opera Libretti 1698 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rudolph Flotzinger: Booklet text on CD: Johann Joseph Fux - Concentus musico-instrumentalis I , with Armonico Tributo Austria, Lorenz Duftschmid, Arcana 1998, pp. 10-17, here: 12
- ^ Il prigioniero fortunato (Alessandro Scarlatti) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna .