1683 in music

Events

• Henry Purcell becomes organ maker and keeper of the king’s instruments at the Chapel Royal.

  Classical music

• Giovanni Battista Bassani – 12 sinfonie, Op. 5
• Isabella Leonarda – 12 Sonatas, Op.16
• Michel Richard Delalande – De profundis, a grand motet, first performed in September, in the Saint Denis Basilica, for the repose of the soul of Queen Marie-Therèse
• Henry Purcell – Sonnata’s of III. Parts, published in London, Z.790-801
• Daniel Speer – Türkischer Vagant
• Johann Pachelbel
• *Christus, der ist mein Leben, P.376
• *Alle Menschen müssen sterben, P.377a
• *Hertzlich tut mich verlangen, P.378
• *Was Gott thut, das ist wolgethan, P.379
• *Freu dich sehr o meine Seele
• Heinrich Biber – Fidicinium sacro-profanum
• David Petersen – Speelstukken

  Opera

• John Blow – Venus and Adonis
• Domenico Gabrielli – Il Gige in Lidia
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor – Der thöreichte Schaffer
• Jean-Baptiste Lully – Phaëton
• Alessandro Scarlatti – Pompeo

  Births

• January – Anthony Young, organist and composer
• January 14 – Gottfried Silbermann, German constructor of keyboard instruments
• April 17 – Johann David Heinichen, composer
• September 25 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer
• date unknown
• *Christoph Graupner, composer
• *Johann David Heinichen, composer and music theorist

  Deaths

• September 6 – Johann Melchior Gletle, organist and composer
• date unknown
• *Solomon Eccles, composer
• *John Hingston, organist, violist and composer
• *Nathaniel Ingelo, writer and musician
• *Johann Sebastiani, composer
• *Jacob Stainer, luthier
• *Alessandro Poglietti, organist and composer